diff --git a/include/osg/TextureRectangle b/include/osg/TextureRectangle
index 7afc73296..104b5aef2 100644
--- a/include/osg/TextureRectangle
+++ b/include/osg/TextureRectangle
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ class OSG_EXPORT TextureRectangle : public Texture
         virtual void computeInternalFormat() const;
         void allocateMipmap(State& state) const;
 
-        void applyTexParameters(GLenum target, State& state) const;
-
         void applyTexImage_load(GLenum target, Image* image, State& state, GLsizei& inwidth, GLsizei& inheight) const;
         void applyTexImage_subload(GLenum target, Image* image, State& state, GLsizei& inwidth, GLsizei& inheight, GLint& inInternalFormat) const;
 
diff --git a/src/osg/Texture.cpp b/src/osg/Texture.cpp
index ca82246f9..6b1c34dcc 100644
--- a/src/osg/Texture.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/Texture.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <osg/Timer>
 #include <osg/ApplicationUsage>
 #include <osg/FrameBufferObject>
+#include <osg/TextureRectangle>
 
 #include <OpenThreads/ScopedLock>
 #include <OpenThreads/Mutex>
@@ -830,7 +831,7 @@ void Texture::applyTexParameters(GLenum target, State& state) const
     }
 
     // integer texture are not supported by the shadow
-    if (extensions->isShadowSupported() && target == GL_TEXTURE_2D &&
+    if (extensions->isShadowSupported() && (target == GL_TEXTURE_2D || target == GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE) &&
         _internalFormatType != SIGNED_INTEGER && _internalFormatType != UNSIGNED_INTEGER)
     {
         if (_use_shadow_comparison)
diff --git a/src/osg/TextureRectangle.cpp b/src/osg/TextureRectangle.cpp
index afc1dadfb..67410a1d4 100644
--- a/src/osg/TextureRectangle.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/TextureRectangle.cpp
@@ -260,21 +260,6 @@ void TextureRectangle::apply(State& state) const
     }
 }
 
-void TextureRectangle::applyTexParameters(GLenum target, State& state) const
-{
-    // get the contextID (user defined ID of 0 upwards) for the 
-    // current OpenGL context.
-    const unsigned int contextID = state.getContextID();
-
-    glTexParameteri( target, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, _wrap_s );
-    glTexParameteri( target, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, _wrap_t );
-
-    glTexParameteri( target, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, _min_filter);
-    glTexParameteri( target, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, _mag_filter);
-
-    getTextureParameterDirty(contextID) = false;
-}
-
 void TextureRectangle::applyTexImage_load(GLenum target, Image* image, State& state, GLsizei& inwidth, GLsizei& inheight) const
 {
     // if we don't have a valid image we can't create a texture!