diff --git a/panda/src/grutil/frameRateMeter.cxx b/panda/src/grutil/frameRateMeter.cxx
index 7767ba036b..24b6bd7bc3 100644
--- a/panda/src/grutil/frameRateMeter.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/grutil/frameRateMeter.cxx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ FrameRateMeter(const string &name) : TextNode(name) {
                 LMatrix4f::translate_mat(LVector3f::rfu(1.0f - frame_rate_meter_side_margins * frame_rate_meter_scale, 0.0f, 1.0f - frame_rate_meter_scale)));
   set_card_color(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.4f);
   set_card_as_margin(frame_rate_meter_side_margins, frame_rate_meter_side_margins, 0.1f, 0.0f);
-  set_usage_hint(Geom::UH_client);
+  //  set_usage_hint(Geom::UH_client);
 
   do_update(current_thread);
 }