diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
index 9e4bfe22c8..13e5973e27 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/EntityTreeRenderer.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ void EntityTreeRenderer::updateChangedEntities(const render::ScenePointer& scene
     }
 
     float expectedUpdateCost = _avgRenderableUpdateCost * _renderablesToUpdate.size();
-    const float MAX_UPDATE_RENDERABLES_TIME_BUDGET = 2 * USECS_PER_MSEC;
     if (expectedUpdateCost < MAX_UPDATE_RENDERABLES_TIME_BUDGET) {
         // we expect to update all renderables within available time budget
         PROFILE_RANGE_EX(simulation_physics, "UpdateRenderables", 0xffff00ff, (uint64_t)_renderablesToUpdate.size());
@@ -367,7 +366,6 @@ void EntityTreeRenderer::updateChangedEntities(const render::ScenePointer& scene
 
             // compute remaining time budget
             uint64_t updateStart = usecTimestampNow();
-            const uint64_t MIN_SORTED_UPDATE_RENDERABLES_TIME_BUDGET = 1 * USECS_PER_MSEC;
             uint64_t timeBudget = MIN_SORTED_UPDATE_RENDERABLES_TIME_BUDGET;
             uint64_t sortCost = updateStart - sortStart;
             if (sortCost < MAX_UPDATE_RENDERABLES_TIME_BUDGET - MIN_SORTED_UPDATE_RENDERABLES_TIME_BUDGET) {
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/PrioritySortUtil.h b/libraries/shared/src/PrioritySortUtil.h
index 6f4897c7b4..1d11a04265 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/PrioritySortUtil.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/PrioritySortUtil.h
@@ -133,5 +133,9 @@ namespace PrioritySortUtil {
     };
 } // namespace PrioritySortUtil
 
+// for now we're keeping hard-coded sorted time budgets in one spot
+const uint64_t MAX_UPDATE_RENDERABLES_TIME_BUDGET = 2000; // usec
+const uint64_t MIN_SORTED_UPDATE_RENDERABLES_TIME_BUDGET = 1000; // usec
+
 #endif // hifi_PrioritySortUtil_h