diff --git a/examples/js/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js b/examples/js/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
index 4eaae55f5663e7bb358a83bad634cf553ea97aa1..402aaaf410178b1b1d9f444cf0ac780d5b178466 100644
--- a/examples/js/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
+++ b/examples/js/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@ THREE.CSS2DObject = function ( element ) {
 
 	this.addEventListener( 'removed', function () {
 
-		if ( this.element.parentNode !== null ) {
+		this.traverse( function ( object ) {
 
-			this.element.parentNode.removeChild( this.element );
+			if ( object.element instanceof Element && object.element.parentNode !== null ) {
 
-		}
+				object.element.parentNode.removeChild( object.element );
+
+			}
+
+		} );
 
 	} );
 
diff --git a/examples/js/renderers/CSS3DRenderer.js b/examples/js/renderers/CSS3DRenderer.js
index 0ec372273749bff20a521d5cc7641501d4445ca1..c48888038ca2a0f5740d75ea621b97eccb413c27 100644
--- a/examples/js/renderers/CSS3DRenderer.js
+++ b/examples/js/renderers/CSS3DRenderer.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ THREE.CSS3DObject = function ( element ) {
 
 	this.addEventListener( 'removed', function () {
 
-		this.traverse( function( object ) {
+		this.traverse( function ( object ) {
 
 			if ( object.element instanceof Element && object.element.parentNode !== null ) {
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js b/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
index dc4005be5388d945b6c596cbc7394d6c32da8817..9ac37496976841d857006c89c65c3f2a2fd47aa6 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS2DRenderer.js
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@ var CSS2DObject = function ( element ) {
 
 	this.addEventListener( 'removed', function () {
 
-		if ( this.element.parentNode !== null ) {
+		this.traverse( function ( object ) {
 
-			this.element.parentNode.removeChild( this.element );
+			if ( object.element instanceof Element && object.element.parentNode !== null ) {
 
-		}
+				object.element.parentNode.removeChild( object.element );
+
+			}
+
+		} );
 
 	} );
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS3DRenderer.js b/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS3DRenderer.js
index f68a9414b92377df52874625ed9f4339ff7db8ec..c0baf52eac7cc30063a401aadaccaa86c39eb5b0 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS3DRenderer.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/renderers/CSS3DRenderer.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var CSS3DObject = function ( element ) {
 
 	this.addEventListener( 'removed', function () {
 
-		this.traverse( function( object ) {
+		this.traverse( function ( object ) {
 
 			if ( object.element instanceof Element && object.element.parentNode !== null ) {