diff --git a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
index 91232d03a..644e82484 100644
--- a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include <components/sceneutil/skeleton.hpp>
 #include <components/sceneutil/riggeometry.hpp>
 #include <components/sceneutil/morphgeometry.hpp>
-#include <components/settings/settings.hpp>
 
 #include "particle.hpp"
 #include "userdata.hpp"
@@ -428,29 +427,12 @@ namespace NifOsg
             texture2d->setWrap(osg::Texture::WRAP_S, wrapS ? osg::Texture::REPEAT : osg::Texture::CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
             texture2d->setWrap(osg::Texture::WRAP_T, wrapT ? osg::Texture::REPEAT : osg::Texture::CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
 
-            static const bool preLightEnv = Settings::Manager::getBool("apply lighting to environment maps", "Shaders");
             osg::ref_ptr<osg::TexEnvCombine> texEnv = new osg::TexEnvCombine;
-            if (!preLightEnv)
-            {
-                texEnv->setCombine_Alpha(osg::TexEnvCombine::REPLACE);
-                texEnv->setSource0_Alpha(osg::TexEnvCombine::PREVIOUS);
-                texEnv->setCombine_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::ADD);
-                texEnv->setSource0_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::PREVIOUS);
-                texEnv->setSource1_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::TEXTURE);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                texEnv->setCombine_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::INTERPOLATE);
-                texEnv->setSource0_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::TEXTURE);
-                texEnv->setOperand0_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::SRC_COLOR);
-                texEnv->setSource1_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::PREVIOUS);
-                texEnv->setOperand1_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::SRC_COLOR);
-                texEnv->setSource2_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::TEXTURE);
-                texEnv->setOperand2_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::SRC_ALPHA);
-                texEnv->setCombine_Alpha(osg::TexEnvCombine::REPLACE);
-                texEnv->setSource0_Alpha(osg::TexEnvCombine::PREVIOUS);
-                texEnv->setOperand0_Alpha(osg::TexEnvCombine::SRC_ALPHA);
-            }
+            texEnv->setCombine_Alpha(osg::TexEnvCombine::REPLACE);
+            texEnv->setSource0_Alpha(osg::TexEnvCombine::PREVIOUS);
+            texEnv->setCombine_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::ADD);
+            texEnv->setSource0_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::PREVIOUS);
+            texEnv->setSource1_RGB(osg::TexEnvCombine::TEXTURE);
 
             int texUnit = 3; // FIXME
 
diff --git a/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/shaders.rst b/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/shaders.rst
index 8f1040225..eaea53972 100644
--- a/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/shaders.rst
+++ b/docs/source/reference/modding/settings/shaders.rst
@@ -134,4 +134,4 @@ apply lighting to environment maps
 
 Normally environment map reflections aren't affected by lighting, which makes environment-mapped (and thus bump-mapped objects) glow in the dark.
 Morrowind Code Patch includes an option to remedy that by doing environment-mapping before applying lighting, this is the equivalent of that option.
-This also affects fixed function pipeline rendering.
+Has no effect in fixed function pipeline.
diff --git a/files/settings-default.cfg b/files/settings-default.cfg
index b7e0eb6c2..523ffc2f6 100644
--- a/files/settings-default.cfg
+++ b/files/settings-default.cfg
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ specular map pattern = _spec
 terrain specular map pattern = _diffusespec
 
 # Apply lighting to environment map reflections on the rendered objects like in Morrowind Code Patch.
-# Also affects fixed function pipeline.
+# Requires shaders to work.
 apply lighting to environment maps = false
 
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