diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index c0eb1a16f1..569c6c3564 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -3291,7 +3291,7 @@ void Application::displaySide(Camera& theCamera, bool selfAvatarOnly, RenderArgs
             gpu::Batch batch;
             model::Skybox::render(batch, _viewFrustum, *skybox);
 
-            gpu::GLBackend::renderBatch(batch);
+            gpu::GLBackend::renderBatch(batch, true);
             glUseProgram(0);
         }
     }
diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
index 23160be045..86baacc8a8 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ void EntityTreeRenderer::render(RenderArgs::RenderMode renderMode,
         _tree->unlock();
         
         glPushMatrix();
-        gpu::GLBackend::renderBatch(batch);
+        gpu::GLBackend::renderBatch(batch, true);
         glPopMatrix();
         
         // stats...
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
index d898c9b6c6..006cf70bf9 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
     // If you know you don't rely on any state changed by naked gl calls then
     // leave to false where it belongs
     // if true, the needed resync IS EXPENSIVE
-    static void renderBatch(Batch& batch, bool syncCache = true);
+    static void renderBatch(Batch& batch, bool syncCache = false);
 
     static bool checkGLError(const char* name = nullptr);
 
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ protected:
 
         GLState* _state;
         bool _invalidState = false;
-      //  bool _needStateSync = true;
 
         PipelineStageState() :
             _pipeline(),
@@ -327,8 +326,7 @@ protected:
             _stateCache(State::DEFAULT),
             _stateSignatureCache(0),
             _state(nullptr),
-            _invalidState(false)//,
-      //      _needStateSync(true)
+            _invalidState(false)
              {}
     } _pipeline;
 
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendPipeline.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendPipeline.cpp
index f124770cfb..ec9be957ae 100755
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendPipeline.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendPipeline.cpp
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ void GLBackend::do_setPipeline(Batch& batch, uint32 paramOffset) {
     if (_pipeline._pipeline == pipeline) {
         return;
     }
-   
-   /* if (_pipeline._needStateSync) {
-        syncPipelineStateCache();
-        _pipeline._needStateSync = false;
-    }*/
 
     // null pipeline == reset
     if (!pipeline) {
@@ -108,17 +103,7 @@ void GLBackend::do_setPipeline(Batch& batch, uint32 paramOffset) {
     }
 }
 
-#define DEBUG_GLSTATE
 void GLBackend::updatePipeline() {
-#ifdef DEBUG_GLSTATE
-  /*  if (_pipeline._needStateSync) {
-         State::Data state;
-         getCurrentGLState(state);
-         State::Signature signature = State::evalSignature(state);
-         (void) signature; // quiet compiler
-    }*/
-#endif
-
     if (_pipeline._invalidProgram) {
         // doing it here is aproblem for calls to glUniform.... so will do it on assing...
         glUseProgram(_pipeline._program);