diff --git a/include/vsgImGui/RenderImGui.h b/include/vsgImGui/RenderImGui.h
index e8186c6..8059d75 100644
--- a/include/vsgImGui/RenderImGui.h
+++ b/include/vsgImGui/RenderImGui.h
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ namespace vsgImGui
                    vsg::ref_ptr<vsg::RenderPass> renderPass,
                    uint32_t minImageCount, uint32_t imageCount,
                    VkExtent2D imageSize, bool useClearAttachments);
-        void _uploadFonts();
     };
 
 } // namespace vsgImGui
diff --git a/src/vsgImGui/RenderImGui.cpp b/src/vsgImGui/RenderImGui.cpp
index bda3137..7ec6136 100644
--- a/src/vsgImGui/RenderImGui.cpp
+++ b/src/vsgImGui/RenderImGui.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ namespace vsgImGui
 RenderImGui::RenderImGui(const vsg::ref_ptr<vsg::Window>& window, bool useClearAttachments)
 {
     _init(window, useClearAttachments);
-    _uploadFonts();
 }
 
 RenderImGui::RenderImGui(vsg::ref_ptr<vsg::Device> device, uint32_t queueFamily,
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ RenderImGui::RenderImGui(vsg::ref_ptr<vsg::Device> device, uint32_t queueFamily,
                          VkExtent2D imageSize, bool useClearAttachments)
 {
     _init(device, queueFamily, renderPass, minImageCount, imageCount, imageSize, useClearAttachments);
-    _uploadFonts();
 }
 
 RenderImGui::~RenderImGui()
@@ -183,30 +181,6 @@ void RenderImGui::_init(
     }
 }
 
-void RenderImGui::_uploadFonts()
-{
-    auto commandPool = vsg::CommandPool::create(_device, _queueFamily, VK_COMMAND_POOL_CREATE_TRANSIENT_BIT);
-    auto fence = vsg::Fence::create(_device);
-
-    uint64_t timeout = 1000000000;
-    vsg::submitCommandsToQueue(commandPool, fence, timeout, _queue, [&](vsg::CommandBuffer& commandBuffer) {
-        ImGui_ImplVulkan_CreateFontsTexture(commandBuffer);
-    });
-
-    VkResult result = fence->status();
-    while (result == VK_NOT_READY)
-    {
-        result = fence->wait(timeout);
-    }
-
-    if (result != VK_SUCCESS)
-    {
-        vsg::error("RenderImGui::_uploadFonts(), fence->state() = ", result);
-    }
-
-    ImGui_ImplVulkan_DestroyFontUploadObjects();
-}
-
 void RenderImGui::accept(vsg::RecordTraversal& rt) const
 {
     auto& commandBuffer = *(rt.getState()->_commandBuffer);