diff --git a/interface/resources/images/Default-Sky-9-cubemap/Default-Sky-9-cubemap.texmeta b/interface/resources/images/Default-Sky-9-cubemap/Default-Sky-9-cubemap.texmeta
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp
index f4cc4987db..11202efa1e 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ void DefaultLightingSetup::run(const RenderContextPointer& renderContext) {
         if (!_defaultSkyboxNetworkTexture) {
             PROFILE_RANGE(render, "Process Default Skybox");
             _defaultSkyboxNetworkTexture = DependencyManager::get<TextureCache>()->getTexture(
-                PathUtils::resourcesPath() + "images/Default-Sky-9-cubemap/Default-Sky-9-cubemap.texmeta.json", image::TextureUsage::CUBE_TEXTURE);
+                PathUtils::resourcesUrl() + "images/Default-Sky-9-cubemap/Default-Sky-9-cubemap.texmeta.json", image::TextureUsage::CUBE_TEXTURE);
         }
 
         if (_defaultSkyboxNetworkTexture && _defaultSkyboxNetworkTexture->isLoaded() && _defaultSkyboxNetworkTexture->getGPUTexture()) {
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/PathUtils.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/PathUtils.cpp
index e66121f159..60b426e46d 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/PathUtils.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/PathUtils.cpp
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ QUrl PathUtils::expandToLocalDataAbsolutePath(const QUrl& fileUrl) {
         return expandedURL;
     }
 
-    QUrl::fromLocalFile(resourcesPath()).toString();
-
     return fileUrl;
 }