diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 7fc241daf8..4e7db1fd0c 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -555,42 +555,6 @@ void Application::paintGL() {
         _myCamera.setTargetPosition(_myAvatar->getHead()->calculateAverageEyePosition());
         _myCamera.setTargetRotation(_myAvatar->getHead()->getCameraOrientation());
 
-        if (Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::CollideWithAvatars)) {
-            glm::vec3 planeNormal = _myCamera.getTargetRotation() * IDENTITY_FRONT;
-            const float BASE_PUSHBACK_RADIUS = 0.25f;
-            float pushbackRadius = _myCamera.getNearClip() + _myAvatar->getScale() * BASE_PUSHBACK_RADIUS;
-            glm::vec4 plane(planeNormal, -glm::dot(planeNormal, _myCamera.getTargetPosition()) - pushbackRadius);
-
-            // push camera out of any intersecting avatars
-            foreach (const AvatarSharedPointer& avatarData, _avatarManager.getAvatarHash()) {
-                Avatar* avatar = static_cast<Avatar*>(avatarData.data());
-                if (avatar->isMyAvatar()) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                if (glm::distance(avatar->getPosition(), _myCamera.getTargetPosition()) >
-                        avatar->getBoundingRadius() + pushbackRadius) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                float angle = angleBetween(avatar->getPosition() - _myCamera.getTargetPosition(), planeNormal);
-                if (angle > PI_OVER_TWO) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                float scale = 1.0f - angle / PI_OVER_TWO;
-                scale = qMin(1.0f, scale * 2.5f);
-                static CollisionList collisions(64);
-                collisions.clear();
-                if (!avatar->findPlaneCollisions(plane, collisions)) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-                for (int i = 0; i < collisions.size(); i++) {
-                    pushback = qMax(pushback, glm::length(collisions.getCollision(i)->_penetration) * scale);
-                }
-            }
-            const float MAX_PUSHBACK = 0.35f;
-            pushback = qMin(pushback, MAX_PUSHBACK * _myAvatar->getScale());
-            const float BASE_PUSHBACK_FOCAL_LENGTH = 0.5f;
-            pushbackFocalLength = BASE_PUSHBACK_FOCAL_LENGTH * _myAvatar->getScale();
-        }
     } else if (_myCamera.getMode() == CAMERA_MODE_THIRD_PERSON) {
         _myCamera.setTightness(0.0f);     //  Camera is directly connected to head without smoothing
         _myCamera.setTargetPosition(_myAvatar->getUprightHeadPosition());