diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/GLTF2Loader.js b/examples/js/loaders/GLTF2Loader.js
index ece5a461f80771530aca5ef0b47da3f532ae41f6..1ca4035674817a054dd14b9925a9acb6bf453d52 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/GLTF2Loader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/GLTF2Loader.js
@@ -2653,10 +2653,7 @@ THREE.GLTF2Loader = ( function () {
 							}
 
 							//do not clone children as they will be replaced anyway
-							var children = group.children
-							group.children=[];
-							var clonedgroup = group.clone();
-							group.children=children;
+							var clonedgroup = group.clone( false );
 							for ( var childrenId in group.children ) {
 
 								var child = group.children[ childrenId ];