diff --git a/include/osgUtil/Optimizer b/include/osgUtil/Optimizer
index 678d19fce..6034713e7 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/Optimizer
+++ b/include/osgUtil/Optimizer
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT Optimizer
                 if (node->getNumDescriptions()>0) return false;
                 if (node->getStateSet()) return false;
                 if (node->getNodeMask()!=0xffffffff) return false;
-                if (!node->getName().empty()) return false;
+                // if (!node->getName().empty()) return false;
             }
 
             return (option & getPermissibleOptimizationsForObject(node))!=0;