diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
index 84fbf11311..6f284caeaa 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
@@ -168,3 +168,10 @@ void PolyVoxEntityItem::debugDump() const {
     qCDebug(entities) << "          dimensions:" << debugTreeVector(getDimensions());
     qCDebug(entities) << "       getLastEdited:" << debugTime(getLastEdited(), now);
 }
+
+void PolyVoxEntityItem::setVoxelSurfaceStyle(PolyVoxSurfaceStyle voxelSurfaceStyle) {
+    if (voxelSurfaceStyle == _voxelSurfaceStyle) {
+        return;
+    }
+    updateVoxelSurfaceStyle(voxelSurfaceStyle);
+}
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.h b/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.h
index 39d67fb9a3..9e20187195 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.h
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.h
@@ -61,12 +61,7 @@ class PolyVoxEntityItem : public EntityItem {
         SURFACE_EDGED_CUBIC
     };
 
-    void setVoxelSurfaceStyle(PolyVoxSurfaceStyle voxelSurfaceStyle) {
-        if (voxelSurfaceStyle == _voxelSurfaceStyle) {
-            return;
-        }
-        updateVoxelSurfaceStyle(voxelSurfaceStyle);
-    }
+    void setVoxelSurfaceStyle(PolyVoxSurfaceStyle voxelSurfaceStyle);
     // this other version of setVoxelSurfaceStyle is needed for SET_ENTITY_PROPERTY_FROM_PROPERTIES
     void setVoxelSurfaceStyle(uint16_t voxelSurfaceStyle) { setVoxelSurfaceStyle((PolyVoxSurfaceStyle) voxelSurfaceStyle); }
     virtual PolyVoxSurfaceStyle getVoxelSurfaceStyle() const { return _voxelSurfaceStyle; }