diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
index b3add74f9c..6a67ef6638 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarHashMap.cpp
@@ -330,25 +330,19 @@ void AvatarHashMap::processAvatarIdentityPacket(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage>
 void AvatarHashMap::processBulkAvatarTraits(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> message, SharedNodePointer sendingNode) {
     AvatarTraits::TraitMessageSequence seq;
 
-    if (message->getBytesLeftToRead() > sizeof(AvatarTraits::TraitMessageSequence)) {
-        message->readPrimitive(&seq);
+    message->readPrimitive(&seq);
 
-        auto traitsAckPacket = NLPacket::create(PacketType::BulkAvatarTraitsAck, sizeof(AvatarTraits::TraitMessageSequence), true);
-        traitsAckPacket->writePrimitive(seq);
-        auto nodeList = DependencyManager::get<LimitedNodeList>();
-        SharedNodePointer avatarMixer = nodeList->soloNodeOfType(NodeType::AvatarMixer);
-        if (!avatarMixer.isNull()) {
-            // we have a mixer to send to, acknowledge that we received these
-            // traits.
-            nodeList->sendPacket(std::move(traitsAckPacket), *avatarMixer);
-        }
-    }
-    else {
-        qWarning() << "No BulkAvatarTraits packet sequence number.";
-        return;
+    auto traitsAckPacket = NLPacket::create(PacketType::BulkAvatarTraitsAck, sizeof(AvatarTraits::TraitMessageSequence), true);
+    traitsAckPacket->writePrimitive(seq);
+    auto nodeList = DependencyManager::get<LimitedNodeList>();
+    SharedNodePointer avatarMixer = nodeList->soloNodeOfType(NodeType::AvatarMixer);
+    if (!avatarMixer.isNull()) {
+        // we have a mixer to send to, acknowledge that we received these
+        // traits.
+        nodeList->sendPacket(std::move(traitsAckPacket), *avatarMixer);
     }
 
-    while (message->getBytesLeftToRead() >= NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID + sizeof(AvatarTraits::TraitType)) {
+    while (message->getBytesLeftToRead()) {
         // read the avatar ID to figure out which avatar this is for
         auto avatarID = QUuid::fromRfc4122(message->readWithoutCopy(NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID));
 
@@ -413,9 +407,6 @@ void AvatarHashMap::processBulkAvatarTraits(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> mess
             message->readPrimitive(&traitType);
         }
     }
-    if (message->getBytesLeftToRead() > 0) {
-        qWarning() << "Leftover bytes in BulkAvatarTraits message";
-    }
 }
 
 void AvatarHashMap::processKillAvatar(QSharedPointer<ReceivedMessage> message, SharedNodePointer sendingNode) {