diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp
index 7abf801436..e39c3f5de2 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp
@@ -345,27 +345,6 @@ void DeferredLightingEffect::render(const render::RenderContextPointer& renderCo
 
                 { // Setup the global lighting
                     setupKeyLightBatch(batch, locations->lightBufferUnit, SKYBOX_MAP_UNIT);
-                    /*
-                    auto globalLight = _allocatedLights[_globalLights.front()];
-    
-                    if (locations->ambientSphere >= 0) {
-                        gpu::SphericalHarmonics sh = globalLight->getAmbientSphere();
-                        if (useSkyboxCubemap && _skybox->getCubemap()->getIrradiance()) {
-                            sh = (*_skybox->getCubemap()->getIrradiance());
-                        }
-                        for (int i =0; i <gpu::SphericalHarmonics::NUM_COEFFICIENTS; i++) {
-                           batch._glUniform4fv(locations->ambientSphere + i, 1, (const float*) (&sh) + i * 4);
-                        }
-                    }
-    
-                    if (useSkyboxCubemap) {
-                        batch.setResourceTexture(SKYBOX_MAP_UNIT, _skybox->getCubemap());
-                    }
-
-                    if (locations->lightBufferUnit >= 0) {
-                        batch.setUniformBuffer(locations->lightBufferUnit, globalLight->getSchemaBuffer());
-                    }*/
-
                 }
 
                 {
@@ -523,17 +502,6 @@ void DeferredLightingEffect::setupKeyLightBatch(gpu::Batch& batch, int lightBuff
     }
 
     bool useSkyboxCubemap = (_skybox) && (_skybox->getCubemap());
-
-   /* if (ambientSphereBufferUnit >= 0) {
-        gpu::SphericalHarmonics sh = globalLight->getAmbientSphere();
-        if (useSkyboxCubemap && _skybox->getCubemap()->getIrradiance()) {
-            sh = (*_skybox->getCubemap()->getIrradiance());
-        }
-        for (int i =0; i <gpu::SphericalHarmonics::NUM_COEFFICIENTS; i++) {
-            batch._glUniform4fv(ambientSphereBufferUnit + i, 1, (const float*)(&sh) + i * 4);
-        }
-    }*/
-    
     if (useSkyboxCubemap && (skyboxCubemapUnit >= 0)) {
         batch.setResourceTexture(skyboxCubemapUnit, _skybox->getCubemap());
     }