diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_manager.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_manager.cpp
index 8d50f5b54..a37df505e 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_manager.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_manager.cpp
@@ -867,9 +867,6 @@ void GLResourceManager::PrepareTextureInitialContents(ResourceId liveid, Resourc
           {
             size_t size = GetCompressedByteSize(w, h, d, details.internalFormat, i);
 
-            if(details.curType == eGL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP)
-              size /= 6;
-
             byte *buf = new byte[size];
 
             // read to CPU
@@ -1215,9 +1212,6 @@ bool GLResourceManager::Serialise_InitialState(ResourceId resid, GLResource res)
               size_t size = GetCompressedByteSize(details.width, details.height, details.depth,
                                                   details.internalFormat, i);
 
-              if(t == eGL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP)
-                size /= 6;
-
               byte *buf = new byte[size];
 
               gl.glGetCompressedTextureImageEXT(tex, targets[trg], i, buf);