diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
index c049fa62e..04b3d0e9a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <osg/Material>
 
 #include <osgParticle/ParticleSystem>
+#include <osgParticle/ParticleProcessor>
 
 #include <components/nifosg/nifloader.hpp>
 
@@ -47,6 +48,44 @@
 namespace
 {
 
+    /// Removes all particle systems and related nodes in a subgraph.
+    class RemoveParticlesVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
+    {
+    public:
+        RemoveParticlesVisitor()
+            : osg::NodeVisitor(TRAVERSE_ALL_CHILDREN)
+        { }
+
+        virtual void apply(osg::Node &node)
+        {
+            if (dynamic_cast<osgParticle::ParticleProcessor*>(&node))
+                mToRemove.push_back(&node);
+
+            traverse(node);
+        }
+
+        virtual void apply(osg::Drawable& drw)
+        {
+            if (osgParticle::ParticleSystem* partsys = dynamic_cast<osgParticle::ParticleSystem*>(&drw))
+                mToRemove.push_back(partsys);
+        }
+
+        void remove()
+        {
+            for (std::vector<osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> >::iterator it = mToRemove.begin(); it != mToRemove.end(); ++it)
+            {
+                // FIXME: a Drawable might have more than one parent
+                osg::Node* node = *it;
+                if (node->getNumParents())
+                    node->getParent(0)->removeChild(node);
+            }
+            mToRemove.clear();
+        }
+
+    private:
+        std::vector<osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> > mToRemove;
+    };
+
     class GlowUpdater : public SceneUtil::StateSetUpdater
     {
     public:
@@ -1439,6 +1478,13 @@ namespace MWRender
         }
         if (ptr.getTypeName() == typeid(ESM::Light).name() && allowLight)
             addExtraLight(getOrCreateObjectRoot(), ptr.get<ESM::Light>()->mBase);
+
+        if (!allowLight)
+        {
+            RemoveParticlesVisitor visitor;
+            mObjectRoot->accept(visitor);
+            visitor.remove();
+        }
     }
 
     Animation::AnimState::~AnimState()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/objects.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/objects.cpp
index e40863622..2408d1ba0 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/objects.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/objects.cpp
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@
 #include <osg/Group>
 #include <osg/UserDataContainer>
 
-#include <osgParticle/ParticleSystem>
-#include <osgParticle/ParticleProcessor>
-
-#include <components/resource/scenemanager.hpp>
-
-#include <components/sceneutil/visitor.hpp>
 #include <components/sceneutil/positionattitudetransform.hpp>
 #include <components/sceneutil/unrefqueue.hpp>
 
@@ -22,49 +16,6 @@
 #include "creatureanimation.hpp"
 #include "vismask.hpp"
 
-namespace
-{
-
-    /// Removes all particle systems and related nodes in a subgraph.
-    class RemoveParticlesVisitor : public osg::NodeVisitor
-    {
-    public:
-        RemoveParticlesVisitor()
-            : osg::NodeVisitor(TRAVERSE_ALL_CHILDREN)
-        { }
-
-        virtual void apply(osg::Node &node)
-        {
-            if (dynamic_cast<osgParticle::ParticleProcessor*>(&node))
-                mToRemove.push_back(&node);
-
-            traverse(node);
-        }
-
-        virtual void apply(osg::Drawable& drw)
-        {
-            if (osgParticle::ParticleSystem* partsys = dynamic_cast<osgParticle::ParticleSystem*>(&drw))
-                mToRemove.push_back(partsys);
-        }
-
-        void remove()
-        {
-            for (std::vector<osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> >::iterator it = mToRemove.begin(); it != mToRemove.end(); ++it)
-            {
-                // FIXME: a Drawable might have more than one parent
-                osg::Node* node = *it;
-                if (node->getNumParents())
-                    node->getParent(0)->removeChild(node);
-            }
-            mToRemove.clear();
-        }
-
-    private:
-        std::vector<osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> > mToRemove;
-    };
-
-}
-
 
 namespace MWRender
 {
@@ -124,13 +75,6 @@ void Objects::insertModel(const MWWorld::Ptr &ptr, const std::string &mesh, bool
 
     std::auto_ptr<ObjectAnimation> anim (new ObjectAnimation(ptr, mesh, mResourceSystem, animated, allowLight));
 
-    if (!allowLight)
-    {
-        RemoveParticlesVisitor visitor;
-        anim->getObjectRoot()->accept(visitor);
-        visitor.remove();
-    }
-
     mObjects.insert(std::make_pair(ptr, anim.release()));
 }