diff --git a/src/scene/gsplat/gsplat-material.js b/src/scene/gsplat/gsplat-material.js
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-import {
-    CULLFACE_NONE, SEMANTIC_POSITION, SHADERLANGUAGE_GLSL, SHADERLANGUAGE_WGSL
-} from '../../platform/graphics/constants.js';
-
-import { BLEND_NONE, BLEND_PREMULTIPLIED, DITHER_NONE } from '../constants.js';
-import { ShaderMaterial } from '../materials/shader-material.js';
-import { ShaderChunks } from '../shader-lib/shader-chunks.js';
-import { GSplatResourceBase } from './gsplat-resource-base.js';
-
-/**
- * @import { GraphicsDevice } from '../../platform/graphics/graphics-device.js'
- */
-
-/**
- * @typedef {object} SplatMaterialOptions - The options.
- * @property {string} [vertex] - Custom vertex shader, see SPLAT MANY example.
- * @property {string} [fragment] - Custom fragment shader, see SPLAT MANY example.
- * @property {string[]} [defines] - List of shader defines.
- * @property {Object<string, string>} [chunks] - Custom shader chunks.
- * @property {string} [dither] - Opacity dithering enum.
- *
- * @ignore
- */
-
-/**
- * @param {GraphicsDevice} device - The graphics device.
- * @param {SplatMaterialOptions} [options] - The options.
- * @returns {ShaderMaterial} The GS material.
- */
-const createGSplatMaterial = (device, options = {}) => {
-
-    const ditherEnum = options.dither ?? DITHER_NONE;
-    const dither = ditherEnum !== DITHER_NONE;
-
-    const material = new ShaderMaterial({
-        uniqueName: 'SplatMaterial',
-        vertexGLSL: options.vertex ?? ShaderChunks.get(device, SHADERLANGUAGE_GLSL).get('gsplatVS'),
-        fragmentGLSL: options.fragment ?? ShaderChunks.get(device, SHADERLANGUAGE_GLSL).get('gsplatPS'),
-        vertexWGSL: options.vertex ? '' : ShaderChunks.get(device, SHADERLANGUAGE_WGSL).get('gsplatVS'),
-        fragmentWGSL: options.vertex ? '' : ShaderChunks.get(device, SHADERLANGUAGE_WGSL).get('gsplatPS'),
-        attributes: {
-            vertex_position: SEMANTIC_POSITION
-        }
-    });
-
-    material.setDefine('{GSPLAT_INSTANCE_SIZE}', GSplatResourceBase.instanceSize);
-    material.setDefine(`DITHER_${ditherEnum.toUpperCase()}`, '');
-
-    material.cull = CULLFACE_NONE;
-    material.blendType = dither ? BLEND_NONE : BLEND_PREMULTIPLIED;
-    material.depthWrite = dither;
-    material.update();
-
-    return material;
-};
-
-export { createGSplatMaterial };