diff --git a/engine/src/core-data/Common/ShaderLib/Parallax.glsllib b/engine/src/core-data/Common/ShaderLib/Parallax.glsllib
index 15fdea80c..bb728f717 100644
--- a/engine/src/core-data/Common/ShaderLib/Parallax.glsllib
+++ b/engine/src/core-data/Common/ShaderLib/Parallax.glsllib
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
 
     vec2 classicParallaxOffset(sampler2D parallaxMap, vec3 vViewDir,vec2 texCoord,float parallaxScale){ 
        float h;
-       h = texture2D(parallaxMap, texCoord).a;
        #ifdef NORMALMAP_PARALLAX
                //parallax map is stored in the alpha channel of the normal map         
                h = texture2D(parallaxMap, texCoord).a;