diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 9402cba7bc..6552141665 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -5648,11 +5648,6 @@ void Application::copyDisplayViewFrustum(ViewFrustum& viewOut) const {
     viewOut = _displayViewFrustum;
 }
 
-void Application::copyShadowViewFrustum(ViewFrustum& viewOut) const {
-    QMutexLocker viewLocker(&_viewMutex);
-    viewOut = _shadowViewFrustum;
-}
-
 // WorldBox Render Data & rendering functions
 
 class WorldBoxRenderData {
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.h b/interface/src/Application.h
index dc5c6a47d5..3a1f756893 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.h
+++ b/interface/src/Application.h
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ public:
     // which might be different from the viewFrustum, i.e. shadowmap
     // passes, mirror window passes, etc
     void copyDisplayViewFrustum(ViewFrustum& viewOut) const;
-    void copyShadowViewFrustum(ViewFrustum& viewOut) const override;
     const OctreePacketProcessor& getOctreePacketProcessor() const { return _octreeProcessor; }
     QSharedPointer<EntityTreeRenderer> getEntities() const { return DependencyManager::get<EntityTreeRenderer>(); }
     QUndoStack* getUndoStack() { return &_undoStack; }
@@ -556,7 +555,6 @@ private:
     ViewFrustum _viewFrustum; // current state of view frustum, perspective, orientation, etc.
     ViewFrustum _lastQueriedViewFrustum; /// last view frustum used to query octree servers (voxels)
     ViewFrustum _displayViewFrustum;
-    ViewFrustum _shadowViewFrustum;
     quint64 _lastQueriedTime;
 
     OctreeQuery _octreeQuery; // NodeData derived class for querying octee cells from octree servers
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/AbstractViewStateInterface.h b/libraries/render-utils/src/AbstractViewStateInterface.h
index 4570ead9e1..96e9f4d222 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/AbstractViewStateInterface.h
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/AbstractViewStateInterface.h
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ public:
     /// copies the current view frustum for rendering the view state
     virtual void copyCurrentViewFrustum(ViewFrustum& viewOut) const = 0;
 
-    /// copies the shadow view frustum for rendering the view state
-    virtual void copyShadowViewFrustum(ViewFrustum& viewOut) const = 0;
-
     virtual QThread* getMainThread() = 0;
 
     virtual PickRay computePickRay(float x, float y) const = 0;
diff --git a/tests/render-perf/src/main.cpp b/tests/render-perf/src/main.cpp
index 58eb4d16f9..c70a74cd7f 100644
--- a/tests/render-perf/src/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/render-perf/src/main.cpp
@@ -443,10 +443,6 @@ protected:
         viewOut = _viewFrustum;
     }
 
-    void copyShadowViewFrustum(ViewFrustum& viewOut) const override {
-        viewOut = _shadowViewFrustum;
-    }
-
     QThread* getMainThread() override {
         return QThread::currentThread();
     }
@@ -1118,7 +1114,6 @@ private:
     RenderThread _renderThread;
     QWindowCamera _camera;
     ViewFrustum _viewFrustum; // current state of view frustum, perspective, orientation, etc.
-    ViewFrustum _shadowViewFrustum; // current state of view frustum, perspective, orientation, etc.
     model::SunSkyStage _sunSkyStage;
     model::LightPointer _globalLight { std::make_shared<model::Light>() };
     bool _ready { false };