diff --git a/packages/playground/src/dom/Scene.tsx b/packages/playground/src/dom/Scene.tsx
index 3bf6661..108ef4f 100644
--- a/packages/playground/src/dom/Scene.tsx
+++ b/packages/playground/src/dom/Scene.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const Box: React.FC<{
   selection: ISheetObject[]
 }> = ({id, sheet, selection}) => {
   // This is cheap to call and always returns the same value, so no need for useMemo()
-  const obj = sheet.object(id, null, boxObjectConfig)
+  const obj = sheet.object(id, boxObjectConfig)
 
   const isSelected = selection.includes(obj)
 
diff --git a/packages/playground/src/redesign/Scene.tsx b/packages/playground/src/redesign/Scene.tsx
index dc143b1..ac17256 100644
--- a/packages/playground/src/redesign/Scene.tsx
+++ b/packages/playground/src/redesign/Scene.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const Box: React.FC<{
   selection: ISheetObject[]
 }> = ({id, sheet, selection: selection}) => {
   // This is cheap to call and always returns the same value, so no need for useMemo()
-  const obj = sheet.object('object ' + id, null, boxObjectConfig)
+  const obj = sheet.object('object ' + id, boxObjectConfig)
 
   const isSelected = selection.includes(obj)
 
diff --git a/packages/playground/src/turtle/TurtleRenderer.tsx b/packages/playground/src/turtle/TurtleRenderer.tsx
index 96696a3..1314909 100644
--- a/packages/playground/src/turtle/TurtleRenderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/playground/src/turtle/TurtleRenderer.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const TurtleRenderer: React.FC<{
   dimsRef.current = {width: props.width, height: props.height}
 
   const obj = useMemo(() => {
-    return props.sheet.object(props.objKey, null, objConfig)
+    return props.sheet.object(props.objKey, objConfig)
   }, [props.sheet, props.objKey])
 
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/editable.tsx b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/editable.tsx
index f9b165a..39f5f04 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/editable.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/editable.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const editable = <
 
       useLayoutEffect(() => {
         if (!sheet) return
-        const sheetObject = sheet.object(uniqueName, {}, baseSheetObjectType)
+        const sheetObject = sheet.object(uniqueName, baseSheetObjectType)
         setSheetObject(sheetObject)
 
         useEditorStore
diff --git a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/editorStuff.ts b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/editorStuff.ts
index 7090830..24ead05 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/editorStuff.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/editorStuff.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function getEditorSheetObject(): ISheetObject<
 > | null {
   if (!sheetObject) {
     sheetObject =
-      getEditorSheet().object('Editor', null, editorSheetObjectConfig) || null
+      getEditorSheet().object('Editor', editorSheetObjectConfig) || null
   }
   return sheetObject
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/useSnapshotEditorCamera.tsx b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/useSnapshotEditorCamera.tsx
index 071129b..5482093 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/useSnapshotEditorCamera.tsx
+++ b/packages/plugin-r3f/src/components/useSnapshotEditorCamera.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export default function useSnapshotEditorCamera(
     if (!objRef.current) {
       objRef.current = snapshotEditorSheet.object(
         `Editor Camera ${paneId}`,
-        {},
         camConf,
       )
     }
diff --git a/theatre/core/src/sheets/TheatreSheet.ts b/theatre/core/src/sheets/TheatreSheet.ts
index dbcc553..29ce91f 100644
--- a/theatre/core/src/sheets/TheatreSheet.ts
+++ b/theatre/core/src/sheets/TheatreSheet.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export interface ISheet {
 
   object<Props extends PropTypeConfig_Compound<$IntentionalAny>>(
     key: string,
-    nativeObject: unknown,
     config: SheetObjectConfig<Props>,
   ): ISheetObject<Props>
 
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ export default class TheatreSheet implements ISheet {
 
   object<Props extends PropTypeConfig_Compound<$IntentionalAny>>(
     key: string,
-    nativeObject: unknown,
     config: SheetObjectConfig<Props>,
   ): ISheetObject<Props> {
     const internal = privateAPI(this)
@@ -55,6 +53,8 @@ export default class TheatreSheet implements ISheet {
 
     const existingObject = internal.getObject(sanitizedPath)
 
+    const nativeObject = null
+
     if (existingObject) {
       existingObject.overrideConfig(nativeObject, config)
       return existingObject.publicApi as $IntentionalAny
diff --git a/theatre/shared/src/testUtils.ts b/theatre/shared/src/testUtils.ts
index d142f1a..f2c477c 100644
--- a/theatre/shared/src/testUtils.ts
+++ b/theatre/shared/src/testUtils.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export async function setupTestSheet(sheetState: SheetState_Historic) {
   const sheetPublicAPI = project.sheet('Sheet')
   const objPublicAPI = sheetPublicAPI.object(
     'obj',
-    null,
     t.compound({
       position: t.compound({
         x: t.number(0),