diff --git a/utils/exporters/blender/2.65/scripts/addons/io_mesh_threejs/export_threejs.py b/utils/exporters/blender/2.65/scripts/addons/io_mesh_threejs/export_threejs.py
index cd16811a14facdc1bc66b1c08b4415635781cc3a..198f745c12e66b6a2f9683c6db27c021d64703b2 100644
--- a/utils/exporters/blender/2.65/scripts/addons/io_mesh_threejs/export_threejs.py
+++ b/utils/exporters/blender/2.65/scripts/addons/io_mesh_threejs/export_threejs.py
@@ -1479,10 +1479,6 @@ def extract_meshes(objects, scene, export_single_model, option_scale, flipyz):
             if not mesh:
                 raise Exception("Error, could not get mesh data from object [%s]" % object.name)
 
-            # preserve original name
-
-            mesh.name = object.name
-
             if export_single_model:
 
                 if flipyz: