diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.h b/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.h
index ffd0466b79..2532de31b0 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.h
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ protected:
     friend class GLState;
     friend class GLTexture;
     friend class GLShader;
+    friend class GLPipeline;
 };
 
 }}  // namespace gpu::gl
diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackendShader.cpp b/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackendShader.cpp
index f737842ec0..10b573276e 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackendShader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackendShader.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ GLint GLBackend::getRealUniformLocation(GLint location) const {
 
 void GLBackend::postLinkProgram(ShaderObject& shaderObject, const Shader& program) const {
     const auto& glprogram = shaderObject.glprogram;
-    const auto& expectedUniforms = program.getReflection().uniforms;
+    auto expectedUniforms = program.getReflection(getShaderDialect(), getShaderVariant()).uniforms;
 
     auto& uniformRemap = shaderObject.uniformRemap;
     // initialize all the uniforms with an invalid location
diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLPipeline.cpp b/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLPipeline.cpp
index e00dc9fc25..52e10eb417 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLPipeline.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLPipeline.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ GLPipeline* GLPipeline::sync(GLBackend& backend, const Pipeline& pipeline) {
     // Special case for view correction matrices, any pipeline that declares the correction buffer
     // uniform will automatically have it provided without any client code necessary.
     // Required for stable lighting in the HMD.
-    object->_cameraCorrection = shader->getReflection().validUniformBuffer(gpu::slot::buffer::CameraCorrection);
+    auto reflection = shader->getReflection(backend.getShaderDialect(), backend.getShaderVariant());
+    object->_cameraCorrection = reflection.validUniformBuffer(gpu::slot::buffer::CameraCorrection);
     object->_program = programObject;
     object->_state = stateObject;
 
diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl41/GL41BackendShader.cpp b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl41/GL41BackendShader.cpp
index f33dd91d03..1b21be2e73 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl41/GL41BackendShader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl41/GL41BackendShader.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ using namespace gpu::gl41;
 void GL41Backend::postLinkProgram(ShaderObject& programObject, const Shader& program) const {
     Parent::postLinkProgram(programObject, program);
     const auto& glprogram = programObject.glprogram;
-    const auto& reflection = program.getReflection();
+    auto reflection = program.getReflection(getShaderDialect(), getShaderVariant());
     // For the UBOs, use glUniformBlockBinding to fixup the locations based on the reflection
     {
         const auto& expectedUbos = reflection.uniformBuffers;
@@ -43,25 +43,26 @@ void GL41Backend::postLinkProgram(ShaderObject& programObject, const Shader& pro
     }
 
     // For the resource buffers, do the same as for the textures, since in GL 4.1 that's how they're implemented
+    static const std::string TRANSFORM_OBJECT_BUFFER = "transformObjectBuffer";
     {
         const auto& expectedResourceBuffers = reflection.resourceBuffers;
         const auto names = Shader::Reflection::getNames(expectedResourceBuffers);
         const auto resourceBufferUniforms = ::gl::Uniform::loadByName(glprogram, names);
         for (const auto& resourceBuffer : resourceBufferUniforms) {
+
+            // Special case for the transformObjectBuffer, which is filtered out of the reflection data at shader load time
+            if (resourceBuffer.name == TRANSFORM_OBJECT_BUFFER) {
+                glProgramUniform1i(glprogram, resourceBuffer.binding, ::gpu::slot::texture::ObjectTransforms);
+                continue;
+            }
             const auto& targetBinding = expectedResourceBuffers.at(resourceBuffer.name);
+            if (resourceBuffer.name == std::string("polylineVerticesBuffer")) {
+                qDebug() << "Setting texture unit for " << resourceBuffer.name.c_str() << " to " << targetBinding;
+            }
             glProgramUniform1i(glprogram, resourceBuffer.binding, targetBinding);
         }
     }
 
-    // Special case for the transformObjectBuffer, which is filtered out of the reflection data at shader load time
-    // 
-    {
-        static const std::string TRANSFORM_OBJECT_BUFFER = "transformObjectBuffer";
-        const auto uniform = ::gl::Uniform::loadByName(glprogram, TRANSFORM_OBJECT_BUFFER);
-        if (-1 != uniform.binding) {
-            glProgramUniform1i(glprogram, uniform.binding, ::gpu::slot::texture::ObjectTransforms);
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.cpp
index d4236ac66c..6fef768a08 100755
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.cpp
@@ -43,17 +43,25 @@ Shader::Shader(Type type, const Pointer& vertex, const Pointer& geometry, const
         shaders[VERTEX] = vertex;
         shaders[PIXEL] = pixel;
     }
+}
 
-    auto& reflection = const_cast<Reflection&>(getReflection());
-    for (const auto& subShader : _shaders) {
-        reflection.merge(subShader->getReflection());
-    }
-    if (_shaders[VERTEX]) {
-        reflection.inputs = _shaders[VERTEX]->getReflection().inputs;
-    }
-    if (_shaders[PIXEL]) {
-        reflection.outputs = _shaders[PIXEL]->getReflection().outputs;
+Shader::Reflection Shader::getReflection(shader::Dialect dialect, shader::Variant variant) const {
+    if (_type == Shader::Type::PROGRAM) {
+        Reflection reflection;
+        for (const auto& subShader : _shaders) {
+            reflection.merge(subShader->getReflection(dialect, variant));
+        }
+        if (_shaders[VERTEX]) {
+            reflection.inputs = _shaders[VERTEX]->getReflection(dialect, variant).inputs;
+        }
+        if (_shaders[PIXEL]) {
+            reflection.outputs = _shaders[PIXEL]->getReflection(dialect, variant).outputs;
+        }
+
+        return reflection;
     }
+
+    return _source.getReflection(dialect, variant);
 }
 
 Shader::~Shader()
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.h
index 987e632025..6461437971 100755
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public:
 
     const Shaders& getShaders() const { return _shaders; }
 
-    const Reflection& getReflection() const { return _source.reflection; }
+    Reflection getReflection(shader::Dialect dialect, shader::Variant variant) const;
 
     // Compilation Handler can be passed while compiling a shader (in the makeProgram call) to be able to give the hand to
     // the caller thread if the compilation fails and to provide a different version of the source for it
diff --git a/libraries/procedural/src/procedural/Procedural.cpp b/libraries/procedural/src/procedural/Procedural.cpp
index dbdf9cc7d1..7d0b7c05ea 100644
--- a/libraries/procedural/src/procedural/Procedural.cpp
+++ b/libraries/procedural/src/procedural/Procedural.cpp
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void Procedural::prepare(gpu::Batch& batch,
         int customSlot = procedural::slot::uniform::Custom;
         for (const auto& key : _data.uniforms.keys()) {
             std::string uniformName = key.toLocal8Bit().data();
-            fragmentSource.reflection.uniforms[uniformName] = customSlot;
+          //  fragmentSource.reflection.uniforms[uniformName] = customSlot;
             ++customSlot;
         }
 
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/ShapePipeline.cpp b/libraries/render/src/render/ShapePipeline.cpp
index 12947f5291..9942f1a46c 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/ShapePipeline.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/ShapePipeline.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void ShapePlumber::addPipeline(const Key& key, const gpu::ShaderPointer& program
 void ShapePlumber::addPipeline(const Filter& filter, const gpu::ShaderPointer& program, const gpu::StatePointer& state,
         BatchSetter batchSetter, ItemSetter itemSetter) {
     ShapeKey key{ filter._flags };
-    const auto& reflection = program->getReflection();
+    auto reflection = program->getReflection(shader::Dialect::glsl450, shader::Variant::Mono);
     auto locations = std::make_shared<Locations>();
     locations->albedoTextureUnit = reflection.validTexture(graphics::slot::texture::MaterialAlbedo);
     locations->roughnessTextureUnit = reflection.validTexture(graphics::slot::texture::MaterialRoughness);
diff --git a/libraries/shaders/src/shaders/Shaders.cpp b/libraries/shaders/src/shaders/Shaders.cpp
index a074c2f0c9..02a3c9587e 100644
--- a/libraries/shaders/src/shaders/Shaders.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shaders/src/shaders/Shaders.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ Source::Pointer Source::loadSource(uint32_t shaderId) {
     for (const auto& dialect : dialects) {
         result->dialectSources[dialect] = loadDialectSource(dialect, shaderId);
     }
-    result->reflection = result->dialectSources[DEFAULT_DIALECT].variantSources[Variant::Mono].reflection;
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ Source& Source::operator=(const Source& other) {
     name = other.name;
     dialectSources = other.dialectSources;
     replacements = other.replacements;
-    reflection = other.reflection;
     return *this;
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/shaders/src/shaders/Shaders.h b/libraries/shaders/src/shaders/Shaders.h
index 134b2bdcf8..7eb4241de4 100644
--- a/libraries/shaders/src/shaders/Shaders.h
+++ b/libraries/shaders/src/shaders/Shaders.h
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ struct Source {
     // The name of the shader file, with extension, i.e. DrawColor.frag
     std::string name;
 
-    // Generic reflection, copied from the 450 dialect / mono variant
-    Reflection reflection;
-
     // Map of platforms to their specific shaders
     std::unordered_map<Dialect, DialectSource, EnumClassHash> dialectSources;