diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/builder.py b/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/builder.py
index 310259afd..4a64007e2 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/builder.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/builder.py
@@ -248,9 +248,6 @@ def buildCOLR(
     if version == 0:
         self.ColorLayers = self._decompileColorLayersV0(colr)
     else:
-        clipBoxes = {
-            name: clipBoxes[name] for name in clipBoxes or {} if name in colorGlyphsV1
-        }
         colr.ClipList = buildClipList(clipBoxes) if clipBoxes else None
         colr.VarIndexMap = varIndexMap
         colr.VarStore = varStore
diff --git a/Tests/colorLib/builder_test.py b/Tests/colorLib/builder_test.py
index 7259db4d8..b76b3a3e3 100644
--- a/Tests/colorLib/builder_test.py
+++ b/Tests/colorLib/builder_test.py
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ class BuildCOLRTest(object):
             clipBoxes={
                 "a": (0, 0, 1000, 1000, 0),  # optional 5th: varIndexBase
                 "c": (-100.8, -200.4, 1100.1, 1200.5),  # floats get rounded
-                "e": (0, 0, 10, 10),  # missing base glyph 'e' is ignored
+                "e": (0, 0, 10, 10),  # 'e' does _not_ get ignored despite being missing
             },
         )
 
@@ -1689,9 +1689,11 @@ class BuildCOLRTest(object):
         ] == [
             ("a", (0, 0, 1000, 1000, 0)),
             ("c", (-101, -201, 1101, 1201)),
+            ("e", (0, 0, 10, 10)),
         ]
         assert clipBoxes["a"].Format == 2
         assert clipBoxes["c"].Format == 1
+        assert clipBoxes["e"].Format == 1
 
     def test_duplicate_base_glyphs(self):
         # If > 1 base glyphs refer to equivalent list of layers we expect them to share