diff --git a/dev/projection/perf-neighbours.html b/dev/projection/perf-neighbours.html
index aca8f4a8e4..264337ee3c 100644
--- a/dev/projection/perf-neighbours.html
+++ b/dev/projection/perf-neighbours.html
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
                     console.log(window.ProjectionFrames)
                     checkFrame(topEl, 2, {
                         totalNodes: 5,
-                        resolvedTargetDeltas: 4,
-                        recalculatedProjection: 4,
+                        resolvedTargetDeltas: 3,
+                        recalculatedProjection: 3,
                     })
                 })
             })
diff --git a/packages/framer-motion/src/projection/node/create-projection-node.ts b/packages/framer-motion/src/projection/node/create-projection-node.ts
index a21a9b8185..58a85d2c0d 100644
--- a/packages/framer-motion/src/projection/node/create-projection-node.ts
+++ b/packages/framer-motion/src/projection/node/create-projection-node.ts
@@ -2016,7 +2016,6 @@ export function propagateDirtyNodes(node: IProjectionNode) {
     )
 
     node.isTransformDirty ||= node.parent.isTransformDirty
-    node.isProjectionDirty ||= node.parent.isProjectionDirty
 }
 
 export function cleanDirtyNodes(node: IProjectionNode) {