diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 537147e75..64020deed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     "hls.js": "^1.5.17",
     "maath": "^0.10.8",
     "meshline": "^3.3.1",
-    "react-composer": "^5.0.3",
     "stats-gl": "^2.2.8",
     "stats.js": "^0.17.0",
     "suspend-react": "^0.1.3",
@@ -65,6 +64,7 @@
     "three-stdlib": "^2.34.0",
     "troika-three-text": "^0.52.0",
     "tunnel-rat": "^0.1.2",
+    "use-sync-external-store": "^1.4.0",
     "utility-types": "^3.11.0",
     "uuid": "^9.0.1",
     "zustand": "^5.0.1"
diff --git a/src/core/Instances.tsx b/src/core/Instances.tsx
index 194f8d8a3..5c0a19510 100644
--- a/src/core/Instances.tsx
+++ b/src/core/Instances.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as THREE from 'three'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { ThreeElement, ThreeElements, extend, useFrame } from '@react-three/fiber'
-import Composer from 'react-composer'
 import { ForwardRefComponent } from '../helpers/ts-utils'
 import { setUpdateRange } from '../helpers/deprecated'
 
@@ -224,32 +223,33 @@ export interface MergedProps extends InstancesProps {
   children: React.ReactNode
 }
 
-export const Merged: ForwardRefComponent<any, THREE.Group> = /* @__PURE__ */ React.forwardRef<THREE.Group, any>(
-  function Merged({ meshes, children, ...props }, ref) {
-    const isArray = Array.isArray(meshes)
-    // Filter out meshes from collections, which may contain non-meshes
-    if (!isArray) for (const key of Object.keys(meshes)) if (!meshes[key].isMesh) delete meshes[key]
-    return (
-      <group ref={ref}>
-        <Composer
-          components={(isArray ? meshes : Object.values(meshes)).map(({ geometry, material }) => (
-            <Instances key={geometry.uuid} geometry={geometry} material={material} {...props} />
-          ))}
-        >
-          {(args) =>
-            isArray
-              ? children(...args)
-              : children(
-                  Object.keys(meshes)
-                    .filter((key) => meshes[key].isMesh)
-                    .reduce((acc, key, i) => ({ ...acc, [key]: args[i] }), {})
-                )
-          }
-        </Composer>
-      </group>
-    )
+export const Merged: ForwardRefComponent<any, THREE.Group> = React.forwardRef<THREE.Group, any>(function Merged(
+  { meshes, children, ...rest },
+  ref
+) {
+  const instances: React.FC[] = []
+
+  if (Array.isArray(meshes)) {
+    for (const mesh of meshes) {
+      if (mesh?.isMesh) {
+        instances.push((props) => (
+          <Instances key={mesh.geometry.uuid} geometry={mesh.geometry} material={mesh.material} {...rest} {...props} />
+        ))
+      }
+    }
+  } else if (meshes != null && typeof meshes === 'object') {
+    for (const key in meshes) {
+      const mesh = meshes[key]
+      if (mesh?.isMesh) {
+        instances.push((props) => (
+          <Instances key={mesh.geometry.uuid} geometry={mesh.geometry} material={mesh.material} {...rest} {...props} />
+        ))
+      }
+    }
   }
-)
+
+  return <group ref={ref}>{children(instances)}</group>
+})
 
 /** Idea and implementation for global instances and instanced attributes by
 /*  Matias Gonzalez Fernandez https://x.com/matiNotFound
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6673ffdac..a1a26b49c 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6783,7 +6783,7 @@ promzard@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     read "^4.0.0"
 
-prop-types@^15.6.0, prop-types@^15.8.1:
+prop-types@^15.8.1:
   version "15.8.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prop-types/-/prop-types-15.8.1.tgz#67d87bf1a694f48435cf332c24af10214a3140b5"
   integrity sha512-oj87CgZICdulUohogVAR7AjlC0327U4el4L6eAvOqCeudMDVU0NThNaV+b9Df4dXgSP1gXMTnPdhfe/2qDH5cg==
@@ -6834,13 +6834,6 @@ rc@^1.0.1, rc@^1.1.6, rc@^1.2.8:
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     strip-json-comments "~2.0.1"
 
-react-composer@^5.0.3:
-  version "5.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-composer/-/react-composer-5.0.3.tgz#7beb9513da5e8687f4f434ea1333ef36a4f3091b"
-  integrity sha512-1uWd07EME6XZvMfapwZmc7NgCZqDemcvicRi3wMJzXsQLvZ3L7fTHVyPy1bZdnWXM4iPjYuNE+uJ41MLKeTtnA==
-  dependencies:
-    prop-types "^15.6.0"
-
 react-confetti@^6.1.0:
   version "6.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-confetti/-/react-confetti-6.2.2.tgz#b72888889b10b6707a91adca919dd35c653f4bb2"
@@ -8283,6 +8276,11 @@ use-sync-external-store@1.2.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-1.2.2.tgz#c3b6390f3a30eba13200d2302dcdf1e7b57b2ef9"
   integrity sha512-PElTlVMwpblvbNqQ82d2n6RjStvdSoNe9FG28kNfz3WiXilJm4DdNkEzRhCZuIDwY8U08WVihhGR5iRqAwfDiw==
 
+use-sync-external-store@^1.4.0:
+  version "1.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-1.4.0.tgz#adbc795d8eeb47029963016cefdf89dc799fcebc"
+  integrity sha512-9WXSPC5fMv61vaupRkCKCxsPxBocVnwakBEkMIHHpkTTg6icbJtg6jzgtLDm4bl3cSHAca52rYWih0k4K3PfHw==
+
 util-deprecate@^1.0.2, util-deprecate@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/util-deprecate/-/util-deprecate-1.0.2.tgz#450d4dc9fa70de732762fbd2d4a28981419a0ccf"