diff --git a/apps/example/src/Examples/Breathe/index.ts b/apps/example/src/Examples/Breathe/index.ts
index 319fb82a16..2de3f63f46 100644
--- a/apps/example/src/Examples/Breathe/index.ts
+++ b/apps/example/src/Examples/Breathe/index.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export { Breathe } from "./Breathe";
+export { Breathe } from "./TestReconciller";
diff --git a/packages/skia/src/sksg/HostConfig.ts b/packages/skia/src/sksg/HostConfig.ts
index e56dacc13d..831a667364 100644
--- a/packages/skia/src/sksg/HostConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/skia/src/sksg/HostConfig.ts
@@ -177,16 +177,24 @@ export const sksgHostConfig: SkiaHostConfig = {
     _type,
     _oldProps,
     newProps,
-    _updatePayload,
-    _internalInstanceHandle,
-    keepChildren: boolean,
-    _recyclableInstance: null | Instance
+    keepChildren,
+    _newChildSet
   ) {
     debug("cloneInstance");
+
+    // TODO: on RN Web we need to do clone newProps
+    // see https://github.com/Shopify/react-native-skia/pull/2998
+    if (
+      keepChildren &&
+      shallowEq(instance.props as object, newProps as object)
+    ) {
+      return instance;
+    }
+
     return {
       type: instance.type,
-      props: { ...newProps },
-      children: keepChildren ? [...instance.children] : [],
+      props: newProps,
+      children: keepChildren ? instance.children : [],
     };
   },