diff --git a/src/viewer/scene/PerformanceModel/lib/batching/batchingLayer.js b/src/viewer/scene/PerformanceModel/lib/batching/batchingLayer.js
index 9c931b23db..ff4685e7b9 100644
--- a/src/viewer/scene/PerformanceModel/lib/batching/batchingLayer.js
+++ b/src/viewer/scene/PerformanceModel/lib/batching/batchingLayer.js
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ const tempMat4b = math.mat4();
 const tempVec3a = math.vec4([0, 0, 0, 1]);
 const tempVec3b = math.vec4([0, 0, 0, 1]);
 
-var currentBatchingLayer = null;
-
 /**
  * @private
  */
@@ -136,13 +134,6 @@ class BatchingLayer {
         if (this._finalized) {
             throw "BatchingLayer full - check first with canCreatePortion()";
         }
-        if (currentBatchingLayer !== null) {
-            if (currentBatchingLayer !== this) {
-                throw "Already packing another BatchingLayer";
-            }
-        } else {
-            currentBatchingLayer = this;
-        }
         const buffer = this._buffer;
         const positionsIndex = buffer.lenPositions;
         const vertsIndex = positionsIndex / 3;
@@ -350,8 +341,6 @@ class BatchingLayer {
         buffer.lenIndices = 0;
         buffer.lenEdgeIndices = 0;
 
-        currentBatchingLayer = null;
-
         this._buffer = null;
         this._finalized = true;
     }