diff --git a/packages/react-json-tree/src/JSONNestedNode.tsx b/packages/react-json-tree/src/JSONNestedNode.tsx
index 5b05782e..98dca9c4 100644
--- a/packages/react-json-tree/src/JSONNestedNode.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-json-tree/src/JSONNestedNode.tsx
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ interface Props extends CircularPropsPassedThroughJSONNestedNode {
 }
 
 export default function JSONNestedNode(props: Props) {
-  props.circularCache ??= [];
-
   const {
     getItemString,
     nodeTypeIndicator,