diff --git a/interface/src/Application.h b/interface/src/Application.h
index a85efd53a7..75e65a893a 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.h
+++ b/interface/src/Application.h
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ public:
 
     void displaySide(RenderArgs* renderArgs, Camera& whichCamera, bool selfAvatarOnly = false, bool billboard = false);
 
-    virtual const glm::vec3& getShadowDistances() const { return _shadowDistances; }
     virtual ViewFrustum* getCurrentViewFrustum() { return getDisplayViewFrustum(); }
     virtual QThread* getMainThread() { return thread(); }
     virtual float getSizeScale() const;
@@ -482,10 +481,6 @@ private:
     float _rotateMirror;
     float _raiseMirror;
 
-    static const int CASCADED_SHADOW_MATRIX_COUNT = 4;
-    glm::mat4 _shadowMatrices[CASCADED_SHADOW_MATRIX_COUNT];
-    glm::vec3 _shadowDistances;
-
     Environment _environment;
 
     ivec2 _mouseDragStarted;
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/AbstractViewStateInterface.h b/libraries/render-utils/src/AbstractViewStateInterface.h
index 2b6c66b36a..b65289933c 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/AbstractViewStateInterface.h
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/AbstractViewStateInterface.h
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ class EnvironmentData;
 /// Interface provided by Application to other objects that need access to the current view state details
 class AbstractViewStateInterface {
 public:
-    
-    /// Returns the shadow distances for the current view state
-    virtual const glm::vec3& getShadowDistances() const = 0;
-
     /// gets the current view frustum for rendering the view state
     virtual ViewFrustum* getCurrentViewFrustum() = 0;