diff --git a/lib/ObjectSchema.js b/lib/ObjectSchema.js
index 4d1e46f..e1317e9 100644
--- a/lib/ObjectSchema.js
+++ b/lib/ObjectSchema.js
@@ -335,14 +335,7 @@ const ObjectSchema = ({ schema = initialState, ...options } = {}) => {
       }
       const src = base._getState()
       const extended = combineDeepmerge(src, schema)
-      const {
-        valueOf,
-        isFluentSchema,
-        FLUENT_SCHEMA,
-        _getState,
-        extend
-      } = ObjectSchema({ schema: extended, ...options })
-      return { valueOf, isFluentSchema, FLUENT_SCHEMA, _getState, extend }
+      return ObjectSchema({ schema: extended, ...options })
     },
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/ObjectSchema.test.js b/test/ObjectSchema.test.js
index be1588e..b3b765c 100644
--- a/test/ObjectSchema.test.js
+++ b/test/ObjectSchema.test.js
@@ -862,17 +862,36 @@ describe('ObjectSchema', () => {
       )
     })
 
-    it('throws an error if you append a new prop after extend', () => {
-      assert.throws(
-        () => {
-          const base = S.object()
-          S.object().extend(base).prop('foo')
-        },
-        (err) =>
-          // err instanceof S.FluentSchemaError &&
-          err instanceof TypeError &&
-          err.message === 'S.object(...).extend(...).prop is not a function'
-      )
+    it('returns a chainable schema instance after extend', () => {
+      const base = S.object()
+        .prop('one', S.number())
+        .prop('two', S.number())
+
+      const extended = S.object()
+        .prop('three', S.number())
+        .prop('four', S.number())
+        .extend(base)
+        .prop('five', S.number())
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(extended.without(['one']).valueOf(), {
+        $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#',
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          two: { type: 'number' },
+          three: { type: 'number' },
+          four: { type: 'number' },
+          five: { type: 'number' }
+        }
+      })
+
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(extended.only(['three', 'five']).valueOf(), {
+        $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#',
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          three: { type: 'number' },
+          five: { type: 'number' }
+        }
+      })
     })
   })