diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
index cf196e45f1..b3f5e30d40 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ void Rig::initAnimGraph(const QUrl& url) {
             overrideAnimation(origState.url, origState.fps, origState.loop, origState.firstFrame, origState.lastFrame);
         }
 
-        emitOnLoadComplete();
+        emit onLoadComplete();
     });
     connect(_animLoader.get(), &AnimNodeLoader::error, [url](int error, QString str) {
         qCCritical(animation) << "Error loading" << url.toDisplayString() << "code = " << error << "str =" << str;
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/Rig.h b/libraries/animation/src/Rig.h
index cf8467605b..897fa358e8 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/Rig.h
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/Rig.h
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ signals:
     void onLoadComplete();
 
 protected:
-    void emitOnLoadComplete() { emit onLoadComplete(); }
     bool isIndexValid(int index) const { return _animSkeleton && index >= 0 && index < _animSkeleton->getNumJoints(); }
     void updateAnimationStateHandlers();
     void applyOverridePoses();