diff --git a/include/light/light.hh b/include/light/light.hh
index e8906a90..80934f6a 100644
--- a/include/light/light.hh
+++ b/include/light/light.hh
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 #define ANGLE_EPSILON 0.001f
 #define EQUAL_EPSILON 0.001f
 
+// FIXME: use maximum dimension of level
+#define MAX_SKY_DIST 1000000.0f
+
 typedef struct {
     vec3_t color;
     vec3_t direction;
diff --git a/light/ltface.cc b/light/ltface.cc
index 4d917d25..632b4bd3 100644
--- a/light/ltface.cc
+++ b/light/ltface.cc
@@ -1530,7 +1530,6 @@ static void
 LightFace_Sky(const sun_t *sun, const lightsurf_t *lightsurf, lightmapdict_t *lightmaps)
 {
     const globalconfig_t &cfg = *lightsurf->cfg;
-    const float MAX_SKY_DIST = 65536.0f;
     const modelinfo_t *modelinfo = lightsurf->modelinfo;
     const plane_t *plane = &lightsurf->plane;
 
diff --git a/light/trace_embree.cc b/light/trace_embree.cc
index 6a0a324f..996f8107 100644
--- a/light/trace_embree.cc
+++ b/light/trace_embree.cc
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace polylib;
 
-static const float MAX_SKY_RAY_DEPTH = 8192.0f;
-
 class sceneinfo {
 public:
     unsigned geomID;
@@ -754,7 +752,7 @@ qboolean Embree_TestSky(const vec3_t start, const vec3_t dirn, const modelinfo_t
     VectorCopy(dirn, dir_normalized);
     VectorNormalize(dir_normalized);
     
-    RTCRay ray = SetupRay(0, start, dir_normalized, MAX_SKY_RAY_DEPTH, self);
+    RTCRay ray = SetupRay(0, start, dir_normalized, MAX_SKY_DIST, self);
     rtcIntersect(scene, ray);
 
     qboolean hit_sky = (ray.geomID == skygeom.geomID);