diff --git a/include/gen/NodeGroup.h b/include/gen/NodeGroup.h
index ea55a26e25a8d2278727ecb00e88d33e90828bf9..6a35451ddb67c40b94a27bac9cd2b93b29234d63 100644
--- a/include/gen/NodeGroup.h
+++ b/include/gen/NodeGroup.h
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ All rights reserved.  Please see niflib.h for licence. */
 
 #include "../NIF_IO.h"
 
-// Include structures
-#include "../Ref.h"
 namespace Niflib {
 
 // Forward define of referenced blocks
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ struct NIFLIB_API NodeGroup {
 	/*!
 	 * The list of NiNode references.
 	 */
-	vector<Ref<NiNode > > nodes;
+	vector<NiNode * > nodes;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/gen/obj_impl.cpp b/src/gen/obj_impl.cpp
index de9f2607854668ac0ac1bd1d0d15b43336281311..7bed8f023d36e9e02b1f7db1312836ebe2acdb66 100644
--- a/src/gen/obj_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/gen/obj_impl.cpp
@@ -1540,8 +1540,6 @@ std::list<NiObjectRef> ABoneLODController::InternalGetRefs() const {
 	refs = NiTimeController::GetRefs();
 	for (uint i1 = 0; i1 < nodeGroups.size(); i1++) {
 		for (uint i2 = 0; i2 < nodeGroups[i1].nodes.size(); i2++) {
-			if ( nodeGroups[i1].nodes[i2] != NULL )
-				refs.push_back(StaticCast<NiObject>(nodeGroups[i1].nodes[i2]));
 		};
 	};
 	return refs;