diff --git a/lib/extract/extractText.js b/lib/extract/extractText.js
index ab0f653c..b7e628d9 100644
--- a/lib/extract/extractText.js
+++ b/lib/extract/extractText.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function parseDelta(delta) {
     }
 }
 
-export default function(props, container, ref) {
+export default function(props, container) {
     const {
         x,
         y,
@@ -96,47 +96,34 @@ export default function(props, container, ref) {
     let { children } = props;
     let content = null;
 
-    let fontProps = extractFont(props);
-    if (props.parentFontProps) {
-        fontProps = Object.assign({}, props.parentFontProps, fontProps);
-    }
 
     if (typeof children === 'string' || typeof children === 'number') {
         const childrenString = children.toString();
         if (container) {
-            children = <TSpan parentFontProps={fontProps}>{childrenString}</TSpan>;
+            children = <TSpan>{childrenString}</TSpan>;
         } else {
             content = childrenString;
             children = null;
         }
-    } else if (Children.count(children) >= 1 || Array.isArray(children)) {
+    } else if (Children.count(children) > 1 || Array.isArray(children)) {
         children = Children.map(children, child => {
             if (typeof child === 'string' || typeof child === 'number') {
-                return <TSpan parentFontProps={fontProps}>{child.toString()}</TSpan>;
+                return <TSpan>{child.toString()}</TSpan>;
             } else {
-                //return child;
-                return React.cloneElement(child, {
-                  parentFontProps: fontProps
-                });
+                return child;
             }
         });
     }
 
-    let posY = null;
-    if (fontProps.fontSize) {
-        posY = (parseFloat(y || 0) - parseFloat(fontProps.fontSize || 0)).toString();
-    } else if (y) {
-        posY = y.toString();
-    }
     return {
         textAnchor: anchors[textAnchor] || 0,
-        font: fontProps,
+        font: extractFont(props),
         children,
         content,
         deltaX,
         deltaY,
         startOffset: (startOffset || 0).toString(),
         positionX: _.isNil(x) ? null : x.toString(),
-        positionY: posY
+        positionY: _.isNil(y) ? null : y.toString()
     };
 }