diff --git a/src/extras/renderers/plugins/SpritePlugin.js b/src/extras/renderers/plugins/SpritePlugin.js
index 9c5db1dda5ef53a5df7062771fdc842fb2db9ca9..950e02423e8abc4eff49cb2960c29c204d883f41 100644
--- a/src/extras/renderers/plugins/SpritePlugin.js
+++ b/src/extras/renderers/plugins/SpritePlugin.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ THREE.SpritePlugin = function () {
 
 	var _gl, _renderer, _texture;
 
+	var sprites = [];
+
 	var vertices, faces, vertexBuffer, elementBuffer;
 	var program, attributes, uniforms;
 
@@ -81,10 +83,19 @@ THREE.SpritePlugin = function () {
 
 	this.render = function ( scene, camera, viewportWidth, viewportHeight ) {
 
-		var sprites = scene.__webglSprites,
-			nSprites = sprites.length;
+		sprites.length = 0;
+
+		scene.traverseVisible( function ( child ) {
+
+			if ( child instanceof THREE.Sprite ) {
+
+				sprites.push( child );
+
+			}
+
+		} );
 
-		if ( ! nSprites ) return;
+		if ( sprites.length === 0 ) return;
 
 		// setup gl
 
@@ -145,14 +156,10 @@ THREE.SpritePlugin = function () {
 
 		// update positions and sort
 
-		var i, sprite, material, fogType, scale = [];
+		for ( var i = 0, l = sprites.length; i < l; i ++ ) {
 
-		for( i = 0; i < nSprites; i ++ ) {
-
-			sprite = sprites[ i ];
-			material = sprite.material;
-
-			if ( sprite.visible === false ) continue;
+			var sprite = sprites[ i ];
+			var material = sprite.material;
 
 			sprite._modelViewMatrix.multiplyMatrices( camera.matrixWorldInverse, sprite.matrixWorld );
 			sprite.z = - sprite._modelViewMatrix.elements[ 14 ];
@@ -163,13 +170,12 @@ THREE.SpritePlugin = function () {
 
 		// render all sprites
 
-		for( i = 0; i < nSprites; i ++ ) {
+		var scale = [];
 
-			sprite = sprites[ i ];
+		for ( var i = 0, l = sprites.length; i < l; i ++ ) {
 
-			if ( sprite.visible === false ) continue;
-
-			material = sprite.material;
+			var sprite = sprites[ i ];
+			var material = sprite.material;
 
 			_gl.uniform1f( uniforms.alphaTest, material.alphaTest );
 			_gl.uniformMatrix4fv( uniforms.modelViewMatrix, false, sprite._modelViewMatrix.elements );
@@ -177,14 +183,12 @@ THREE.SpritePlugin = function () {
 			scale[ 0 ] = sprite.scale.x;
 			scale[ 1 ] = sprite.scale.y;
 
+			var fogType = 0;
+
 			if ( scene.fog && material.fog ) {
 
 				fogType = sceneFogType;
 
-			} else {
-
-				fogType = 0;
-
 			}
 
 			if ( oldFogType !== fogType ) {
diff --git a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
index fc20b1a0d56fca1c5d83fe8a1075879e84feee0a..f6a425cdef762bd58b15685e3e8cd5930bcfe245 100644
--- a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
@@ -3647,7 +3647,6 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 
 			scene.__webglObjects = {};
 			scene.__webglObjectsImmediate = [];
-			scene.__webglSprites = [];
 			scene.__webglFlares = [];
 
 		}
@@ -3767,10 +3766,6 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 
 				addBufferImmediate( scene.__webglObjectsImmediate, object );
 
-			} else if ( object instanceof THREE.Sprite ) {
-
-				scene.__webglSprites.push( object );
-
 			} else if ( object instanceof THREE.LensFlare ) {
 
 				scene.__webglFlares.push( object );
@@ -3999,10 +3994,6 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 
 			removeInstancesWebglObjects( scene.__webglObjects, object );
 
-		} else if ( object instanceof THREE.Sprite ) {
-
-			removeInstancesDirect( scene.__webglSprites, object );
-
 		} else if ( object instanceof THREE.LensFlare ) {
 
 			removeInstancesDirect( scene.__webglFlares, object );