diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
index c27da793d2..bd7b86adfd 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
@@ -462,6 +462,9 @@ void GLBackend::resetStages() {
 #define ADD_COMMAND_GL(call) _commands.push_back(COMMAND_##call); _commandOffsets.push_back(_params.size());
 
 #define GET_UNIFORM_LOCATION(shaderUniformLoc) shaderUniformLoc
+// THis will be used in the next PR
+// #define GET_UNIFORM_LOCATION(shaderUniformLoc) _pipeline._programShader->getUniformLocation(shaderUniformLoc)
+
 
 void Batch::_glActiveBindTexture(GLenum unit, GLenum target, GLuint texture) {
     // clean the cache on the texture unit we are going to use so the next call to setResourceTexture() at the same slot works fine
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
index 9e9885c662..05afb28bf1 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
@@ -182,7 +182,9 @@ public:
         }
 
         GLint getUniformLocation(GLint srcLoc) {
-            return _uniformMappings[Mono][srcLoc];
+            return srcLoc;
+            // THIS will be used in the next PR
+            // return _uniformMappings[Mono][srcLoc];
         }
 
     };