diff --git a/base/VulkanTextOverlay.hpp b/base/VulkanTextOverlay.hpp
index 7ed6ae96..3c749818 100644
--- a/base/VulkanTextOverlay.hpp
+++ b/base/VulkanTextOverlay.hpp
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ public:
 		samplerInfo.minLod = 0.0f;
 		samplerInfo.maxLod = 1.0f;
 		samplerInfo.borderColor = VK_BORDER_COLOR_FLOAT_OPAQUE_WHITE;
+		samplerInfo.maxAnisotropy = 1.0f;
 		VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkCreateSampler(vulkanDevice->logicalDevice, &samplerInfo, nullptr, &sampler));
 
 		// Descriptor
diff --git a/base/VulkanTexture.hpp b/base/VulkanTexture.hpp
index 0c9a2e1e..129fedd8 100644
--- a/base/VulkanTexture.hpp
+++ b/base/VulkanTexture.hpp
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ namespace vks
 			samplerCreateInfo.compareOp = VK_COMPARE_OP_NEVER;
 			samplerCreateInfo.minLod = 0.0f;
 			samplerCreateInfo.maxLod = 0.0f;
+			samplerCreateInfo.maxAnisotropy = 1.0f;
 			VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkCreateSampler(device->logicalDevice, &samplerCreateInfo, nullptr, &sampler));
 
 			// Create image view
diff --git a/shadowmapping/shadowmapping.cpp b/shadowmapping/shadowmapping.cpp
index 567a1d54..a680015b 100644
--- a/shadowmapping/shadowmapping.cpp
+++ b/shadowmapping/shadowmapping.cpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public:
 		sampler.addressModeV = sampler.addressModeU;
 		sampler.addressModeW = sampler.addressModeU;
 		sampler.mipLodBias = 0.0f;
-		sampler.maxAnisotropy = 0;
+		sampler.maxAnisotropy = 1.0f;
 		sampler.minLod = 0.0f;
 		sampler.maxLod = 1.0f;
 		sampler.borderColor = VK_BORDER_COLOR_FLOAT_OPAQUE_WHITE;
diff --git a/ssao/ssao.cpp b/ssao/ssao.cpp
index 7a9d5706..76bd5836 100644
--- a/ssao/ssao.cpp
+++ b/ssao/ssao.cpp
@@ -217,15 +217,6 @@ public:
 		textures.ssaoNoise.destroy();
 	}
 
-	virtual void getEnabledFeatures()
-	{
-		// Enable anisotropic filtering if supported
-		if (deviceFeatures.samplerAnisotropy) {
-			enabledFeatures.samplerAnisotropy = VK_TRUE;
-		};
-	}
-
-
 	// Create a frame buffer attachment
 	void createAttachment(
 		VkFormat format,  
@@ -529,7 +520,7 @@ public:
 		sampler.addressModeV = sampler.addressModeU;
 		sampler.addressModeW = sampler.addressModeU;
 		sampler.mipLodBias = 0.0f;
-		sampler.maxAnisotropy = 0;
+		sampler.maxAnisotropy = 1.0f;
 		sampler.minLod = 0.0f;
 		sampler.maxLod = 1.0f;
 		sampler.borderColor = VK_BORDER_COLOR_FLOAT_OPAQUE_WHITE;