diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderViewTask.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderViewTask.cpp
index 122fc16e61..82426a3a1f 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderViewTask.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderViewTask.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ void RenderViewTask::build(JobModel& task, const render::Varying& input, render:
 
     // Warning : the cull functor passed to the shadow pass should only be testing for LOD culling. If frustum culling
     // is performed, then casters not in the view frustum will be removed, which is not what we wish.
-    task.addJob<RenderShadowTask>("RenderShadowTask", cullFunctor, tagBits, tagMask);
+    if (isDeferred) {
+        task.addJob<RenderShadowTask>("RenderShadowTask", cullFunctor, tagBits, tagMask);
+    }
 
     const auto items = task.addJob<RenderFetchCullSortTask>("FetchCullSort", cullFunctor, tagBits, tagMask);
     assert(items.canCast<RenderFetchCullSortTask::Output>());