diff --git a/packages/utils/src/customisations/merge.ts b/packages/utils/src/customisations/merge.ts
index 2861e36..1519ba4 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/customisations/merge.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/customisations/merge.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import {
  */
 export function mergeCustomisations<T extends FullIconCustomisations>(
 	defaults: T,
-	item: IconifyIconCustomisations
+	item: IconifyIconCustomisations,
+	keepOtherProps = true
 ): T {
 	// Merge transformations
-	const result = mergeIconTransformations(defaults, item);
+	const result = mergeIconTransformations(defaults, item, keepOtherProps);
 
 	// Merge dimensions
 	for (const key in defaultIconSizeCustomisations) {
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/icon-set/get-icon.ts b/packages/utils/src/icon-set/get-icon.ts
index d90fea5..8b43f25 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/icon-set/get-icon.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/icon-set/get-icon.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import type { IconifyDimenisons, IconifyJSON } from '@iconify/types';
-import { defaultIconProps, defaultIconDimensions } from '../icon/defaults';
+import type { IconifyJSON } from '@iconify/types';
+import { defaultIconProps } from '../icon/defaults';
 import type { IconifyIcon, FullIconifyIcon } from '../icon/defaults';
 import { mergeIconData } from '../icon/merge';
+import { getIconsTree } from './tree';
 
 /**
  * Get data for icon
@@ -21,54 +22,43 @@ export function getIconData(
 	name: string,
 	full = false
 ): FullIconifyIcon | IconifyIcon | null {
-	function getIcon(name: string, iteration: number): IconifyIcon | null {
-		if (data.icons[name] !== void 0) {
-			// Return icon
-			return Object.assign({}, data.icons[name]);
-		}
+	const icons = data.icons;
+	const aliases = data.aliases || {};
 
-		// Check loop
-		if (iteration > 5) {
+	let currentProps = {} as IconifyIcon;
+
+	// Parse parent item
+	function parse(name: string) {
+		currentProps = mergeIconData(
+			icons[name] || aliases[name],
+			currentProps,
+			false
+		);
+	}
+
+	const icon = icons[name];
+	if (icon) {
+		// Parse only icon
+		parse(name);
+	} else {
+		// Resolve tree
+		const tree = getIconsTree(data, [name])[name];
+		if (!tree) {
 			return null;
 		}
-
-		// Check if alias exists
-		const aliases = data.aliases;
-		if (aliases && aliases[name] !== void 0) {
-			const item = aliases[name];
-			const result = getIcon(item.parent, iteration + 1);
-			if (result) {
-				return mergeIconData(result, item);
-			}
-			return result;
-		}
-
-		// Check if character exists
-		const chars = data.chars;
-		if (!iteration && chars && chars[name] !== void 0) {
-			return getIcon(chars[name], iteration + 1);
-		}
-
-		return null;
+		parse(name);
+		tree.forEach(parse);
 	}
 
-	const result = getIcon(name, 0);
-
-	// Add default properties
-	if (result) {
-		for (const key in defaultIconDimensions) {
-			if (
-				result[key as keyof IconifyDimenisons] === void 0 &&
-				data[key as keyof IconifyDimenisons] !== void 0
-			) {
-				(result as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)[key] =
-					data[key as keyof IconifyDimenisons];
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	// Add default values
+	currentProps = mergeIconData(
+		data,
+		currentProps,
+		false
+	) as unknown as IconifyIcon;
 
 	// Return icon
-	return result && full
-		? Object.assign({}, defaultIconProps, result)
-		: result;
+	return full
+		? Object.assign({}, defaultIconProps, currentProps)
+		: currentProps;
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/icon-set/get-icons.ts b/packages/utils/src/icon-set/get-icons.ts
index caa520a..bed5504 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/icon-set/get-icons.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/icon-set/get-icons.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion */
-import type { IconifyJSON } from '@iconify/types';
-import { defaultIconProps } from '../icon/defaults';
+import type { IconifyAliases, IconifyJSON } from '@iconify/types';
+import { defaultIconDimensions } from '../icon/defaults';
+import { getIconsTree } from './tree';
 
 /**
  * Optional properties that must be copied when copying icon set
  */
-export const propsToCopy = Object.keys(defaultIconProps).concat([
+export const propsToCopy = Object.keys(defaultIconDimensions).concat([
 	'provider',
 ]) as (keyof IconifyJSON)[];
 
@@ -14,61 +14,43 @@ export const propsToCopy = Object.keys(defaultIconProps).concat([
  */
 export function getIcons(
 	data: IconifyJSON,
-	icons: string[],
+	names: string[],
 	not_found?: boolean
 ): IconifyJSON | null {
+	const icons = Object.create(null) as IconifyJSON['icons'];
+	const aliases = Object.create(null) as IconifyAliases;
 	const result: IconifyJSON = {
 		prefix: data.prefix,
-		icons: Object.create(null) as never,
+		icons,
 	};
-	const tested: Set<string> = new Set();
+
+	const sourceIcons = data.icons;
+	const sourceAliases = data.aliases || {};
+
+	const tree = getIconsTree(data, names);
 	let empty = true;
 
