diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
index 72d6190f66..4584f25e63 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
@@ -68,8 +68,6 @@
 #include "MovingEntitiesOperator.h"
 #include "SceneScriptingInterface.h"
 
-#pragma optimize("", off)
-
 using namespace std;
 
 const float DEFAULT_REAL_WORLD_FIELD_OF_VIEW_DEGREES = 30.0f;
diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MySkeletonModel.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MySkeletonModel.cpp
index 06aaf1f85c..2d33ee35ca 100755
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MySkeletonModel.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MySkeletonModel.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "InterfaceLogging.h"
 #include "AnimUtil.h"
 
-#pragma optimize("", off)
+
 
 MySkeletonModel::MySkeletonModel(Avatar* owningAvatar, QObject* parent) : SkeletonModel(owningAvatar, parent) {
 }
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp b/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp
index 817eb2500f..12615426f1 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
 #include "UserActivityLogger.h"
 #include "ui/Keyboard.h"
 
-#pragma optimize("", off)
-
 void setupPreferences() {
     auto preferences = DependencyManager::get<Preferences>();
     auto myAvatar = DependencyManager::get<AvatarManager>()->getMyAvatar();
diff --git a/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp b/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
index b5bda4f0db..8b49334925 100644
--- a/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
+++ b/libraries/animation/src/Rig.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 #include "IKTarget.h"
 #include "PathUtils.h"
 
-#pragma optimize("", off)
-
 static int nextRigId = 1;
 static std::map<int, Rig*> rigRegistry;
 static std::mutex rigRegistryMutex;
diff --git a/libraries/physics/src/CharacterController.cpp b/libraries/physics/src/CharacterController.cpp
index 1251dd4512..04ccd9e547 100755
--- a/libraries/physics/src/CharacterController.cpp
+++ b/libraries/physics/src/CharacterController.cpp
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 #include "PhysicsLogging.h"
 #include "TemporaryPairwiseCollisionFilter.h"
 
-#pragma optimize("", off)
-
 const float STUCK_PENETRATION = -0.05f; // always negative into the object.
 const float STUCK_IMPULSE = 500.0f;