diff --git a/crates/engine/src/code_connect_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/code_connect_tests.rs
index 69f655ec6..4474fe03a 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/code_connect_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/code_connect_tests.rs
@@ -285,3 +285,16 @@ fn vue_layer_trees_import_connected_components_in_script_setup() {
     assert!(code.starts_with(want), "{code}");
     assert_eq!(code.matches("import Card").count(), 1, "{code}");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn many_entries_for_one_component_each_link() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let (_, hover) = button(&mut s);
+    let links: Vec<Value> = (0..crate::code_connect::MAX_FILE_LINKS)
+        .map(|i| json!({"component": "Button", "language": if i % 2 == 0 { "react" } else { "vue" }, "name": "Button", "template": "<Button />"}))
+        .collect();
+    let r = ex(&mut s, "codeConnect.import", json!({"json": {"version": 1, "links": links}}));
+    assert_eq!(r["linked"], crate::code_connect::MAX_FILE_LINKS, "{r}");
+    let i = idv(&ex(&mut s, "instance.create", json!({"component": hover, "x": 0, "y": 500})));
+    assert_eq!(code(&mut s, i, "react"), "<Button />\n");
+}
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/dev/code_connect.rs b/crates/engine/src/dev/code_connect.rs
index fe67ba1e9..27738d083 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/dev/code_connect.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/dev/code_connect.rs
@@ -669,7 +669,12 @@ fn import(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
     }
     let doc = s.doc()?;
     // Components and sets by name (variants are linked through their set).
-    let owners: Vec<(String, NodeId)> = doc.nodes().filter(|n| owner(doc, n.id) == Some(n.id)).map(|n| (n.name.clone(), n.id)).collect();
+    let mut owners: std::collections::HashMap<&str, Vec<NodeId>> = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+    for n in doc.nodes().filter(|n| owner(doc, n.id) == Some(n.id)) {
+        owners.entry(n.name.as_str()).or_default().push(n.id);
+    }
+    // What each component looks like, worked out once however many entries name it.
+    let mut described: std::collections::HashMap<NodeId, Option<Component>> = std::collections::HashMap::new();
     let mut warnings: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
     let mut apply: Vec<(NodeId, CodeLink)> = Vec::new();
     for (i, e) in entries.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -689,13 +694,13 @@ fn import(s: &mut Session, p: &Value) -> Result<Value> {
             name: name.into(),
             template: template.into(),
         };
-        let matches: Vec<NodeId> = owners.iter().filter(|(n, _)| n == component).map(|(_, id)| *id).collect();
+        let matches = owners.get(component).cloned().unwrap_or_default();
         if matches.is_empty() {
             warnings.push(format!("link {}: no component named {component:?}", i + 1));
         }
         for id in matches {
-            let Some(c) = main_of(doc, id).and_then(|m| describe(doc, m)) else { continue };
-            match check(&c, &link, lang) {
+            let Some(c) = described.entry(id).or_insert_with(|| main_of(doc, id).and_then(|m| describe(doc, m))).as_ref() else { continue };
+            match check(c, &link, lang) {
                 Ok(_) => apply.push((id, link.clone())),
                 Err(err) => warnings.push(format!("link {} ({component}): {err}", i + 1)),
             }