diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/TextureCache.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/TextureCache.cpp
index f86d15079d..1a6ea97b64 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -325,19 +325,6 @@ void ImageReader::run() {
     auto ntex = dynamic_cast<NetworkTexture*>(&*texture);
     if (ntex && (ntex->getType() == CUBE_TEXTURE)) {
         qCDebug(renderutils) << "Cube map size:" << _url << image.width() << image.height();
-    } else {
-
-        // enforce a fixed maximum area (1024 * 2048)
-        const int MAXIMUM_AREA_SIZE = 2097152;
-        if (imageArea > MAXIMUM_AREA_SIZE) {
-            float scaleRatio = sqrtf((float)MAXIMUM_AREA_SIZE) / sqrtf((float)imageArea);
-            int resizeWidth = static_cast<int>(std::floor(scaleRatio * static_cast<float>(image.width())));
-            int resizeHeight = static_cast<int>(std::floor(scaleRatio * static_cast<float>(image.height())));
-            qCDebug(renderutils) << "Image greater than maximum size:" << _url << image.width() << image.height() <<
-                " scaled to:" << resizeWidth << resizeHeight;
-            image = image.scaled(resizeWidth, resizeHeight, Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio);
-            imageArea = image.width() * image.height();
-        }
     }
     
     int opaquePixels = 0;