diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 0beb7fedd0..4461443287 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -3193,7 +3193,7 @@ void Application::displaySide(Camera& whichCamera) {
     //  Render the world box
     if (!_lookingInMirror->isChecked() && _renderStatsOn->isChecked()) { renderWorldBox(); }
     
-    _ambientOcclusionEffect.render(_glWidget->width(), _glWidget->height());
+    _ambientOcclusionEffect.render();
     
     // brad's frustum for debugging
     if (_frustumOn->isChecked()) renderViewFrustum(_viewFrustum);
diff --git a/interface/src/renderer/AmbientOcclusionEffect.cpp b/interface/src/renderer/AmbientOcclusionEffect.cpp
index 74c25235d8..5aac065647 100644
--- a/interface/src/renderer/AmbientOcclusionEffect.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/renderer/AmbientOcclusionEffect.cpp
@@ -11,60 +11,6 @@
 #include "AmbientOcclusionEffect.h"
 #include "ProgramObject.h"
 
-ProgramObject* AmbientOcclusionEffect::_program = 0;
-
-AmbientOcclusionEffect::AmbientOcclusionEffect() : _depthTextureID(0) {
-}
-
-void AmbientOcclusionEffect::render(int screenWidth, int screenHeight) {
-    // copy the z buffer into a depth texture
-    if (_depthTextureID == 0) {
-        glGenTextures(1, &_depthTextureID);
-        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, _depthTextureID);
-        glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
-        glCopyTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT, 0, 0, screenWidth, screenHeight, 0);
-        
-    } else {
-        glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, _depthTextureID);
-        glCopyTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, screenWidth, screenHeight);
-    }
-    
-    // now render a full screen quad with that texture
-    if (_program == 0) {
-        switchToResourcesParentIfRequired();
-        _program = new ProgramObject();
-        _program->addShaderFromSourceFile(QGLShader::Fragment, "resources/shaders/ambient_occlusion.frag");
-        _program->link();
-        
-        _program->bind();
-        _program->setUniformValue("depthTexture", 0);
-        
-    } else {
-        _program->bind();
-    }
-    glPushMatrix();
-    glLoadIdentity();
-    
-    glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
-    glPushMatrix();
-    glLoadIdentity();
-    
-    glBegin(GL_QUADS);
-    glTexCoord2f(0.0f, 0.0f);
-    glVertex2f(-1.0f, -1.0f);
-    glTexCoord2f(1.0f, 0.0f);
-    glVertex2f(1.0f, -1.0f);
-    glTexCoord2f(1.0f, 1.0f);
-    glVertex2f(1.0f, 1.0f);
-    glTexCoord2f(0.0f, 1.0f);
-    glVertex2f(-1.0f, 1.0f);
-    glEnd();
-     
-    glPopMatrix();
-    
-    glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
-    glPopMatrix();   
-
-    _program->release();
-    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);    
+void AmbientOcclusionEffect::render() {
+    
 }
diff --git a/interface/src/renderer/AmbientOcclusionEffect.h b/interface/src/renderer/AmbientOcclusionEffect.h
index 4c05e348e6..f8e4be4edc 100644
--- a/interface/src/renderer/AmbientOcclusionEffect.h
+++ b/interface/src/renderer/AmbientOcclusionEffect.h
@@ -16,15 +16,7 @@ class ProgramObject;
 class AmbientOcclusionEffect {
 public:
     
-    AmbientOcclusionEffect();
-    
-    void render(int screenWidth, int screenHeight);
-
-private:
-    
-    GLuint _depthTextureID;
-    
-    static ProgramObject* _program;
+    void render();
 };
 
 #endif /* defined(__interface__AmbientOcclusionEffect__) */