-	function copy(name: string, iteration: number): boolean {
-		if (iteration > 5 || tested.has(name)) {
-			// Already copied or too much nesting
-			return true;
-		}
-		tested.add(name);
-
-		// Check for icon
-		if (data.icons[name] !== void 0) {
+	// Copy all icons
+	for (const name in tree) {
+		if (!tree[name]) {
+			// Failed
+			if (not_found && names.indexOf(name) !== -1) {
+				// Add to not_found
+				(result.not_found || (result.not_found = [])).push(name);
+			}
+		} else if (sourceIcons[name]) {
+			// Icon
+			icons[name] = {
+				...sourceIcons[name],
+			};
 			empty = false;
-			result.icons[name] = { ...data.icons[name] };
-			return true;
+		} else {
+			// Alias
+			aliases[name] = {
+				...sourceAliases[name],
+			};
+			result.aliases = aliases;
 		}
-
-		// Check for alias
-		const aliases = data.aliases;
-		if (aliases && aliases[name] !== void 0) {
-			const copied = copy(aliases[name].parent, iteration + 1);
-			if (copied) {
-				if (result.aliases === void 0) {
-					result.aliases = Object.create(null) as never;
-				}
-				result.aliases[name] = { ...aliases[name] };
-			}
-			return copied;
-		}
-
-		// Check for character, return as alias
-		const chars = data.chars;
-		if (chars && chars[name] !== void 0) {
-			const parent = chars[name];
-			const copied = copy(parent, iteration + 1);
-			if (copied) {
-				if (result.aliases === void 0) {
-					result.aliases = Object.create(null) as never;
-				}
-				result.aliases[name] = {
-					parent,
-				};
-			}
-			return copied;
-		}
-
-		// Not found
-		return false;
 	}
 
 	// Copy common properties
@@ -78,15 +60,5 @@ export function getIcons(
 		}
 	});
 
-	// Copy all icons
-	icons.forEach((name) => {
-		if (!copy(name, 0) && not_found === true) {
-			if (result.not_found === void 0) {
-				result.not_found = [];
-			}
-			result.not_found.push(name);
-		}
-	});
-
 	return empty && not_found !== true ? null : result;
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/icon-set/tree.ts b/packages/utils/src/icon-set/tree.ts
index 55cb523..c12b98f 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/icon-set/tree.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/icon-set/tree.ts
@@ -11,18 +11,20 @@ export type ParentIconsTree = Record<string, ParentIconsList | null>;
  *
  * Returns parent icon for each icon
  */
-export function getIconsTree(data: IconifyJSON): ParentIconsTree {
-	const resolved = Object.create(null) as ParentIconsTree;
-
-	// Add all icons
-	for (const key in data.icons) {
-		resolved[key] = [];
-	}
-
-	// Add all aliases
+export function getIconsTree(
+	data: IconifyJSON,
+	names?: string[]
+): ParentIconsTree {
+	const icons = data.icons;
 	const aliases = data.aliases || {};
 
-	function resolveAlias(name: string): ParentIconsList | null {
+	const resolved = Object.create(null) as ParentIconsTree;
+
+	function resolve(name: string): ParentIconsList | null {
+		if (icons[name]) {
+			return (resolved[name] = []);
+		}
+
 		if (resolved[name] === void 0) {
 			// Mark as failed if parent alias points to this icon to avoid infinite loop
 			resolved[name] = null;
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ export function getIconsTree(data: IconifyJSON): ParentIconsTree {
 			const parent = aliases[name] && aliases[name].parent;
 
 			// Get value for parent
-			const value = parent && resolveAlias(parent);
+			const value = parent && resolve(parent);
 			if (value) {
 				resolved[name] = [parent].concat(value);
 			}
@@ -40,9 +42,8 @@ export function getIconsTree(data: IconifyJSON): ParentIconsTree {
 		return resolved[name];
 	}
 
-	for (const name in aliases) {
-		resolveAlias(name);
-	}
+	// Resolve only required icons
+	(names || Object.keys(aliases).concat(Object.keys(icons))).forEach(resolve);
 
 	return resolved;
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/icon/merge.ts b/packages/utils/src/icon/merge.ts
index e1817da..d541545 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/icon/merge.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/icon/merge.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,43 @@
-import type { IconifyDimenisons, IconifyOptional } from '@iconify/types';
+import type {
+	IconifyDimenisons,
+	IconifyIcon,
+	IconifyOptional,
+	IconifyTransformations,
+} from '@iconify/types';
 import { defaultIconDimensions } from './defaults';
 import { mergeIconTransformations } from './transformations';
 
+// Props to copy: all icon properties, except transformations
+type PropsToCopy = Omit<IconifyIcon, keyof IconifyTransformations>;
+const propsToMerge: Required<PropsToCopy> = {
+	...defaultIconDimensions,
+	body: '',
+};
+
 /**
  * Merge icon and alias
+ *
+ * Can also be used to merge default values and icon
  */
 export function mergeIconData<T extends IconifyOptional>(
-	icon: T,
-	alias: IconifyOptional
+	parent: T,
+	child: IconifyOptional | IconifyIcon,
+	keepOtherParentProps = true
 ): T {
-	// Merge transformations, while keeping other props
-	const result = mergeIconTransformations(icon, alias);
+	// Merge transformations
+	const result = mergeIconTransformations(
+		parent,
+		child,
+		keepOtherParentProps
+	);
 
