diff --git a/src/gl/scene/gl_swscene.cpp b/src/gl/scene/gl_swscene.cpp
index b0cf14fd5..2015ed4d2 100644
--- a/src/gl/scene/gl_swscene.cpp
+++ b/src/gl/scene/gl_swscene.cpp
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ float BaseBlendA;
 
 
 
-// using FDummyTexture as base because that implements the required software renderer functions.
-
-class FSWPaletteTexture : public FDummyTexture
+class FSWPaletteTexture : public FTexture
 {
 public:
 	FSWPaletteTexture()
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ public:
 	}
 };
 
-class FSWSceneTexture : public FDummyTexture
+class FSWSceneTexture : public FTexture
 {
 public:
 	FHardwareTexture *hwtex;
diff --git a/src/textures/texture.cpp b/src/textures/texture.cpp
index 3fc7c9a5c..ac72a8027 100644
--- a/src/textures/texture.cpp
+++ b/src/textures/texture.cpp
@@ -1453,6 +1453,22 @@ bool FTexture::GetTranslucency()
 	return !!bTranslucent;
 }
 
+//===========================================================================
+// 
+// empty stubs to be overloaded by child classes.
+//
+//===========================================================================
+
+const uint8_t *FTexture::GetColumn(FRenderStyle style, unsigned int column, const Span **spans_out)
+{
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
+const uint8_t *FTexture::GetPixels(FRenderStyle style)
+{
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
 //===========================================================================
 // 
 // Dummy texture for the 0-entry.
@@ -1476,17 +1492,6 @@ void FDummyTexture::SetSize (int width, int height)
 	CalcBitSize ();
 }
 
-// These only get called from the texture precacher which discards the result.
-const uint8_t *FDummyTexture::GetColumn(FRenderStyle style, unsigned int column, const Span **spans_out)
-{
-	return nullptr;
-}
-
-const uint8_t *FDummyTexture::GetPixels(FRenderStyle style)
-{
-	return nullptr;
-}
-
 //==========================================================================
 //
 // Debug stuff
diff --git a/src/textures/textures.h b/src/textures/textures.h
index ec6b3f7f6..bfb675d6e 100644
--- a/src/textures/textures.h
+++ b/src/textures/textures.h
@@ -286,13 +286,13 @@ public:
 	};
 
 	// Returns a single column of the texture
-	virtual const uint8_t *GetColumn(FRenderStyle style, unsigned int column, const Span **spans_out) = 0;
+	virtual const uint8_t *GetColumn(FRenderStyle style, unsigned int column, const Span **spans_out);
 
 	// Returns a single column of the texture, in BGRA8 format
 	virtual const uint32_t *GetColumnBgra(unsigned int column, const Span **spans_out);
 
 	// Returns the whole texture, stored in column-major order
-	virtual const uint8_t *GetPixels(FRenderStyle style) = 0;
+	virtual const uint8_t *GetPixels(FRenderStyle style);
 
 	// Returns the whole texture, stored in column-major order, in BGRA8 format
 	virtual const uint32_t *GetPixelsBgra();
@@ -712,8 +712,6 @@ class FDummyTexture : public FTexture
 {
 public:
 	FDummyTexture ();
-	const uint8_t *GetColumn(FRenderStyle style, unsigned int column, const Span **spans_out) override;
-	const uint8_t *GetPixels(FRenderStyle style) override;
 	void SetSize (int width, int height);
 };