diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
index c8388c3b12..e9f9f8818f 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimInverseKinematics.cpp
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ void AnimInverseKinematics::initConstraints() {
     //                     /       /
     //                 O--O    O--O
 
-    loadDefaultPoses(_skeleton->getRelativeBindPoses());
+    loadDefaultPoses(_skeleton->getRelativeDefaultPoses());
 
     int numJoints = (int)_defaultRelativePoses.size();
 
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimManipulator.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimManipulator.cpp
index 070949ab3b..46b3cf1c28 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimManipulator.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimManipulator.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ AnimManipulator::~AnimManipulator() {
 }
 
 const AnimPoseVec& AnimManipulator::evaluate(const AnimVariantMap& animVars, const AnimContext& context, float dt, Triggers& triggersOut) {
-    return overlay(animVars, context, dt, triggersOut, _skeleton->getRelativeBindPoses());
+    return overlay(animVars, context, dt, triggersOut, _skeleton->getRelativeDefaultPoses());
 }
 
 const AnimPoseVec& AnimManipulator::overlay(const AnimVariantMap& animVars, const AnimContext& context, float dt, Triggers& triggersOut, const AnimPoseVec& underPoses) {
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.cpp
index 804ffb0583..2bce16c5ca 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.cpp
@@ -56,14 +56,6 @@ int AnimSkeleton::getChainDepth(int jointIndex) const {
     }
 }
 
-const AnimPose& AnimSkeleton::getAbsoluteBindPose(int jointIndex) const {
-    return _absoluteBindPoses[jointIndex];
-}
-
-const AnimPose& AnimSkeleton::getRelativeBindPose(int jointIndex) const {
-    return _relativeBindPoses[jointIndex];
-}
-
 const AnimPose& AnimSkeleton::getRelativeDefaultPose(int jointIndex) const {
     return _relativeDefaultPoses[jointIndex];
 }
@@ -164,8 +156,6 @@ void AnimSkeleton::buildSkeletonFromJoints(const std::vector<FBXJoint>& joints)
     _joints = joints;
     _jointsSize = (int)joints.size();
     // build a cache of bind poses
-    _absoluteBindPoses.reserve(_jointsSize);
-    _relativeBindPoses.reserve(_jointsSize);
 
     // build a chache of default poses
     _absoluteDefaultPoses.reserve(_jointsSize);
@@ -192,28 +182,6 @@ void AnimSkeleton::buildSkeletonFromJoints(const std::vector<FBXJoint>& joints)
         } else {
             _absoluteDefaultPoses.push_back(relDefaultPose);
         }
-
-        // build relative and absolute bind poses
-        if (_joints[i].bindTransformFoundInCluster) {
-            // Use the FBXJoint::bindTransform, which is absolute model coordinates
-            // i.e. not relative to it's parent.
-            AnimPose absoluteBindPose(_joints[i].bindTransform);
-            _absoluteBindPoses.push_back(absoluteBindPose);
-            if (parentIndex >= 0) {
-                AnimPose inverseParentAbsoluteBindPose = _absoluteBindPoses[parentIndex].inverse();
-                _relativeBindPoses.push_back(inverseParentAbsoluteBindPose * absoluteBindPose);
-            } else {
-                _relativeBindPoses.push_back(absoluteBindPose);
-            }
-        } else {
-            // use default transform instead
-            _relativeBindPoses.push_back(relDefaultPose);
-            if (parentIndex >= 0) {
-                _absoluteBindPoses.push_back(_absoluteBindPoses[parentIndex] * relDefaultPose);
-            } else {
-                _absoluteBindPoses.push_back(relDefaultPose);
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     for (int i = 0; i < _jointsSize; i++) {
@@ -251,8 +219,6 @@ void AnimSkeleton::dump(bool verbose) const {
         qCDebug(animation) << "    {";
         qCDebug(animation) << "        index =" << i;
         qCDebug(animation) << "        name =" << getJointName(i);
-        qCDebug(animation) << "        absBindPose =" << getAbsoluteBindPose(i);
-        qCDebug(animation) << "        relBindPose =" << getRelativeBindPose(i);
         qCDebug(animation) << "        absDefaultPose =" << getAbsoluteDefaultPose(i);
         qCDebug(animation) << "        relDefaultPose =" << getRelativeDefaultPose(i);
         if (verbose) {
@@ -287,8 +253,6 @@ void AnimSkeleton::dump(const AnimPoseVec& poses) const {
         qCDebug(animation) << "    {";
         qCDebug(animation) << "        index =" << i;
         qCDebug(animation) << "        name =" << getJointName(i);
-        qCDebug(animation) << "        absBindPose =" << getAbsoluteBindPose(i);
-        qCDebug(animation) << "        relBindPose =" << getRelativeBindPose(i);
         qCDebug(animation) << "        absDefaultPose =" << getAbsoluteDefaultPose(i);
         qCDebug(animation) << "        relDefaultPose =" << getRelativeDefaultPose(i);
         qCDebug(animation) << "        pose =" << poses[i];
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.h b/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.h
index 99c9a148f7..664358f414 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.h
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/AnimSkeleton.h
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@ public:
     int getNumJoints() const;
     int getChainDepth(int jointIndex) const;
 
-    // absolute pose, not relative to parent
-    const AnimPose& getAbsoluteBindPose(int jointIndex) const;
-
-    // relative to parent pose
-    const AnimPose& getRelativeBindPose(int jointIndex) const;
-    const AnimPoseVec& getRelativeBindPoses() const { return _relativeBindPoses; }
-
     // the default poses are the orientations of the joints on frame 0.
     const AnimPose& getRelativeDefaultPose(int jointIndex) const;
     const AnimPoseVec& getRelativeDefaultPoses() const { return _relativeDefaultPoses; }
@@ -72,8 +65,6 @@ protected:
 
     std::vector<FBXJoint> _joints;
     int _jointsSize { 0 };
-    AnimPoseVec _absoluteBindPoses;
-    AnimPoseVec _relativeBindPoses;
     AnimPoseVec _relativeDefaultPoses;
     AnimPoseVec _absoluteDefaultPoses;
     AnimPoseVec _relativePreRotationPoses;