diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h
index 05ad70b872..a6f527e657 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h
@@ -188,24 +188,8 @@ class Sampler {
                 _minMip == other._minMip &&
                 _maxMip == other._maxMip;
         }
-
-        DataSerializer &operator<<(DataSerializer &dsd) {
-            dsd << _borderColor;
-            dsd << _maxAnisotropy;
-            dsd << _filter;
-            dsd << _comparisonFunc;
-            dsd << _wrapModeU;
-            dsd << _wrapModeV;
-            dsd << _wrapModeW;
-            dsd << _mipOffset;
-            dsd << _minMip;
-            dsd << _maxMip;
-            return dsd;
-        }
     };
 
-
-
     Sampler() {}
     Sampler(const Filter filter, const WrapMode wrap = WRAP_REPEAT) : _desc(filter, wrap) {}
     Sampler(const Desc& desc) : _desc(desc) {}
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture_ktx.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture_ktx.cpp
index 78822ce9d7..2a4d678208 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture_ktx.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture_ktx.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ struct GPUKTXPayload {
         uint8_t usagetype = 0;
 
         dsr >> version;
-        dsr.skipPadding(1);
 
         if (version > CURRENT_VERSION) {
             // If we try to load a version that we don't know how to parse,
@@ -109,13 +108,14 @@ struct GPUKTXPayload {
         _usage = gpu::Texture::Usage(usageData);
 
         dsr >> usagetype;
-        dsr.skipPadding(1);
         _usageType = (TextureUsageType)usagetype;
 
         if (version >= 2) {
             dsr >> _originalSize;
         }
 
+        dsr.skipPadding(PADDING);
+
         return true;
     }