diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index e3a236c2a..5233627bc 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
   org.clojure/tools.reader {:mvn/version "1.3.6"}
   org.clojure/test.check {:mvn/version "1.1.1"}}
  :aliases
- {:cli.test.run          {:extra-paths ["src/test/cljs_cli"]
+ {:cljs-repl             {:extra-paths ["src/test/cljs"]
+                          :main-opts ["-m" "cljs.main" "-re" "node" "-d" ".cljs_repl" "-r"]}
+  :cljs-lite-repl        {:extra-paths ["src/test/cljs"]
+                          :main-opts ["-m" "cljs.main" "-co" "{:lite-mode true}" "-re" "node" "-d" ".cljs_lite_repl" "-r"]}
+  :cli.test.run          {:extra-paths ["src/test/cljs_cli"]
                           :main-opts ["-i" "src/test/cljs_cli/cljs_cli/test_runner.clj"
                                       "-e" "(cljs-cli.test-runner/-main)"]}
   :compiler.test         {:extra-paths ["src/test/cljs" "src/test/cljs_build" "src/test/cljs_cp"
diff --git a/src/main/cljs/cljs/core.cljs b/src/main/cljs/cljs/core.cljs
index 82bd82c6b..707a7f0cd 100644
--- a/src/main/cljs/cljs/core.cljs
+++ b/src/main/cljs/cljs/core.cljs
@@ -4124,16 +4124,26 @@ reduces them without incurring seq initialization"
 
 (set! *unchecked-if* false)
 
+(declare ObjMap)
+
 ;; CLJS-3200: used by destructure macro for maps to reduce amount of repeated code
 ;; placed here because it needs apply and hash-map (only declared at this point)
 (defn --destructure-map [gmap]
-  (if (implements? ISeq gmap)
-    (if (next gmap)
-      (.createAsIfByAssoc PersistentArrayMap (to-array gmap))
-      (if (seq gmap)
-        (first gmap)
-        (.-EMPTY PersistentArrayMap)))
-    gmap))
+  (if ^boolean LITE_MODE
+    (if (implements? ISeq gmap)
+      (if (next gmap)
+        (.createAsIfByAssoc ObjMap (to-array gmap))
+        (if (seq gmap)
+          (first gmap)
+          (.-EMPTY ObjMap)))
+      gmap)
+    (if (implements? ISeq gmap)
+      (if (next gmap)
+        (.createAsIfByAssoc PersistentArrayMap (to-array gmap))
+        (if (seq gmap)
+          (first gmap)
+          (.-EMPTY PersistentArrayMap)))
+      gmap)))
 
 (defn vary-meta
  "Returns an object of the same type and value as obj, with
@@ -7126,7 +7136,7 @@ reduces them without incurring seq initialization"
   (fn [init]
     ;; check trailing element
     (let [len           (alength init)
-          has-trailing? (== 1 (bit-and len  1))]
+          has-trailing? (== 1 (bit-and len 1))]
       (if-not (or has-trailing? (pam-dupes? init))
         (PersistentArrayMap. nil (/ len 2) init nil)
         (.createAsIfByAssocComplexPath PersistentArrayMap init has-trailing?)))))
@@ -9039,9 +9049,13 @@ reduces them without incurring seq initialization"
   "Builds a map from a seq as described in
   https://clojure.org/reference/special_forms#keyword-arguments"
   [s]
-  (if (next s)
-    (.createAsIfByAssoc PersistentArrayMap (to-array s))
-    (if (seq s) (first s) (.-EMPTY PersistentArrayMap))))
+  (if ^boolean LITE_MODE
+    (if (next s)
+      (.createAsIfByAssoc ObjMap (to-array s))
+      (if (seq s) (first s) (.-EMPTY ObjMap)))
+    (if (next s)
+      (.createAsIfByAssoc PersistentArrayMap (to-array s))
+      (if (seq s) (first s) (.-EMPTY PersistentArrayMap)))))
 
 (defn sorted-map
   "keyval => key val
@@ -12731,6 +12745,21 @@ reduces them without incurring seq initialization"
           (recur (nnext kvs)))
         (.fromObject ObjMap ks obj)))))
 
+(set! (. ObjMap -createAsIfByAssoc)
+  (fn [init]
+    ;; check trailing element
+    (let [len           (alength init)
+          has-trailing? (== 1 (bit-and len 1))
+          init          (if has-trailing?
+                          (pam-grow-seed-array init
+                            (into {} (aget init (dec len))))
+                          init)
+          len           (alength init)]
+      (loop [i 0 ret {}]
+        (if (< i len)
+          (recur (+ i 2) (assoc ret (aget init i) (aget init (inc i))))
+          ret)))))
+
 (defn- scan-array-equiv [incr k array]
   (let [len (alength array)]
     (loop [i 0]