diff --git a/examples/jsm/lights/RectAreaLightUniformsLib.js b/examples/jsm/lights/RectAreaLightUniformsLib.js
index dea8e57c98c542dd99e5778a01a8b58de07d9fe4..920303f7dd330ac06d86015df3e2540fbb0d0708 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/lights/RectAreaLightUniformsLib.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/lights/RectAreaLightUniformsLib.js
@@ -42,12 +42,8 @@ var RectAreaLightUniformsLib = {
 		// data textures
 
 		var ltc_1 = new DataTexture( new Float32Array( LTC_MAT_1 ), 64, 64, RGBAFormat, FloatType, UVMapping, ClampToEdgeWrapping, ClampToEdgeWrapping, LinearFilter, NearestFilter, 1 );
-
 		var ltc_2 = new DataTexture( new Float32Array( LTC_MAT_2 ), 64, 64, RGBAFormat, FloatType, UVMapping, ClampToEdgeWrapping, ClampToEdgeWrapping, LinearFilter, NearestFilter, 1 );
 
-		ltc_1.needsUpdate = true;
-		ltc_2.needsUpdate = true;
-
 		UniformsLib.LTC_1 = ltc_1;
 		UniformsLib.LTC_2 = ltc_2;
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/misc/Ocean.js b/examples/jsm/misc/Ocean.js
index ab362cf0b1b41fb924fdcc0f4c884feedfea7c19..18a87c2357e95888638a85868705e46377a9c3a3 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/misc/Ocean.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/misc/Ocean.js
@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ Ocean.prototype.generateSeedPhaseTexture = function () {
 	this.pingPhaseTexture.wrapS = ClampToEdgeWrapping;
 	this.pingPhaseTexture.wrapT = ClampToEdgeWrapping;
 	this.pingPhaseTexture.type = FloatType;
-	this.pingPhaseTexture.needsUpdate = true;
 
 };
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/objects/Lensflare.js b/examples/jsm/objects/Lensflare.js
index 5cc84931a2677912c17a96dabe9871015f38671e..09b265102eae80aa34f16da81bacf202cfb82c77 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/objects/Lensflare.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/objects/Lensflare.js
@@ -42,14 +42,12 @@ var Lensflare = function () {
 	tempMap.magFilter = NearestFilter;
 	tempMap.wrapS = ClampToEdgeWrapping;
 	tempMap.wrapT = ClampToEdgeWrapping;
-	tempMap.needsUpdate = true;
 
 	var occlusionMap = new DataTexture( new Uint8Array( 16 * 16 * 3 ), 16, 16, RGBFormat );
 	occlusionMap.minFilter = NearestFilter;
 	occlusionMap.magFilter = NearestFilter;
 	occlusionMap.wrapS = ClampToEdgeWrapping;
 	occlusionMap.wrapT = ClampToEdgeWrapping;
-	occlusionMap.needsUpdate = true;
 
 	// material
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/postprocessing/GlitchPass.js b/examples/jsm/postprocessing/GlitchPass.js
index 415a07433781d1f93d5f1e410eb60e29c858b0d7..1da28d63a52629cbdea58a46670fe1e65cbe0b9f 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/postprocessing/GlitchPass.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/postprocessing/GlitchPass.js
@@ -115,9 +115,7 @@ GlitchPass.prototype = Object.assign( Object.create( Pass.prototype ), {
 
 		}
 
-		var texture = new DataTexture( data_arr, dt_size, dt_size, RGBFormat, FloatType );
-		texture.needsUpdate = true;
-		return texture;
+		return new DataTexture( data_arr, dt_size, dt_size, RGBFormat, FloatType );
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/examples/jsm/postprocessing/SSAOPass.js b/examples/jsm/postprocessing/SSAOPass.js
index f59e922a220bd571ec4e0b30b12ef77df4b3418d..60cf672679e49d6d6968e06dc3b8a65d91a1b88f 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/postprocessing/SSAOPass.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/postprocessing/SSAOPass.js
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ SSAOPass.prototype = Object.assign( Object.create( Pass.prototype ), {
 		this.noiseTexture = new DataTexture( data, width, height, RGBAFormat, FloatType );
 		this.noiseTexture.wrapS = RepeatWrapping;
 		this.noiseTexture.wrapT = RepeatWrapping;
-		this.noiseTexture.needsUpdate = true;
 
 	}