diff --git a/panda/src/pgraph/nodePath.cxx b/panda/src/pgraph/nodePath.cxx
index 2f84fa5580..b15c43fc22 100644
--- a/panda/src/pgraph/nodePath.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/pgraph/nodePath.cxx
@@ -5555,7 +5555,7 @@ flatten_strong() {
   gr.apply_attribs(node());
   int num_removed = gr.flatten(node(), ~0);
 
-  gr.collect_vertex_data(node(), ~SceneGraphReducer::CVD_format);
+  gr.collect_vertex_data(node(), ~(SceneGraphReducer::CVD_format | SceneGraphReducer::CVD_name));
   gr.unify(node());
 
   return num_removed;