diff --git a/src/osgShadow/ParallelSplitShadowMap.cpp b/src/osgShadow/ParallelSplitShadowMap.cpp
index 3b04943ee..8e1f33b39 100644
--- a/src/osgShadow/ParallelSplitShadowMap.cpp
+++ b/src/osgShadow/ParallelSplitShadowMap.cpp
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ void ParallelSplitShadowMap::init(){
         {
             // create the camera
             pssmShadowSplitTexture._camera = new osg::Camera;
-            pssmShadowSplitTexture._camera->setInheritanceMask(0x0);
             pssmShadowSplitTexture._camera->setCullCallback(new CameraCullCallback(this));
 
             #ifndef SHADOW_TEXTURE_DEBUG
@@ -442,7 +441,6 @@ void ParallelSplitShadowMap::init(){
                 pssmShadowSplitTexture._debug_texture->setFilter(osg::Texture2D::MAG_FILTER,osg::Texture2D::LINEAR);
                 // create the camera
                 pssmShadowSplitTexture._debug_camera = new osg::Camera;
-                pssmShadowSplitTexture._debug_camera->setInheritanceMask(0x0);
                 pssmShadowSplitTexture._debug_camera->setCullCallback(new CameraCullCallback(this));
                 pssmShadowSplitTexture._debug_camera->setClearMask(GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT|GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
                 pssmShadowSplitTexture._debug_camera->setClearColor(osg::Vec4(1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0));
diff --git a/src/osgShadow/ShadowMap.cpp b/src/osgShadow/ShadowMap.cpp
index e5158d795..fe1796b71 100644
--- a/src/osgShadow/ShadowMap.cpp
+++ b/src/osgShadow/ShadowMap.cpp
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ void ShadowMap::init()
         // create the camera
         _camera = new osg::Camera;
 
-        _camera->setInheritanceMask(0x0);
-        
         _camera->setReferenceFrame(osg::Camera::ABSOLUTE_RF_INHERIT_VIEWPOINT);
 
         _camera->setCullCallback(new CameraCullCallback(this));
@@ -551,8 +549,6 @@ osg::ref_ptr<osg::Camera> ShadowMap::makeDebugHUD()
 
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Camera> camera = new osg::Camera;
 
-    camera->setInheritanceMask(0x0);
-
     osg::Vec2 size(1280, 1024);
     // set the projection matrix
     camera->setProjectionMatrix(osg::Matrix::ortho2D(0,size.x(),0,size.y()));
diff --git a/src/osgShadow/ShadowTexture.cpp b/src/osgShadow/ShadowTexture.cpp
index de19a98ce..11c1a872e 100644
--- a/src/osgShadow/ShadowTexture.cpp
+++ b/src/osgShadow/ShadowTexture.cpp
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ void ShadowTexture::init()
         // create the camera
         _camera = new osg::Camera;
 
-        // _camera->setInheritanceMask(0x0);
-
         _camera->setClearColor(osg::Vec4(1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,1.0f));
         
         _camera->setCullCallback(new CameraCullCallback(this));