diff --git a/src/components/animation-mixer.js b/src/components/animation-mixer.js
index d2abfd79b8..ce5b30e6bd 100644
--- a/src/components/animation-mixer.js
+++ b/src/components/animation-mixer.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
  * @component animation-mixer
  */
 
+import { NETWORK_POSES } from "./hand-poses";
+
+const leftRightFilter = new RegExp("(_L)|(_R)");
+
 const components = [];
 export class AnimationMixerSystem {
   tick(dt) {
@@ -20,6 +24,17 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent("animation-mixer", {
     this.mixer = new THREE.AnimationMixer(this.el.object3D);
     this.el.object3D.animations = animations;
     this.animations = animations;
+
+    //Fix hand pose animations by removing unnecessary VectorKeyframeTracks (Position and Scale)
+    this.animations.forEach(animClip => {
+      //Check if this is really a hand pose
+      if (animClip && NETWORK_POSES.includes(animClip.name.replace(leftRightFilter, ""))) {
+        //Filter out EVERY track that is NOT a quaternion track and therefor not rotation related
+        animClip.tracks = animClip.tracks.filter(track => track.ValueTypeName == "quaternion");
+        //Filter out the quaternion track of the Hand bone!!! Otherwise the hand still rotation flickers in place
+        animClip.tracks.splice(animClip.tracks.length - 3, 3);
+      }
+    });
   },
   play() {
     components.push(this);
diff --git a/src/components/hand-poses.js b/src/components/hand-poses.js
index 3da274d396..3cead4ef1b 100644
--- a/src/components/hand-poses.js
+++ b/src/components/hand-poses.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const POSES = {
   pinch: "pinch"
 };
 
-const NETWORK_POSES = ["allOpen", "thumbDown", "indexDown", "mrpDown", "thumbsUp", "point", "allGrip", "pinch"];
+export const NETWORK_POSES = ["allOpen", "thumbDown", "indexDown", "mrpDown", "thumbsUp", "point", "allGrip", "pinch"];
 
 /**
  * Animates between poses based on networked pose state using an animation mixer.