diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableTextEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableTextEntityItem.cpp
index c9d6df8c8f..d871df78d5 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableTextEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableTextEntityItem.cpp
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ void entities::TextPayload::render(RenderArgs* args) {
     modelTransform.setRotation(EntityItem::getBillboardRotation(modelTransform.getTranslation(), modelTransform.getRotation(), billboardMode, args->getViewFrustum().getPosition()));
 
     float scale = lineHeight / textRenderer->getFontSize();
-    const float TEXT_ENTITY_ITEM_FIXED_DEPTH = 0.01f;
     modelTransform.postTranslate(glm::vec3(-0.5, 0.5, 1.0f + EPSILON / dimensions.z));
     modelTransform.setScale(scale);
     batch.setModelTransform(modelTransform);
@@ -384,4 +383,4 @@ template <> const ShapeKey shapeGetShapeKey(const TextPayload::Pointer& payload)
 template <> void payloadRender(const TextPayload::Pointer& payload, RenderArgs* args) {
     return payload->render(args);
 }
-}
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+}