-	// Merge dimensions
-	for (const key in defaultIconDimensions) {
+	// Merge icon properties that aren't transformations
+	for (const key in propsToMerge) {
 		const prop = key as keyof IconifyDimenisons;
-		if (alias[prop] !== void 0) {
-			result[prop] = alias[prop];
+		if (child[prop] !== void 0) {
+			result[prop] = child[prop];
+		} else if (parent[prop] !== void 0) {
+			result[prop] = parent[prop];
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/icon/transformations.ts b/packages/utils/src/icon/transformations.ts
index c392013..047cfe6 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/icon/transformations.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/icon/transformations.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 import type { IconifyTransformations } from '@iconify/types';
 
 /**
- * Merge transformations. Also copies other properties from first parameter
+ * Merge transformations
  */
 export function mergeIconTransformations<T extends IconifyTransformations>(
 	obj1: T,
-	obj2: IconifyTransformations
+	obj2: IconifyTransformations,
+	keepOtherProps = true
 ): T {
-	const result = {
-		...obj1,
-	};
-	if (obj2.hFlip) {
-		result.hFlip = !result.hFlip;
+	const result = keepOtherProps ? { ...obj1 } : ({} as T);
+	if (obj1.hFlip || obj2.hFlip) {
+		result.hFlip = obj1.hFlip !== obj2.hFlip;
 	}
-	if (obj2.vFlip) {
-		result.vFlip = !result.vFlip;
+	if (obj1.vFlip || obj2.vFlip) {
+		result.vFlip = obj1.vFlip !== obj2.vFlip;
 	}
-	if (obj2.rotate) {
-		result.rotate = ((result.rotate || 0) + obj2.rotate) % 4;
+	if (obj1.rotate || obj2.rotate) {
+		result.rotate = ((obj1.rotate || 0) + (obj2.rotate || 0)) % 4;
 	}
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/misc/objects.ts b/packages/utils/src/misc/objects.ts
index c5ac4a7..88e8f67 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/misc/objects.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/misc/objects.ts
@@ -33,3 +33,20 @@ export function unmergeObjects<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
 	}
 	return result;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get common properties in 2 objects
+ */
+export function commonObjectProps<T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
+	item: unknown,
+	reference: T
+): Partial<T> {
+	const result = {} as T;
+	for (const key in reference) {
+		const value = (item as T)[key];
+		if (value !== void 0) {
+			result[key] = value;
+		}
+	}
+	return result;
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/tests/get-icons-test.ts b/packages/utils/tests/get-icons-test.ts
index c41bd19..7b605b1 100644
--- a/packages/utils/tests/get-icons-test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/tests/get-icons-test.ts
@@ -137,38 +137,10 @@ describe('Testing retrieving icons from icon set', () => {
 		});
 
 		// Character
-		expect(getIcons(data, ['f00'])).toEqual({
-			prefix: 'foo',
-			icons: {
-				bar2: {
-					body: '<g />',
-				},
-			},
-			aliases: {
-				f00: {
-					parent: 'bar2',
-				},
-			},
-		});
+		expect(getIcons(data, ['f00'])).toBeNull();
 
 		// Character that points to alias
-		expect(getIcons(data, ['f02'])).toEqual({
-			prefix: 'foo',
-			icons: {
-				bar: {
-					body: '<g />',
-				},
-			},
-			aliases: {
-				f02: {
-					parent: 'foo',
-				},
-				foo: {
-					parent: 'bar',
-					hFlip: true,
-				},
-			},
-		});
+		expect(getIcons(data, ['f02'])).toBeNull();
 
 		// Bad character
 		expect(getIcons(data, ['f04'])).toBeNull();
diff --git a/packages/utils/tests/parse-icons-test.ts b/packages/utils/tests/parse-icons-test.ts
index f3e13a5..5450935 100644
--- a/packages/utils/tests/parse-icons-test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/tests/parse-icons-test.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ describe('Testing parsing icon set', () => {
 			'alias2z4',
 			'alias2z5',
 			'alias2z6',
+			'alias2z7',
 		];
 		const namesCopy = names.slice(0);
 
@@ -275,6 +276,17 @@ describe('Testing parsing icon set', () => {
 				vFlip: true,
 				rotate: 1,
 			},
+			alias2z7: {
+				// alias of alias2z6
+				body: '<path d="icon2" />',
+				width: 21,
+				height: 24,
+				top: 0,
+				left: 0,
+				hFlip: false,
+				vFlip: true,
+				rotate: 1,
+			},
 		};
 
 		// Do stuff
@@ -333,7 +345,6 @@ describe('Testing parsing icon set', () => {
 						},
 						alias2z7: {
 							// 7 parents: alias2z6, alias2z5, alias2z4, alias2z3, alias2z, alias2f, icon2
-							// nesting is too deep and should not be parsed
 							parent: 'alias2z6',
 						},
 						alias3: {