diff --git a/components/esm/loadland.cpp b/components/esm/loadland.cpp
index 024767e90..05cadae7f 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadland.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadland.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ void Land::loadData()
     {
         mEsm->restoreContext(context);
 
-        mEsm->getHNExact(landData->normals, sizeof(VNML), "VNML");
+        //mEsm->getHNExact(landData->normals, sizeof(VNML), "VNML");
+        if (mEsm->isNextSub("VNML"))
+        {
+            mEsm->skipHSubSize(12675);
+        }
 
         VHGT rawHeights;
 
diff --git a/components/esm/loadland.hpp b/components/esm/loadland.hpp
index 955fb9518..ebc314a28 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadland.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadland.hpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct Land
     {
         float heightOffset;
         float heights[LAND_NUM_VERTS];
-        float normals[LAND_NUM_VERTS * 3];
+        //float normals[LAND_NUM_VERTS * 3];
         uint16_t textures[LAND_NUM_TEXTURES];
 
         bool usingColours;