diff --git a/packages/core/src/Entity.ts b/packages/core/src/Entity.ts
index 14ec84e8b..eb21caadb 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/Entity.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/Entity.ts
@@ -375,14 +375,6 @@ export class Entity extends EngineObject {
       return this;
     }
 
-    // Some imported animation clips are normalized to include the single scene root
-    // name (for example "mixamorig:Hips/..."), while the Animator may already sit on
-    // that root entity. Accept a self-name prefix so wrapped model roots and
-    // standalone single-root clips resolve through the same path convention.
-    if (splits[0] === this.name) {
-      return splits.length === 1 ? this : Entity._findChildByName(this, 0, splits, 1);
-    }
-
     return Entity._findChildByName(this, 0, splits, 0);
   }