diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 56fe4188e9..0757e6790f 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -958,12 +958,15 @@ void Application::paintGL() {
         _applicationOverlay.displayOverlayTexture(&renderArgs);
         glPopMatrix();
 
+        renderArgs._renderMode = RenderArgs::MIRROR_RENDER_MODE;
         if (Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::FullscreenMirror)) {
             _rearMirrorTools->render(&renderArgs, true, _glWidget->mapFromGlobal(QCursor::pos()));
         } else if (Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::Mirror)) {
             renderRearViewMirror(&renderArgs, _mirrorViewRect);       
         }
 
+        renderArgs._renderMode = RenderArgs::NORMAL_RENDER_MODE;
+
         auto finalFbo = DependencyManager::get<GlowEffect>()->render(&renderArgs);
 
         glBindFramebuffer(GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
@@ -3439,7 +3442,6 @@ void Application::displaySide(RenderArgs* renderArgs, Camera& theCamera, bool se
                 "Application::displaySide() ... entities...");
 
             RenderArgs::DebugFlags renderDebugFlags = RenderArgs::RENDER_DEBUG_NONE;
-            RenderArgs::RenderMode renderMode = RenderArgs::DEFAULT_RENDER_MODE;
 
             if (Menu::getInstance()->isOptionChecked(MenuOption::PhysicsShowHulls)) {
                 renderDebugFlags = (RenderArgs::DebugFlags) (renderDebugFlags | (int) RenderArgs::RENDER_DEBUG_HULLS);
@@ -3448,10 +3450,6 @@ void Application::displaySide(RenderArgs* renderArgs, Camera& theCamera, bool se
                 renderDebugFlags =
                     (RenderArgs::DebugFlags) (renderDebugFlags | (int) RenderArgs::RENDER_DEBUG_SIMULATION_OWNERSHIP);
             }
-            if (theCamera.getMode() == CAMERA_MODE_MIRROR) {
-                renderMode = RenderArgs::MIRROR_RENDER_MODE;
-            }
-            renderArgs->_renderMode = renderMode;
             renderArgs->_debugFlags = renderDebugFlags;
             _entities.render(renderArgs);
         }
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp
index 3fd7d05666..96a197335a 100755
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ template <> void render::jobRun(const DrawOpaqueDeferred& job, const SceneContex
         batch.setProjectionTransform(projMat);
         batch.setViewTransform(viewMat);
 
-        renderContext->args->_renderMode = RenderArgs::NORMAL_RENDER_MODE;
         {
             GLenum buffers[3];
             int bufferCount = 0;
@@ -207,8 +206,6 @@ template <> void render::jobRun(const DrawTransparentDeferred& job, const SceneC
         batch.setProjectionTransform(projMat);
         batch.setViewTransform(viewMat);
 
-        args->_renderMode = RenderArgs::NORMAL_RENDER_MODE;
-
         const float TRANSPARENT_ALPHA_THRESHOLD = 0.0f;
 
         {
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/DrawTask.cpp b/libraries/render/src/render/DrawTask.cpp
index 53964ac1db..96be8d63b0 100755
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/DrawTask.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/DrawTask.cpp
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ template <> void render::jobRun(const DrawOpaque& job, const SceneContextPointer
 
     renderContext->_numDrawnOpaqueItems = renderedItems.size();
 
-
     ItemIDsBounds sortedItems;
     sortedItems.reserve(culledItems.size());
     if (renderContext->_sortOpaque) {
@@ -283,7 +282,6 @@ template <> void render::jobRun(const DrawOpaque& job, const SceneContextPointer
         batch.setProjectionTransform(projMat);
         batch.setViewTransform(viewMat);
 
-        renderContext->args->_renderMode = RenderArgs::NORMAL_RENDER_MODE;
         {
             GLenum buffers[3];
             int bufferCount = 0;
@@ -350,8 +348,6 @@ template <> void render::jobRun(const DrawTransparent& job, const SceneContextPo
         batch.setProjectionTransform(projMat);
         batch.setViewTransform(viewMat);
 
-        args->_renderMode = RenderArgs::NORMAL_RENDER_MODE;
-
         const float MOSTLY_OPAQUE_THRESHOLD = 0.75f;
         const float TRANSPARENT_ALPHA_THRESHOLD = 0.0f;