diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp
index cc82079fd2..0771fcd9bf 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ RenderShadowTask::RenderShadowTask(CullFunctor cullFunctor) : Task(std::make_sha
 
 void RenderShadowTask::configure(const Config& configuration) {
     DependencyManager::get<DeferredLightingEffect>()->setShadowMapEnabled(configuration.enabled);
+    Task::configure(configuration);
 }
 
 void RenderShadowTask::run(const SceneContextPointer& sceneContext, const render::RenderContextPointer& renderContext) {
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/Task.h b/libraries/render/src/render/Task.h
index 89407a2e2b..e2678f2735 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/Task.h
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/Task.h
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ template <class T, class C> void jobConfigure(T& model, const C& configuration)
 }
 template<class T> void jobConfigure(T&, const JobConfig&) {
 }
-template<class T> void jobConfigure(T&, const TaskConfig&) {
-}
 
 // FIXME: In c++17, use default classes of nullptr_t to combine these
 template <class T> void jobRun(T& model, const SceneContextPointer& sceneContext, const RenderContextPointer& renderContext) {