diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/creatureanimation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/creatureanimation.cpp
index a90de2589..24732f866 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/creatureanimation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/creatureanimation.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ void CreatureWeaponAnimation::updatePart(PartHolderPtr& scene, int slot)
         if (found == nodeMap.end())
             throw std::runtime_error("Can't find attachment node " + bonename);
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> attached = SceneUtil::attach(node, mObjectRoot, bonename, found->second.get());
-        mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->notifyAttached(attached);
 
         scene.reset(new PartHolder(attached));
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/effectmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/effectmanager.cpp
index 340a855fb..3e785a769 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/effectmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/effectmanager.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ void EffectManager::addEffect(const std::string &model, const std::string& textu
         overrideTexture(textureOverride, mResourceSystem, node);
 
     mParentNode->addChild(trans);
-    mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->notifyAttached(node);
 
     mEffects[trans] = effect;
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
index aa53c41ac..6ead1611e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
@@ -663,7 +663,6 @@ PartHolderPtr NpcAnimation::insertBoundedPart(const std::string& model, const st
         throw std::runtime_error("Can't find attachment node " + bonename);
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> attached = SceneUtil::attach(instance, mObjectRoot, bonefilter, found->second);
-    mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->notifyAttached(attached);
     if (enchantedGlow)
         addGlow(attached, *glowColor);
 
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
index 8d717f7ea..85c27cbc2 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
@@ -540,6 +540,13 @@ namespace Resource
         // add a ref to the original template, to hint to the cache that it's still being used and should be kept in cache
         cloned->getOrCreateUserDataContainer()->addUserObject(new TemplateRef(scene));
 
+        // we can skip any scene graphs without update callbacks since we know that particle emitters will have an update callback set
+        if (cloned->getNumChildrenRequiringUpdateTraversal() > 0)
+        {
+            InitParticlesVisitor visitor (mParticleSystemMask);
+            cloned->accept(visitor);
+        }
+
         return cloned;
     }
 
@@ -566,7 +573,6 @@ namespace Resource
     void SceneManager::attachTo(osg::Node *instance, osg::Group *parentNode) const
     {
         parentNode->addChild(instance);
-        notifyAttached(instance);
     }
 
     void SceneManager::releaseGLObjects(osg::State *state)
@@ -580,16 +586,6 @@ namespace Resource
         mIncrementalCompileOperation = ico;
     }
 
-    void SceneManager::notifyAttached(osg::Node *node) const
-    {
-        // we can skip any scene graphs without update callbacks since we know that particle emitters will have an update callback set
-        if (node->getNumChildrenRequiringUpdateTraversal() > 0)
-        {
-            InitParticlesVisitor visitor (mParticleSystemMask);
-            node->accept(visitor);
-        }
-    }
-
     Resource::ImageManager* SceneManager::getImageManager()
     {
         return mImageManager;
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
index 5d54ccb1c..62ffe0871 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ namespace Resource
         /// Set up an IncrementalCompileOperation for background compiling of loaded scenes.
         void setIncrementalCompileOperation(osgUtil::IncrementalCompileOperation* ico);
 
-        /// @note SceneManager::attachTo calls this method automatically, only needs to be called by users if manually attaching
-        void notifyAttached(osg::Node* node) const;
-
         Resource::ImageManager* getImageManager();
 
         /// @param mask The node mask to apply to loaded particle system nodes.