diff --git a/interface/src/raypick/ParabolaPointer.cpp b/interface/src/raypick/ParabolaPointer.cpp
index 216248f8b5..2915793c40 100644
--- a/interface/src/raypick/ParabolaPointer.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/raypick/ParabolaPointer.cpp
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ gpu::PipelinePointer ParabolaPointer::RenderState::ParabolaRenderItem::getParabo
 
         for (auto& key : keys) {
             gpu::StatePointer state = gpu::StatePointer(new gpu::State());
-            state->setDepthTest(true, true, gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
+            state->setDepthTest(true, !std::get<0>(key), gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
             if (std::get<0>(key)) {
                 PrepareStencil::testMask(*state);
             } else {
diff --git a/libraries/procedural/src/procedural/Procedural.cpp b/libraries/procedural/src/procedural/Procedural.cpp
index 88c111f8fd..66dde1ca56 100644
--- a/libraries/procedural/src/procedural/Procedural.cpp
+++ b/libraries/procedural/src/procedural/Procedural.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Procedural::Procedural() {
     opaqueStencil(_opaqueState);
 
     _transparentState->setCullMode(gpu::State::CULL_NONE);
-    _transparentState->setDepthTest(true, true, gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
+    _transparentState->setDepthTest(true, false, gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
     _transparentState->setBlendFunction(true,
         gpu::State::SRC_ALPHA, gpu::State::BLEND_OP_ADD, gpu::State::INV_SRC_ALPHA,
         gpu::State::FACTOR_ALPHA, gpu::State::BLEND_OP_ADD, gpu::State::ONE);
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp
index ea66ac19ec..325e228120 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ void GeometryCache::useGridPipeline(gpu::Batch& batch, GridBuffer gridBuffer, bo
 
         for (auto& key : keys) {
             gpu::StatePointer state = gpu::StatePointer(new gpu::State());
-            state->setDepthTest(true, true, gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
+            state->setDepthTest(true, !std::get<0>(key), gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
             if (std::get<0>(key)) {
                 PrepareStencil::testMask(*state);
             } else {
@@ -2135,7 +2135,7 @@ gpu::PipelinePointer GeometryCache::getWebBrowserProgram(bool transparent, bool
             auto pipeline = (transparent || forward) ? web_browser_forward : web_browser;
 
             gpu::StatePointer state = gpu::StatePointer(new gpu::State());
-            state->setDepthTest(true, true, gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
+            state->setDepthTest(true, !transparent, gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
             // FIXME: do we need a testMaskDrawNoAA?
             PrepareStencil::testMaskDrawShapeNoAA(*state);
             state->setBlendFunction(transparent,
@@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ gpu::PipelinePointer GeometryCache::getSimplePipeline(bool textured, bool transp
     } else {
         state->setCullMode(gpu::State::CULL_BACK);
     }
-    state->setDepthTest(true, true, gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
+    state->setDepthTest(true, !config.isTransparent(), gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
     if (config.hasDepthBias()) {
         state->setDepthBias(1.0f);
         state->setDepthBiasSlopeScale(1.0f);
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/text/Font.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/text/Font.cpp
index a30bbad0e5..425e4f2da5 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/text/Font.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/text/Font.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ void Font::setupGPU() {
         for (auto& key : keys) {
             auto state = std::make_shared<gpu::State>();
             state->setCullMode(gpu::State::CULL_BACK);
-            state->setDepthTest(true, true, gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
+            state->setDepthTest(true, !std::get<0>(key), gpu::LESS_EQUAL);
             state->setBlendFunction(std::get<0>(key),
                 gpu::State::SRC_ALPHA, gpu::State::BLEND_OP_ADD, gpu::State::INV_SRC_ALPHA,
                 gpu::State::FACTOR_ALPHA, gpu::State::BLEND_OP_ADD, gpu::State::ONE);