diff --git a/perfact/zodbsync/zodbsync.py b/perfact/zodbsync/zodbsync.py
index fa5ac7d..7edd98d 100644
--- a/perfact/zodbsync/zodbsync.py
+++ b/perfact/zodbsync/zodbsync.py
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ def fs_write(self, path, data):
         old_data = self.fs_read(pathinfo['fspath'])
 
         # Build object
-        exclude_keys = ['source', 'zodbsync_layer', 'is_root']
+        exclude_keys = ['source', 'zodbsync_layer']
         meta = {
             key: value
             for key, value in data.items()