diff --git a/data/shaders/nv_ray_tracing_basic/closesthit.rchit b/data/shaders/nv_ray_tracing_basic/closesthit.rchit
index dea0056d..e8141504 100644
--- a/data/shaders/nv_ray_tracing_basic/closesthit.rchit
+++ b/data/shaders/nv_ray_tracing_basic/closesthit.rchit
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ hitAttributeNV vec3 attribs;
 
 void main()
 {
-  hitValue = vec3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
+  const vec3 barycentricCoords = vec3(1.0f - attribs.x - attribs.y, attribs.x, attribs.y);
+  hitValue = barycentricCoords;
 }
diff --git a/data/shaders/nv_ray_tracing_basic/closesthit.rchit.spv b/data/shaders/nv_ray_tracing_basic/closesthit.rchit.spv
index 63bfa61a..3a89e180 100644
Binary files a/data/shaders/nv_ray_tracing_basic/closesthit.rchit.spv and b/data/shaders/nv_ray_tracing_basic/closesthit.rchit.spv differ
diff --git a/examples/nv_ray_tracing_basic/nv_ray_tracing_basic.cpp b/examples/nv_ray_tracing_basic/nv_ray_tracing_basic.cpp
index 668d6b90..bf970be0 100644
--- a/examples/nv_ray_tracing_basic/nv_ray_tracing_basic.cpp
+++ b/examples/nv_ray_tracing_basic/nv_ray_tracing_basic.cpp
@@ -594,18 +594,6 @@ public:
 
 		for (int32_t i = 0; i < drawCmdBuffers.size(); ++i)
 		{
-			VkClearValue clearValues[2];
-			clearValues[0].color = defaultClearColor;
-			clearValues[1].depthStencil = { 1.0f, 0 };
-
-			VkRenderPassBeginInfo renderPassBeginInfo = vks::initializers::renderPassBeginInfo();
-			renderPassBeginInfo.renderPass = renderPass;
-			renderPassBeginInfo.framebuffer = frameBuffers[i];
-			renderPassBeginInfo.renderArea.extent.width = width;
-			renderPassBeginInfo.renderArea.extent.height = height;
-			renderPassBeginInfo.clearValueCount = 2;
-			renderPassBeginInfo.pClearValues = clearValues;
-
 			VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkBeginCommandBuffer(drawCmdBuffers[i], &cmdBufInfo));
 
 			/*