diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 37fd2da56f..f5aaa2fbe9 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -5940,6 +5940,9 @@ void Application::nodeActivated(SharedNodePointer node) {
         }
         getMyAvatar()->markIdentityDataChanged();
         getMyAvatar()->resetLastSent();
+
+        // transmit a "sendAll" packet to the AvatarMixer we just connected to.
+        getMyAvatar()->sendAvatarDataPacket(true);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
index e98dfe7c06..9620a2dcec 100755
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
@@ -3398,13 +3398,6 @@ void MyAvatar::setModelScale(float scale) {
     }
 }
 
-void MyAvatar::setSessionUUID(const QUuid& sessionUUID) {
-    Avatar::setSessionUUID(sessionUUID);
-
-    // transmit a "sendAll" packet to the AvatarMixer we just connected to.
-    sendAvatarDataPacket(true);
-}
-
 SpatialParentTree* MyAvatar::getParentTree() const {
     auto entityTreeRenderer = qApp->getEntities();
     EntityTreePointer entityTree = entityTreeRenderer ? entityTreeRenderer->getTree() : nullptr;
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.h b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.h
index c1e554cd1d..5ca010d128 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.h
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.h
@@ -616,7 +616,6 @@ public slots:
     glm::quat getOrientationForAudio();
 
     virtual void setModelScale(float scale) override;
-    virtual void setSessionUUID(const QUuid& sessionUUID) override;
 
 signals:
     void audioListenerModeChanged();