diff --git a/render/container.go b/render/container.go
index 540e284c0..219a76d9c 100644
--- a/render/container.go
+++ b/render/container.go
@@ -94,9 +94,8 @@ func (c connectionJoin) Render(rpt report.Report) Nodes {
 			id, found = ipNodes[report.MakeScopedEndpointNodeID(scope, addr, port)]
 		}
 		if found && id != "" { // not one we blanked out earlier
-			ret.addChild(m, id, func(id string) report.Node {
-				return inputNodes.Nodes[id]
-			})
+			// We are guaranteed to find the id, so no need to pass a node constructor.
+			ret.addChild(m, id, nil)
 		}
 	}
 	return ret.result(endpoints)
diff --git a/render/host.go b/render/host.go
index d8f39205f..180f1115d 100644
--- a/render/host.go
+++ b/render/host.go
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ func (e endpoints2Hosts) Render(rpt report.Report) Nodes {
 		} else {
 			id := report.MakeHostNodeID(report.ExtractHostID(n))
 			ret.addChild(n, id, func(id string) report.Node {
-				if hostNode, found := hosts.Nodes[id]; found {
-					return hostNode
-				}
 				// we have a hostNodeID, but no matching host node;
 				// create a new one rather than dropping the data
 				return report.MakeNode(id).WithTopology(report.Host).
diff --git a/render/process.go b/render/process.go
index bd5c321dc..f1ca648e2 100644
--- a/render/process.go
+++ b/render/process.go
@@ -106,10 +106,8 @@ func (e endpoints2Processes) Render(rpt report.Report) Nodes {
 			hostID, _, _ := report.ParseNodeID(hostNodeID)
 			id := report.MakeProcessNodeID(hostID, pid)
 			ret.addChild(n, id, func(id string) report.Node {
-				if processNode, found := processes.Nodes[id]; found {
-					return processNode
-				}
-				// we have a pid, but no matching process node; create a new one rather than dropping the data
+				// we have a pid, but no matching process node;
+				// create a new one rather than dropping the data
 				return report.MakeNode(id).WithTopology(report.Process).
 					WithLatest(process.PID, timestamp, pid)
 			})