diff --git a/assets/shaders/custom_material.wgsl b/assets/shaders/custom_material.wgsl
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ddfc9c..0000000
--- a/assets/shaders/custom_material.wgsl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#import bevy_pbr::forward_io::VertexOutput
-
-@group(2) @binding(1) var material_color_texture: texture_2d<f32>;
-@group(2) @binding(2) var material_color_sampler: sampler;
-
-@fragment
-fn fragment(
-    mesh: VertexOutput,
-) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
-    return textureSample(material_color_texture, material_color_sampler, mesh.uv);
-}
diff --git a/assets/shaders/custom_material_import.wgsl b/assets/shaders/custom_material_import.wgsl
deleted file mode 100644
index ac9f2eb..0000000
--- a/assets/shaders/custom_material_import.wgsl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-// this is made available to the importing module
-const COLOR_MULTIPLIER: vec4<f32> = vec4<f32>(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.5);
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fa4795c..a88b976 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use bevy::core_pipeline::tonemapping::Tonemapping;
 use bevy::math::*;
 use bevy::prelude::*;
-use bevy::render::render_resource::{AsBindGroup, ShaderRef};
 use bevy_flycam::prelude::*;
 use bevy_trenchbroom::prelude::*;
 
@@ -18,23 +17,6 @@ pub struct MyBaseClass {
     pub my_value: u32,
 }
 
-const SHADER_ASSET_PATH: &str = "shaders/custom_material.wgsl";
-
-#[derive(Asset, Reflect, Default, AsBindGroup, Debug, Clone)]
-struct CustomMaterial {
-    #[uniform(0)]
-    color: LinearRgba,
-    #[texture(1)]
-    #[sampler(2)]
-    color_texture: Option<Handle<Image>>,
-}
-
-impl Material for CustomMaterial {
-    fn fragment_shader() -> ShaderRef {
-        SHADER_ASSET_PATH.into()
-    }
-}
-
 fn main() {
     let mut app = App::new();
 
@@ -44,22 +26,6 @@ fn main() {
 
     // bevy_flycam setup so we can get a closer look at the scene, mainly for debugging
     app.add_plugins(PlayerPlugin);
-    // app.add_plugins(
-    //     MaterializePlugin::new(TomlMaterialDeserializer).with_simple_loader_settings(Some(
-    //         SimpleGenericMaterialLoaderSettings {
-    //             material: |image| {
-    //                 CustomMaterial {
-    //                     color_texture: Some(image),
-    //                     ..Default::default()
-    //                 }
-    //                 .into()
-    //             },
-    //             ..Default::default()
-    //         },
-    //     )),
-    // );
-    // app.add_plugins(MaterialPlugin::<CustomMaterial>::default());
-    // app.register_generic_material::<CustomMaterial>();
 
     app.insert_resource(MovementSettings {
         sensitivity: 0.00005,