diff --git a/ref/gl/gl_local.h b/ref/gl/gl_local.h
index 9181adc5..311838c0 100644
--- a/ref/gl/gl_local.h
+++ b/ref/gl/gl_local.h
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ typedef struct
 	int		realframecount;	// not including viewpasses
 	int		framecount;
 
-	qboolean		ignore_lightgamma;
 	qboolean		fCustomRendering;
 	qboolean		fResetVis;
 	qboolean		fFlipViewModel;
@@ -528,7 +527,6 @@ void GL_SetupAttributes( int safegl );
 void GL_OnContextCreated( void );
 void GL_InitExtensions( void );
 void GL_ClearExtensions( void );
-void VID_CheckChanges( void );
 int GL_LoadTexture( const char *name, const byte *buf, size_t size, int flags );
 void GL_FreeImage( const char *name );
 qboolean VID_ScreenShot( const char *filename, int shot_type );
diff --git a/ref/gl/gl_rlight.c b/ref/gl/gl_rlight.c
index d97439ad..c2f208ae 100644
--- a/ref/gl/gl_rlight.c
+++ b/ref/gl/gl_rlight.c
@@ -320,18 +320,10 @@ static qboolean R_RecursiveLightPoint( model_t *model, mnode_t *node, float p1f,
 		{
 			uint	scale = tr.lightstylevalue[surf->styles[map]];
 
-			if( tr.ignore_lightgamma )
-			{
-				cv->r += lm->r * scale;
-				cv->g += lm->g * scale;
-				cv->b += lm->b * scale;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				cv->r += gEngfuncs.LightToTexGamma( lm->r ) * scale;
-				cv->g += gEngfuncs.LightToTexGamma( lm->g ) * scale;
-				cv->b += gEngfuncs.LightToTexGamma( lm->b ) * scale;
-			}
+			cv->r += lm->r * scale;
+			cv->g += lm->g * scale;
+			cv->b += lm->b * scale;
+
 			lm += size; // skip to next lightmap
 
 			if( dm != NULL )
@@ -418,9 +410,10 @@ colorVec R_LightVecInternal( const vec3_t start, const vec3_t end, vec3_t lspot,
 			{
 				if( lspot ) VectorCopy( g_trace_lightspot, lspot );
 				if( lvec ) VectorNormalize2( g_trace_lightvec, lvec );
-				light.r = Q_min(( cv.r >> 7 ), 255 );
-				light.g = Q_min(( cv.g >> 7 ), 255 );
-				light.b = Q_min(( cv.b >> 7 ), 255 );
+
+				light.r = Q_min(( cv.r >> 8 ), 255 );
+				light.g = Q_min(( cv.g >> 8 ), 255 );
+				light.b = Q_min(( cv.b >> 8 ), 255 );
 				last_fraction = g_trace_fraction;
 
 				if(( light.r + light.g + light.b ) != 0 )
diff --git a/ref/gl/gl_studio.c b/ref/gl/gl_studio.c
index 2b3de57b..d2d30b84 100644
--- a/ref/gl/gl_studio.c
+++ b/ref/gl/gl_studio.c
@@ -3661,9 +3661,7 @@ void R_GatherPlayerLight( void )
 	cl_entity_t	*view = tr.viewent;
 	colorVec		c;
 
-	tr.ignore_lightgamma = true;
 	c = R_LightPoint( view->origin );
-	tr.ignore_lightgamma = false;
 	gEngfuncs.SetLocalLightLevel( ( c.r + c.g + c.b ) / 3 );
 }