diff --git a/include/osgUtil/Optimizer b/include/osgUtil/Optimizer
index 0a7c97748..d0a1937b5 100644
--- a/include/osgUtil/Optimizer
+++ b/include/osgUtil/Optimizer
@@ -847,15 +847,12 @@ class OSGUTIL_EXPORT Optimizer
                     BaseOptimizerVisitor(optimizer, STATIC_OBJECT_DETECTION) {}
 
                 virtual void apply(osg::Node& node);
-
-                virtual void apply(osg::Geode& geode);
+                virtual void apply(osg::Drawable& drawable);
 
             protected:
 
                 void applyStateSet(osg::StateSet& stateset);
 
-                void applyDrawable(osg::Drawable& drawable);
-
         };
 
         /** For all geometry apply settings.*/
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp b/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
index 179d74b6e..9c7d525ac 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/Optimizer.cpp
@@ -4405,14 +4405,11 @@ void Optimizer::StaticObjectDetectionVisitor::apply(osg::Node& node)
     traverse(node);
 }
 
-void Optimizer::StaticObjectDetectionVisitor::apply(osg::Geode& geode)
+void Optimizer::StaticObjectDetectionVisitor::apply(osg::Drawable& drawable)
 {
-    if (geode.getStateSet()) applyStateSet(*geode.getStateSet());
+    if (drawable.getStateSet()) applyStateSet(*drawable.getStateSet());
 
-    for(unsigned int i=0; i<geode.getNumDrawables(); ++i)
-    {
-        applyDrawable(*geode.getDrawable(i));
-    }
+    drawable.computeDataVariance();
 }
 
 void Optimizer::StaticObjectDetectionVisitor::applyStateSet(osg::StateSet& stateset)
@@ -4421,15 +4418,6 @@ void Optimizer::StaticObjectDetectionVisitor::applyStateSet(osg::StateSet& state
 }
 
 
-void Optimizer::StaticObjectDetectionVisitor::applyDrawable(osg::Drawable& drawable)
-{
-
-    if (drawable.getStateSet()) applyStateSet(*drawable.getStateSet());
-
-    drawable.computeDataVariance();
-}
-
-
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // FlattenStaticTransformsDuplicatingSharedSubgraphsVisitor