diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/render/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/render/mod.rs
index 2c08a747feb87..b9d57cb35a51b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/render/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/render/mod.rs
@@ -344,9 +344,6 @@ pub struct ExtractedSprite {
     pub flip_x: bool,
     pub flip_y: bool,
     pub anchor: Vec2,
-    /// For cases where additional [`ExtractedSprites`] are created during extraction, this stores the
-    /// entity that caused that creation for use in determining visibility.
-    pub original_entity: Option<Entity>,
     pub render_entity: Entity,
     pub slice_indices: Range<usize>,
 }
@@ -416,7 +413,6 @@ pub fn extract_sprites(
                     flip_y: sprite.flip_y,
                     image_handle_id: sprite.image.id(),
                     anchor: sprite.anchor.as_vec(),
-                    original_entity: Some(original_entity),
                     render_entity,
                     slice_indices: start..end,
                 },
@@ -451,7 +447,6 @@ pub fn extract_sprites(
                     flip_y: sprite.flip_y,
                     image_handle_id: sprite.image.id(),
                     anchor: sprite.anchor.as_vec(),
-                    original_entity: Some(original_entity),
                     render_entity,
                     slice_indices: 0..0,
                 },
@@ -581,10 +576,7 @@ pub fn queue_sprites(
             .reserve(extracted_sprites.sprites.len());
 
         for (main_entity, extracted_sprite) in extracted_sprites.sprites.iter() {
-            let index = extracted_sprite
-                .original_entity
-                .unwrap_or(extracted_sprite.render_entity)
-                .index();
+            let index = main_entity.index();
 
             if !view_entities.contains(index as usize) {
                 continue;
diff --git a/crates/bevy_text/src/text2d.rs b/crates/bevy_text/src/text2d.rs
index 416cde584baa3..440e74201633d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_text/src/text2d.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_text/src/text2d.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ pub fn extract_text2d_sprite(
                         flip_x: false,
                         flip_y: false,
                         anchor: Anchor::Center.as_vec(),
-                        original_entity: Some(original_entity),
                         render_entity: commands.spawn(TemporaryRenderEntity).id(),
                         slice_indices: start..end,
                     },