diff --git a/components/sceneutil/morphgeometry.cpp b/components/sceneutil/morphgeometry.cpp
index 18b9dc1fd..1b7e4ca93 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/morphgeometry.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/morphgeometry.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ void MorphGeometry::setSourceGeometry(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geometry> sourceGeom)
     for (unsigned int i=0; i<2; ++i)
     {
         mGeometry[i] = new osg::Geometry(*mSourceGeometry, osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
-        mGeometry[i]->setDataVariance(osg::Object::DYNAMIC);
 
         const osg::Geometry& from = *mSourceGeometry;
         osg::Geometry& to = *mGeometry[i];
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/riggeometry.cpp b/components/sceneutil/riggeometry.cpp
index 73d05a292..30a3f076c 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/riggeometry.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/riggeometry.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ void RigGeometry::setSourceGeometry(osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geometry> sourceGeometry)
     {
         const osg::Geometry& from = *sourceGeometry;
         mGeometry[i] = new osg::Geometry(from, osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
-        mGeometry[i]->setDataVariance(osg::Object::DYNAMIC);
         osg::Geometry& to = *mGeometry[i];
         to.setSupportsDisplayList(false);
         to.setUseVertexBufferObjects(true);