diff --git a/light/ltface.c b/light/ltface.c
index b667bfb0..12d173fd 100644
--- a/light/ltface.c
+++ b/light/ltface.c
@@ -1375,42 +1375,6 @@ WriteLightmaps(bsp2_dface_t *face, dfacesup_t *facesup, const lightsurf_t *light
     face->lightofs = out - filebase;
     
     width = (lightsurf->texsize[0] + 1) * oversample;
-    
-    /* Check for solid-color lightmaps */
-    if (lit2pass) {
-	qboolean solid;
-	vec3_t cornercolor;
-
-	solid = true;
-	VectorCopy(lightmaps[0].samples[0].color, cornercolor);
-	
-	for (mapnum = 0; mapnum < MAXLIGHTMAPS && solid; mapnum++) {
-	    if (lightmaps[mapnum].style == 255)
-		break;
-	    
-	    sample = &lightmaps[mapnum].samples[0];
-	    for (i = 0; i < lightsurf->numpoints && solid; i++, sample++) {
-		for (j=0; j<3; j++) {
-		    if (fabs(sample->color[j] - cornercolor[j]) > 2) {
-			solid = false;
-		    }
-		}
-	    }
-	}
-	
-	if (solid) {
-	    for (mapnum = 0; mapnum < MAXLIGHTMAPS; mapnum++) {
-		if (lightmaps[mapnum].style == 255)
-		    break;
-		
-		sample = &lightmaps[mapnum].samples[0];
-		for (i = 0; i < lightsurf->numpoints; i++, sample++) {
-		    VectorSet(sample->color, 255, 0, 0);
-		}
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-    
     for (mapnum = 0; mapnum < MAXLIGHTMAPS; mapnum++) {
 	if (lightmaps[mapnum].style == 255)
 	    break;