diff --git a/Penumbra/Interop/Hooks/ResourceLoading/ResourceLoader.cs b/Penumbra/Interop/Hooks/ResourceLoading/ResourceLoader.cs
index d5e41b56..3f8cb23f 100644
--- a/Penumbra/Interop/Hooks/ResourceLoading/ResourceLoader.cs
+++ b/Penumbra/Interop/Hooks/ResourceLoading/ResourceLoader.cs
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ public unsafe class ResourceLoader : IDisposable, IService
             gamePath.Path.IsAscii);
         fileDescriptor->ResourceHandle->FileNameData   = path.Path;
         fileDescriptor->ResourceHandle->FileNameLength = path.Length;
-        MtrlForceSync(fileDescriptor, ref isSync);
         returnValue = DefaultLoadResource(path, fileDescriptor, priority, isSync, data);
         // Return original resource handle path so that they can be loaded separately.
         fileDescriptor->ResourceHandle->FileNameData   = gamePath.Path.Path;
@@ -295,16 +294,6 @@ public unsafe class ResourceLoader : IDisposable, IService
         }
     }
 
-    /// <summary> Special handling for materials. </summary>
-    private static void MtrlForceSync(SeFileDescriptor* fileDescriptor, ref bool isSync)
-    {
-        // Force isSync = true for Materials. I don't really understand why,
-        // or where the difference even comes from.
-        // Was called with True on my client and with false on other peoples clients,
-        // which caused problems.
-        isSync |= fileDescriptor->ResourceHandle->FileType is ResourceType.Mtrl;
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// A resource with ref count 0 that gets incremented goes through GetResourceAsync again.
     /// This means, that if the path determined from that is different than the resources path,