diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a99c9528a..db4ecad0b1 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ add_component_dir (translation
 
 add_definitions(-DTERRAIN_USE_SHADER=1)
 add_component_dir (terrain
-    quadtreenode chunk world storage material buffercache compositemap defs
+    quadtreenode chunk world storage material buffercache defs
     )
 
 add_component_dir (loadinglistener
diff --git a/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp b/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp
index 56cfc2a745..40a8baaf02 100644
--- a/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp
+++ b/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ bool QuadTreeNode::update(const Ogre::Vector3 &cameraPos)
     size_t wantedLod = 0;
     float cellWorldSize = mTerrain->getStorage()->getCellWorldSize();
 
+    if (!mTerrain->getDistantLandEnabled() && dist > cellWorldSize)
+        return true;
+
     if (dist > cellWorldSize*64)
         wantedLod = 6;
     else if (dist > cellWorldSize*32)