diff --git a/src/Three.Legacy.js b/src/Three.Legacy.js
index 2360c7f7c823b7fca73ffc41b99372cfb650fec1..c3f497a0590121268d5b53d6ff9566acd0f22277 100644
--- a/src/Three.Legacy.js
+++ b/src/Three.Legacy.js
@@ -727,3 +727,7 @@ THREE.TextGeometry = function () {
 	console.error( 'THREE.FontUtils has been moved to /examples/js/utils/FontUtils.js' );
 
 };
+
+//
+
+THREE.MeshFaceMaterial = THREE.MultiMaterial;
diff --git a/src/materials/MultiMaterial.js b/src/materials/MultiMaterial.js
index d932bdb6f0507d423238d8041f2a6d6178351a83..3aff3fbdd502aa825f68dd9b8552b4c19001c38c 100644
--- a/src/materials/MultiMaterial.js
+++ b/src/materials/MultiMaterial.js
@@ -65,7 +65,3 @@ THREE.MultiMaterial.prototype = {
 	}
 
 };
-
-// backwards compatibility
-
-THREE.MeshFaceMaterial = THREE.MultiMaterial;
diff --git a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
index 7aeb5af8c2d51b4e32e4b3d561a2cd07569bc8ea..b184a7d0e1d89f8a5ec1afb2adab236ec50ee4a6 100644
--- a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 
 						var geometry = objects.update( object );
 
-						if ( material instanceof THREE.MeshFaceMaterial ) {
+						if ( material instanceof THREE.MultiMaterial ) {
 
 							var groups = geometry.groups;
 							var materials = material.materials;