diff --git a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
index e3c6d823f7..5b9d0698d8 100644
--- a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
@@ -496,14 +496,6 @@ namespace NifOsg
 
             switch (nifNode->recType)
             {
-            case Nif::RC_NiAutoNormalParticles:
-            case Nif::RC_NiRotatingParticles:
-                // Leaf nodes in the NIF hierarchy, so won't be able to dynamically attach children.
-                // No support for keyframe controllers (just crashes in the original engine).
-                if (nifNode->trafo.isIdentity())
-                    node = new osg::Group;
-                dataVariance = osg::Object::STATIC;
-                break;
             case Nif::RC_NiBillboardNode:
                 dataVariance = osg::Object::DYNAMIC;
                 break;