diff --git a/indra/newview/lltinygltfhelper.cpp b/indra/newview/lltinygltfhelper.cpp
index 999be07dbafa4d261f5578db18e762361cb84b02..5b75db37d0814676b393129849f2af4cfd91c256 100644
--- a/indra/newview/lltinygltfhelper.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/lltinygltfhelper.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ LLImageRaw * LLTinyGLTFHelper::getTexture(const std::string & folder, const tiny
     {
         rawImage = new LLImageRaw(&image->image[0], image->width, image->height, image->component);
         rawImage->verticalFlip();
+        rawImage->optimizeAwayAlpha();
     }
 
     return rawImage;