diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Src/TextureCache.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Src/TextureCache.cpp
index 27bee72..fff66cd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Src/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Src/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -84,30 +84,15 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::CreateTexture(unsigned int width,
 	unsigned int height, unsigned int expanded_width,
 	unsigned int tex_levels, PC_TexFormat pcfmt)
 {
-	D3D11_USAGE usage = D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT;
-	D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_FLAG cpu_access = (D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_FLAG)0;
-	D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA srdata, *data = NULL;
-
-	if (tex_levels == 1)
-	{
-		usage = D3D11_USAGE_DYNAMIC;
-		cpu_access = D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_WRITE;
-
-		srdata.pSysMem = TextureCache::temp;
-		srdata.SysMemPitch = 4 * expanded_width;
-
-		data = &srdata;
-	}
-
 	const D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC texdesc = CD3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC(DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,
-		width, height, 1, tex_levels, D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE, usage, cpu_access);
+		width, height, 1, tex_levels, D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE, D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT, (D3D11_CPU_ACCESS_FLAG)0);
 
 	ID3D11Texture2D *pTexture;
-	const HRESULT hr = D3D::device->CreateTexture2D(&texdesc, data, &pTexture);
+	const HRESULT hr = D3D::device->CreateTexture2D(&texdesc, NULL, &pTexture);
 	CHECK(SUCCEEDED(hr), "Create texture of the TextureCache");
 
 	TCacheEntry* const entry = new TCacheEntry(new D3DTexture2D(pTexture, D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE));
-	entry->usage = usage;
+	entry->usage = D3D11_USAGE_DEFAULT;
 
 	// TODO: better debug names
 	D3D::SetDebugObjectName((ID3D11DeviceChild*)entry->texture->GetTex(), "a texture of the TextureCache");
@@ -115,8 +100,7 @@ TextureCache::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCache::CreateTexture(unsigned int width,
 
 	SAFE_RELEASE(pTexture);
 
-	if (tex_levels != 1)
-		entry->Load(width, height, expanded_width, 0);
+	entry->Load(width, height, expanded_width, 0);
 
 	return entry;
 }