diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
index 68c0e749eb8984583270ea3a033a38c78f9a4ff2..c0e3f12ec09f79b67116ed282b926791767d9826 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
@@ -3572,12 +3572,7 @@ THREE.ColladaLoader.prototype = Object.assign( Object.create( THREE.Loader.proto
 
 			}
 
-			if ( object.name === '' ) {
-
-				object.name = ( type === 'JOINT' ) ? data.sid : data.name;
-
-			}
-
+			object.name = ( type === 'JOINT' ) ? data.sid : data.name;
 			object.matrix.copy( matrix );
 			object.matrix.decompose( object.position, object.quaternion, object.scale );
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/ColladaLoader.js b/examples/jsm/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
index 330ba2b76f2b77bb3f788b3d34d600e1a4d867e7..e9c71c5e8564018ec4393ee78857008d6662445d 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/ColladaLoader.js
@@ -3612,12 +3612,7 @@ ColladaLoader.prototype = Object.assign( Object.create( Loader.prototype ), {
 
 			}
 
-			if ( object.name === '' ) {
-
-				object.name = ( type === 'JOINT' ) ? data.sid : data.name;
-
-			}
-
+			object.name = ( type === 'JOINT' ) ? data.sid : data.name;
 			object.matrix.copy( matrix );
 			object.matrix.decompose( object.position, object.quaternion, object.scale );