diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index c9bf76350a..b7a49f234b 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -3526,9 +3526,6 @@ void Application::domainChanged(QString domain) {
     // update the user's last domain in their Profile (which will propagate to data-server)
     _profile.updateDomain(domain);
     
-    // kill the local voxels
-    _voxels.killLocalVoxels();
-    
     // reset the environment so that we don't erroneously end up with multiple
     _environment.resetToDefault();
 }