diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp
index b79fd7107d..482a23ed7d 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/EntityItem.cpp
@@ -1157,6 +1157,12 @@ bool EntityItem::setProperties(const EntityItemProperties& properties) {
     SET_ENTITY_PROPERTY_FROM_PROPERTIES(parentJointIndex, setParentJointIndex);
     SET_ENTITY_PROPERTY_FROM_PROPERTIES(queryAACube, setQueryAACube);
 
+    AACube saveQueryAACube = _queryAACube;
+    checkAndAdjustQueryAACube();
+    if (saveQueryAACube != _queryAACube) {
+        somethingChanged = true;
+    }
+
     if (somethingChanged) {
         uint64_t now = usecTimestampNow();
         #ifdef WANT_DEBUG
@@ -1184,6 +1190,7 @@ bool EntityItem::setProperties(const EntityItemProperties& properties) {
         _created = timestamp;
     }
 
+
     return somethingChanged;
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/SpatiallyNestable.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/SpatiallyNestable.cpp
index 3392e9c66d..55da4822ef 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/SpatiallyNestable.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/SpatiallyNestable.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ void SpatiallyNestable::setParentID(const QUuid& parentID) {
             _parentKnowsMe = false;
         }
     });
-    checkAndAdjustQueryAACube();
 }
 
 Transform SpatiallyNestable::getParentTransform(bool& success, int depth) const {
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ void SpatiallyNestable::forgetChild(SpatiallyNestablePointer newChild) const {
 
 void SpatiallyNestable::setParentJointIndex(quint16 parentJointIndex) {
     _parentJointIndex = parentJointIndex;
-    checkAndAdjustQueryAACube();
 }
 
 glm::vec3 SpatiallyNestable::worldToLocal(const glm::vec3& position,
@@ -754,7 +752,6 @@ void SpatiallyNestable::forEachDescendant(std::function<void(SpatiallyNestablePo
 }
 
 void SpatiallyNestable::locationChanged() {
-    checkAndAdjustQueryAACube();
     forEachChild([&](SpatiallyNestablePointer object) {
         object->locationChanged();
     });
@@ -781,7 +778,6 @@ void SpatiallyNestable::setQueryAACube(const AACube& queryAACube) {
     if (queryAACube.getScale() > 0.0f) {
         _queryAACubeSet = true;
     }
-    checkAndAdjustQueryAACube();
 }
 
 bool SpatiallyNestable::queryAABoxNeedsUpdate() const {
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/SpatiallyNestable.h b/libraries/shared/src/SpatiallyNestable.h
index e6728bc923..a65c7c7f2c 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/SpatiallyNestable.h
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/SpatiallyNestable.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ protected:
     mutable QHash<QUuid, SpatiallyNestableWeakPointer> _children;
 
     virtual void locationChanged(); // called when a this object's location has changed
-    virtual void dimensionsChanged() { checkAndAdjustQueryAACube(); } // called when a this object's dimensions have changed
+    virtual void dimensionsChanged() { } // called when a this object's dimensions have changed
 
     // _queryAACube is used to decide where something lives in the octree
     mutable AACube _queryAACube;