diff --git a/examples/webgl_performance_static.html b/examples/webgl_performance_static.html
index 58d35eb53fb8abab932aa862773068c84137d92b..68ae7cc5b52178dfff4bcd512d6ce107a10b8c97 100644
--- a/examples/webgl_performance_static.html
+++ b/examples/webgl_performance_static.html
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 				scene = new THREE.Scene();
 
-				var material = new THREE.MeshNormalMaterial( { shading: THREE.SmoothShading } );
+				var material = new THREE.MeshNormalMaterial( { } );
 
 				var loader = new THREE.JSONLoader();
 				loader.load( 'obj/Suzanne.js', function ( geometry ) {