diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
index c62eafd9f2..11b9cb30bb 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void EntityTreeRenderer::updateChangedEntities(const render::ScenePointer& scene
         std::priority_queue< SortableRenderer > sortedRenderables;
         {
             PROFILE_RANGE_EX(simulation_physics, "SortRenderables", 0xffff00ff, (uint64_t)_renderablesToUpdate.size());
-            PrioritySortUtil::Prioritizer<EntityRendererPointer> prioritizer(view);
+            PrioritySortUtil::Prioritizer prioritizer(view);
             std::unordered_map<EntityItemID, EntityRendererPointer>::iterator itr = _renderablesToUpdate.begin();
             while (itr != _renderablesToUpdate.end()) {
                 float priority = prioritizer.computePriority(PrioritizableRenderer(itr->second));
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/PrioritySortUtil.h b/libraries/shared/src/PrioritySortUtil.h
index d03edc53ac..d5fdbad31b 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/PrioritySortUtil.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/PrioritySortUtil.h
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ namespace PrioritySortUtil {
         virtual uint64_t getTimestamp() const = 0;
     };
 
-    template <typename T>
     class Prioritizer {
     public:
         Prioritizer() = delete;