diff --git a/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp b/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp
index 802f9c2c77..641ad8a152 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp
@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ void ModelOverlay::update(float deltatime) {
 
     if (!_texturesLoaded && _model->getGeometry() && _model->getGeometry()->areTexturesLoaded()) {
         _texturesLoaded = true;
-        if (!_modelTextures.isEmpty()) {
-            _model->setTextures(_modelTextures);
-        }
 
         _model->setVisibleInScene(getVisible(), scene);
         _model->updateRenderItems();
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.h b/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.h
index 76e4601021..32500576e2 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.h
+++ b/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ private:
     ModelPointer _model;
     QVariantMap _modelTextures;
     bool _texturesLoaded { false };
-    bool _texturesDirty{ false };
+    bool _texturesDirty { false };
 
     render::ItemIDs _subRenderItemIDs;