diff --git a/src/clone-svg.ts b/src/clone-svg.ts
index a5f1015..d1707ab 100644
--- a/src/clone-svg.ts
+++ b/src/clone-svg.ts
@@ -13,40 +13,38 @@ export async function cloneSvg<T extends SVGElement>(
 
   const uses = clone.querySelectorAll?.('use') ?? []
 
-  if (uses.length) {
-    for (let len = uses.length, i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-      const use = uses[i]
+  for (let len = uses.length, i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+    const use = uses[i]
 
-      const href = use.getAttribute('href') // check href first as this is preferred and will be used if both are set
-        ?? use.getAttribute('xlink:href')
+    const href = use.getAttribute('href') // check href first as this is preferred and will be used if both are set
+      ?? use.getAttribute('xlink:href')
 
-      if (!href) continue // skip blank hrefs
+    if (!href) continue // skip blank hrefs
 
-      const [svgUrl, id] = href.split('#')
+    const [svgUrl, id] = href.split('#')
 
-      if (id) {
-        const query = `#${ id }`
-        const definition = ownerDocument?.querySelector(`svg ${ query }`)
+    if (id) {
+      const query = `#${ id }`
+      const definition = ownerDocument?.querySelector(`svg ${ query }`)
 
-        if (svgUrl) {
-          // change the href attribute to use a local symbol on this cloned use-node
-          use.setAttribute('href', query)
-          // No need to set xlink:href since this is ignored when href is set
-        }
+      if (svgUrl) {
+        // change the href attribute to use a local symbol on this cloned use-node
+        use.setAttribute('href', query)
+        // No need to set xlink:href since this is ignored when href is set
+      }
 
-        if (svgDefsElement?.querySelector(query)) continue // already exists in defs
-
-        if (definition) { // found local embedded definition
-          svgDefsElement?.appendChild(await cloneNode(definition, context))
-        } else if (svgUrl) { // no local definition but found an url
-          // try to fetch the svg and append it to the svgDefsElement
-          try { // wrapped in try/catch since this is network calls that is likely to fail
-            const response = await fetch(svgUrl)
-            const svgData = await response.text()
-            svgDefsElement?.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', svgData)
-          } catch (error) {
-            consoleWarn(`Failed to fetch svg from ${ svgUrl }`, error)
-          }
+      if (svgDefsElement?.querySelector(query)) continue // already exists in defs
+
+      if (definition) { // found local embedded definition
+        svgDefsElement?.appendChild(await cloneNode(definition, context))
+      } else if (svgUrl) { // no local definition but found an url
+        // try to fetch the svg and append it to the svgDefsElement
+        try { // wrapped in try/catch since this is network calls that is likely to fail
+          const response = await fetch(svgUrl)
+          const svgData = await response.text()
+          svgDefsElement?.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', svgData)
+        } catch (error) {
+          consoleWarn(`Failed to fetch svg from ${ svgUrl }`, error)
         }
       }
     }