diff --git a/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/Viewer3D.qml b/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/Viewer3D.qml
index 586923df..05abe36c 100644
--- a/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/Viewer3D.qml
+++ b/meshroom/ui/qml/Viewer/Viewer3D.qml
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ FocusScope {
 
     function clearAbc()
     {
-        abcSource = ''               // does not work yet by itself
-        abcLoaderEntity.reload()     // need to re-create the alembic loader
+        abcSource = ''
     }
 
     Scene3D {
@@ -281,8 +280,7 @@ FocusScope {
                     property Entity abcLoader: undefined
                     enabled: showSfMCheckBox.checked
 
-                    Component.onCompleted: reload()
-                    function reload() {
+                    Component.onCompleted: {
                         if(!root.supportAlembic) // Alembic plugin not available
                             return
 
diff --git a/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml b/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml
index e8a3c60a..1f738cc5 100644
--- a/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml
+++ b/meshroom/ui/qml/WorkspaceView.qml
@@ -42,13 +42,12 @@ Item {
 
     Connections {
         target: reconstruction
-        onSfmChanged: loadSfmAbc()
         onSfmReportChanged: loadSfmAbc()
     }
 
     function loadSfmAbc()
     {
-        workspaceView.load3DMedia(reconstruction.sfm.attribute('output').value)
+        load3DMedia(reconstruction.sfm.attribute('output').value)
     }
 
     SystemPalette { id: palette }