diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.cpp
index bd0ad0ce7b..25e4fa549c 100755
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.cpp
@@ -788,9 +788,9 @@ bool sphericalHarmonicsFromTexture(const gpu::Texture& cubeTexture, std::vector<
                 uint pixOffsetIndex = (x + y * width) * numComponents;
 
                 // get color from texture and map to range [0, 1]
-                glm::vec3 clr(ColorUtils::sRGB8ToLinearFloat(data[pixOffsetIndex]) * UCHAR_TO_FLOAT,
-                              ColorUtils::sRGB8ToLinearFloat(data[pixOffsetIndex+1]) * UCHAR_TO_FLOAT,
-                              ColorUtils::sRGB8ToLinearFloat(data[pixOffsetIndex+2]) * UCHAR_TO_FLOAT);
+                glm::vec3 clr(ColorUtils::sRGB8ToLinearFloat(data[pixOffsetIndex]),
+                              ColorUtils::sRGB8ToLinearFloat(data[pixOffsetIndex + 1]),
+                              ColorUtils::sRGB8ToLinearFloat(data[pixOffsetIndex + 2]));
 
                 // scale color and add to previously accumulated coefficients
                 sphericalHarmonicsScale(shBuffB.data(), order,