diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6e87adb77..33e059cd0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/gkjohnson/three-mesh-bvh#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "three": ">= 0.151.0"
+    "three": ">= 0.158.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.15.5",
diff --git a/src/utils/ExtensionUtilities.js b/src/utils/ExtensionUtilities.js
index d87bcfebb..f734f6f15 100644
--- a/src/utils/ExtensionUtilities.js
+++ b/src/utils/ExtensionUtilities.js
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-import { Ray, Matrix4, Mesh, Vector3, Sphere, REVISION } from 'three';
+import { Ray, Matrix4, Mesh, Vector3, Sphere, BatchedMesh, REVISION } from 'three';
 import { convertRaycastIntersect } from './GeometryRayIntersectUtilities.js';
 import { MeshBVH } from '../core/MeshBVH.js';
-import * as THREE from 'three';
 
-const BatchedMesh = THREE.BatchedMesh || null; // this is necessary to not break three.js r157-
 const IS_REVISION_166 = parseInt( REVISION ) >= 166;
 const ray = /* @__PURE__ */ new Ray();
 const direction = /* @__PURE__ */ new Vector3();
 const tmpInverseMatrix = /* @__PURE__ */ new Matrix4();
 const origMeshRaycastFunc = Mesh.prototype.raycast;
-const origBatchedRaycastFunc = BatchedMesh !== null ? BatchedMesh.prototype.raycast : null;
+const origBatchedRaycastFunc = BatchedMesh.prototype.raycast;
 const _worldScale = /* @__PURE__ */ new Vector3();
 const _mesh = /* @__PURE__ */ new Mesh();
 const _batchIntersects = [];