diff --git a/lib/drb/drb.rb b/lib/drb/drb.rb
index afa4424..c980b41 100644
--- a/lib/drb/drb.rb
+++ b/lib/drb/drb.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 require 'monitor'
 require_relative 'eq'
 require_relative 'version'
+require_relative 'weakidconv'
 
 #
 # == Overview
@@ -348,39 +349,6 @@ class DRbError < RuntimeError; end
   # protocol.
   class DRbConnError < DRbError; end
 
-  # Class responsible for converting between an object and its id.
-  #
-  # This, the default implementation, uses an object's local ObjectSpace
-  # __id__ as its id.  This means that an object's identification over
-  # drb remains valid only while that object instance remains alive
-  # within the server runtime.
-  #
-  # For alternative mechanisms, see DRb::TimerIdConv in drb/timeridconv.rb
-  # and DRbNameIdConv in sample/name.rb in the full drb distribution.
-  class DRbIdConv
-
-    # Convert an object reference id to an object.
-    #
-    # This implementation looks up the reference id in the local object
-    # space and returns the object it refers to.
-    def to_obj(ref)
-      ObjectSpace._id2ref(ref)
-    end
-
-    # Convert an object into a reference id.
-    #
-    # This implementation returns the object's __id__ in the local
-    # object space.
-    def to_id(obj)
-      case obj
-      when Object
-        obj.nil? ? nil : obj.__id__
-      when BasicObject
-        obj.__id__
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   # Mixin module making an object undumpable or unmarshallable.
   #
   # If an object which includes this module is returned by method
@@ -1349,7 +1317,7 @@ def alive?  # :nodoc:
   # started by calling DRb.start_service.
   class DRbServer
     @@acl = nil
-    @@idconv = DRbIdConv.new
+    @@idconv = WeakIdConv.new
     @@secondary_server = nil
     @@argc_limit = 256
     @@load_limit = 0xffffffff
@@ -1940,4 +1908,4 @@ def fetch_server(uri)
 # :stopdoc:
 DRbObject = DRb::DRbObject
 DRbUndumped = DRb::DRbUndumped
-DRbIdConv = DRb::DRbIdConv
+DRbIdConv = DRb::WeakIdConv
diff --git a/lib/drb/id2refconv.rb b/lib/drb/id2refconv.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc1c748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/drb/id2refconv.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Deprecated: Uses internal API ObjectSpace._id2ref and is replaced
+#             by WeakIdConv.
+module DRb
+  class DRbIdConv
+
+    # Convert an object reference id to an object.
+    #
+    # This implementation looks up the reference id in the local object
+    # space and returns the object it refers to.
+    def to_obj(ref)
+      ObjectSpace._id2ref(ref)
+    end
+
+    # Convert an object into a reference id.
+    #
+    # This implementation returns the object's __id__ in the local
+    # object space.
+    def to_id(obj)
+      case obj
+      when Object
+        obj.nil? ? nil : obj.__id__
+      when BasicObject
+        obj.__id__
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/drb/timeridconv.rb b/lib/drb/timeridconv.rb
index 3ead98a..c72d7d5 100644
--- a/lib/drb/timeridconv.rb
+++ b/lib/drb/timeridconv.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module DRb
   #
   #  DRb.install_id_conv TimerIdConv.new 60 # one minute
 
-  class TimerIdConv < DRbIdConv
+  class TimerIdConv
     class TimerHolder2 # :nodoc:
       include MonitorMixin
 
diff --git a/lib/drb/weakidconv.rb b/lib/drb/weakidconv.rb
index ecf0bf5..690c824 100644
--- a/lib/drb/weakidconv.rb
+++ b/lib/drb/weakidconv.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: false
-require_relative 'drb'
 require 'monitor'
 
 module DRb
 
-  # To use WeakIdConv:
-  #
-  #  DRb.start_service(nil, nil, {:idconv => DRb::WeakIdConv.new})
-
-  class WeakIdConv < DRbIdConv
+  class WeakIdConv
     class WeakSet
       include MonitorMixin
       def initialize