diff --git a/lib/router/bind.js b/lib/router/bind.js
index ecbb0e80bf..6286f3fd56 100644
--- a/lib/router/bind.js
+++ b/lib/router/bind.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function bind( /* path, target, verb, options */ ) {
   // If target is an object with a `target`, pull out the rest
   // of the keys as route options and then bind the target.
   else if (_.isPlainObject(target) && target.target) {
-    var _target = _.cloneDeep(target.target);
+    var _target = target.target;
     options = _.merge(options, _.omit(target, 'target'));
     bind.apply(this, [path, _target, verb, options]);
   }