diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeQuery.cpp b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeQuery.cpp
index ed8bfd0da4..5c67715ab9 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeQuery.cpp
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeQuery.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ static const float fingerVectorRadix = 4; // bits of precision when converting f
 
 OctreeQuery::OctreeQuery() :
     NodeData(),
-    _uuid(),
     _cameraPosition(0,0,0),
     _cameraOrientation(),
     _cameraFov(0.0f),
@@ -53,11 +52,6 @@ int OctreeQuery::getBroadcastData(unsigned char* destinationBuffer) {
     // that can pack any type given the number of bytes
     // and return the number of bytes to push the pointer
     
-    // UUID
-    QByteArray uuidByteArray = _uuid.toRfc4122();
-    memcpy(destinationBuffer, uuidByteArray.constData(), uuidByteArray.size());
-    destinationBuffer += uuidByteArray.size();
-    
     // camera details
     memcpy(destinationBuffer, &_cameraPosition, sizeof(_cameraPosition));
     destinationBuffer += sizeof(_cameraPosition);
@@ -103,10 +97,6 @@ int OctreeQuery::parseData(const QByteArray& packet) {
     const unsigned char* startPosition = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(packet.data());
     const unsigned char* sourceBuffer = startPosition + numBytesPacketHeader;
     
-    // user UUID
-    _uuid = QUuid::fromRfc4122(QByteArray((char*) sourceBuffer, NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID));
-    sourceBuffer += NUM_BYTES_RFC4122_UUID;
-    
     // camera details
     memcpy(&_cameraPosition, sourceBuffer, sizeof(_cameraPosition));
     sourceBuffer += sizeof(_cameraPosition);
diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeQuery.h b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeQuery.h
index acb4b7cb32..800d30b7cd 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/OctreeQuery.h
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/OctreeQuery.h
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ public:
     int getBroadcastData(unsigned char* destinationBuffer);
     int parseData(const QByteArray& packet);
 
-    QUuid& getUUID() { return _uuid; }
-    void setUUID(const QUuid& uuid) { _uuid = uuid; }
-
     // getters for camera details
     const glm::vec3& getCameraPosition() const { return _cameraPosition; }
     const glm::quat& getCameraOrientation() const { return _cameraOrientation; }
@@ -101,8 +98,6 @@ public slots:
     void setBoundaryLevelAdjust(int boundaryLevelAdjust) { _boundaryLevelAdjust = boundaryLevelAdjust; }
 
 protected:
-    QUuid _uuid;
-
     // camera details for the avatar
     glm::vec3 _cameraPosition;
     glm::quat _cameraOrientation;