# Master Pages not allowing Optional Stylesheets

**URL:** https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/master-pages-not-allowing-optional-stylesheets/2183
**Category:** Bug Reports
**Created:** [September 9, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/master-pages-not-allowing-optional-stylesheets/2183 "2018-09-09T19:32:27Z")
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### Author: ![SouthCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@SouthCoder](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/SouthCoder)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/master-pages-not-allowing-optional-stylesheets/2183/1 "2018-09-09T19:32:27Z")

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When I remove stylesheet references from the child of a master page then select “Update the whole project” from the Component menu option, the stylesheet references are re-added, as per their presence in the master page.

I also see that when I check the “manage stylesheets” menu option for the child page, the stylesheets are still shown as being absent, but when I go and check them in the child page code they are still there.

I don’t want the performance overhead of unnecessary stylesheet references in child pages that don’t use them. Neither do I want to abandon the use of placing the head tag block in my master pages. Is there a formal way of removing stylesheets from child pages? Or maybe a workaround?