diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.h b/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.h
index 53a147fb27..f0b79fb23e 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackend.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public:
 
     // this is the maximum per shader stage on the low end apple
     // TODO make it platform dependant at init time
-    static const int MAX_NUM_UNIFORM_BUFFERS = 15;
+    static const int MAX_NUM_UNIFORM_BUFFERS = 14;
     size_t getMaxNumUniformBuffers() const { return MAX_NUM_UNIFORM_BUFFERS; }
 
     // this is the maximum per shader stage on the low end apple
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Batch.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Batch.cpp
index 7725ee7bce..4b965af7bc 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Batch.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Batch.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ProfileRangeBatch::~ProfileRangeBatch() {
 using namespace gpu;
 
 // FIXME make these backend / pipeline dependent.
-static const int MAX_NUM_UNIFORM_BUFFERS = 15;
+static const int MAX_NUM_UNIFORM_BUFFERS = 14;
 static const int MAX_NUM_RESOURCE_BUFFERS = 16;
 static const int MAX_NUM_RESOURCE_TEXTURES = 16;