diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b51a3af0..e57d467d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: rayrender
 Type: Package
 Title: Build and Raytrace 3D Scenes
-Version: 0.35.1
-Date: 2024-11-02
+Version: 0.35.2
+Date: 2024-11-06
 Authors@R: c(person("Tyler", "Morgan-Wall", email = "tylermw@gmail.com", 
     role = c("aut", "cph", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3131-3814")),
     person("Syoyo", "Fujita", role=c("ctb", "cph")),
diff --git a/src/simd.h b/src/simd.h
index 415965c1..13126f12 100644
--- a/src/simd.h
+++ b/src/simd.h
@@ -810,9 +810,6 @@ inline int simd_extract_hitmask(const IVec4& vec) {
     // Use _mm_movemask_ps to extract the sign bits
     int mask = _mm_movemask_ps(float_vals); // Extracts the sign bits of each float
 
-    // The sign bits are in the higher bits; adjust them to lower bits
-    mask = mask >> 4; // Since _mm_movemask_ps puts the bits in the higher 4 bits
-
     return mask & 0xF; // Ensure only the lower 4 bits are used
 
 #elif defined(HAS_NEON)