diff --git a/include/light/light.h b/include/light/light.h
index 7b16ec26..7c0d2d47 100644
--- a/include/light/light.h
+++ b/include/light/light.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void LoadNodes(char *file);
 qboolean TestLine(const vec3_t start, const vec3_t stop);
 qboolean TestSky(const vec3_t start, const vec3_t dirn);
 
-void LightFace(int surfnum, qboolean nolight, const vec3_t faceoffset);
+void LightFace(int surfnum, const vec3_t faceoffset);
 void LightLeaf(dleaf_t * leaf);
 
 void MakeTnodes(void);
diff --git a/light/light.c b/light/light.c
index e9176ff1..96dd1d30 100644
--- a/light/light.c
+++ b/light/light.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ qboolean compress_ents;
 qboolean colored;
 qboolean nominlimit;
 
-qboolean nolightface[MAX_MAP_FACES];
 vec3_t faceoffset[MAX_MAP_FACES];
 
 void
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ LightThread(void *junk)
 	if (facenum == -1)
 	    return NULL;
 
-	LightFace(facenum, nolightface[facenum], faceoffset[facenum]);
+	LightFace(facenum, faceoffset[facenum]);
     }
 
     return NULL;
@@ -99,11 +98,6 @@ FindFaceOffsets(void)
     const char *classname;
     vec3_t org;
 
-    memset(nolightface, 0, sizeof(nolightface));
-
-    for (j = dmodels[0].firstface; j < dmodels[0].numfaces; j++)
-	nolightface[j] = 0;
-
     for (i = 1; i < nummodels; i++) {
 	sprintf(name, "*%d", i);
 	ent = FindEntityWithKeyPair("model", name);
@@ -120,7 +114,6 @@ FindFaceOffsets(void)
 	    start = dmodels[i].firstface;
 	    end = start + dmodels[i].numfaces;
 	    for (j = start; j < end; j++) {
-		nolightface[j] = 300;
 		faceoffset[j][0] = org[0];
 		faceoffset[j][1] = org[1];
 		faceoffset[j][2] = org[2];
diff --git a/light/ltface.c b/light/ltface.c
index c6826d48..d748ddf7 100644
--- a/light/ltface.c
+++ b/light/ltface.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ NegativeColors(int light, vec3_t dest, const vec3_t src)
  * ============
  */
 void
-LightFace(int surfnum, qboolean nolight, const vec3_t faceoffset)
+LightFace(int surfnum, const vec3_t faceoffset)
 {
     const entity_t *entity;
     dface_t *face;