diff --git a/components/nifbullet/bulletnifloader.cpp b/components/nifbullet/bulletnifloader.cpp
index 7b206e40c2..0554db08fc 100644
--- a/components/nifbullet/bulletnifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifbullet/bulletnifloader.cpp
@@ -131,16 +131,14 @@ osg::ref_ptr<Resource::BulletShape> BulletNifLoader::load(const Nif::File& nif)
 
 // Find a boundingBox in the node hierarchy.
 // Return: use bounding box for collision?
-bool BulletNifLoader::findBoundingBox(const Nif::Node* node, int flags)
+bool BulletNifLoader::findBoundingBox(const Nif::Node* node)
 {
-    flags |= node->flags;
-
     if (node->hasBounds)
     {
         mShape->mCollisionBoxHalfExtents = node->boundXYZ;
         mShape->mCollisionBoxTranslate = node->boundPos;
 
-        if (flags & Nif::NiNode::Flag_BBoxCollision)
+        if (node->flags & Nif::NiNode::Flag_BBoxCollision)
         {
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/components/nifbullet/bulletnifloader.hpp b/components/nifbullet/bulletnifloader.hpp
index f970b7f3e5..26b5b329de 100644
--- a/components/nifbullet/bulletnifloader.hpp
+++ b/components/nifbullet/bulletnifloader.hpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public:
     osg::ref_ptr<Resource::BulletShape> load(const Nif::File& file);
 
 private:
-    bool findBoundingBox(const Nif::Node* node, int flags = 0);
+    bool findBoundingBox(const Nif::Node* node);
 
     void handleNode(const std::string& fileName, Nif::Node const *node, int flags, bool isCollisionNode, bool isAnimated=false, bool autogenerated=false);