diff --git a/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp b/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp
index b92c37313f..cb921631b6 100644
--- a/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp
+++ b/components/terrain/quadtreenode.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void QuadTreeNode::initNeighbours()
         getChild(i)->initNeighbours();
 }
 
-void QuadTreeNode::traverse(ViewData* vd, const osg::Vec3f& viewPoint, float maxDist)
+void QuadTreeNode::traverse(ViewData* vd, const osg::Vec3f& viewPoint, LodCallback* lodCallback, float maxDist)
 {
     if (!hasValidBounds())
         return;
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@ void QuadTreeNode::traverse(ViewData* vd, const osg::Vec3f& viewPoint, float max
     if (dist > maxDist)
         return;
 
-    bool stopTraversal = (mLodCallback->isSufficientDetail(this, dist)) || !getNumChildren();
+    bool stopTraversal = (lodCallback->isSufficientDetail(this, dist)) || !getNumChildren();
 
     if (stopTraversal)
         vd->add(this, true);
     else
     {
         for (unsigned int i=0; i<getNumChildren(); ++i)
-            getChild(i)->traverse(vd, viewPoint, maxDist);
+            getChild(i)->traverse(vd, viewPoint, lodCallback, maxDist);
     }
 }
 
@@ -167,16 +167,6 @@ void QuadTreeNode::intersect(ViewData* vd, TerrainLineIntersector* intersector)
     }
 }
 
-void QuadTreeNode::setLodCallback(LodCallback *lodCallback)
-{
-    mLodCallback = lodCallback;
-}
-
-LodCallback *QuadTreeNode::getLodCallback()
-{
-    return mLodCallback;
-}
-
 void QuadTreeNode::setBoundingBox(const osg::BoundingBox &boundingBox)
 {
     mBoundingBox = boundingBox;
diff --git a/components/terrain/quadtreenode.hpp b/components/terrain/quadtreenode.hpp
index 391c2b75fe..26eecd1097 100644
--- a/components/terrain/quadtreenode.hpp
+++ b/components/terrain/quadtreenode.hpp
@@ -91,9 +91,8 @@ namespace Terrain
         /// center in cell coordinates
         const osg::Vec2f& getCenter() const;
 
-        /// Optimized version of traverse() that doesn't incur the overhead of NodeVisitor double-dispatch or fetching the various variables.
-        /// Note this doesn't do any culling.
-        void traverse(ViewData* vd, const osg::Vec3f& viewPoint, float maxDist);
+        /// Traverse nodes according to LOD selection.
+        void traverse(ViewData* vd, const osg::Vec3f& viewPoint, LodCallback* lodCallback, float maxDist);
 
         /// Traverse to a specific node and add only that node.
         void traverseTo(ViewData* vd, float size, const osg::Vec2f& center);
@@ -101,11 +100,6 @@ namespace Terrain
         /// Adds all leaf nodes which intersect the line from start to end
         void intersect(ViewData* vd, TerrainLineIntersector* intersector);
 
-        /// Set the Lod callback to use for determining when to stop traversing further down the quad tree.
-        void setLodCallback(LodCallback* lodCallback);
-
-        LodCallback* getLodCallback();
-
     private:
         QuadTreeNode* mParent;
 
@@ -117,8 +111,6 @@ namespace Terrain
         bool mValidBounds;
         float mSize;
         osg::Vec2f mCenter;
-
-        osg::ref_ptr<LodCallback> mLodCallback;
     };
 
 }
diff --git a/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp b/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp
index bd81c86373..8b25b3e2c1 100644
--- a/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp
+++ b/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.cpp
@@ -97,9 +97,8 @@ private:
 class QuadTreeBuilder
 {
 public:
-    QuadTreeBuilder(Terrain::Storage* storage, float lodFactor, float minSize)
+    QuadTreeBuilder(Terrain::Storage* storage, float minSize)
         : mStorage(storage)
-        , mLodFactor(lodFactor)
         , mMinX(0.f), mMaxX(0.f), mMinY(0.f), mMaxY(0.f)
         , mMinSize(minSize)
     {
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ public:
         float centerY = (mMinY+mMaxY)/2.f + (size-origSizeY)/2.f;
 
         mRootNode = new RootNode(size, osg::Vec2f(centerX, centerY));
-        mRootNode->setLodCallback(new DefaultLodCallback(mLodFactor, mMinSize));
         addChildren(mRootNode);
 
         mRootNode->initNeighbours();
@@ -168,7 +166,6 @@ public:
         }
 
         osg::ref_ptr<QuadTreeNode> node = new QuadTreeNode(parent, direction, size, center);
-        node->setLodCallback(parent->getLodCallback());
 
         if (center.x() - halfSize > mMaxX
                 || center.x() + halfSize < mMinX
@@ -218,6 +215,7 @@ private:
     float mMinSize;
 
     osg::ref_ptr<RootNode> mRootNode;
+    osg::ref_ptr<LodCallback> mLodCallback;
 };
 
 QuadTreeWorld::QuadTreeWorld(osg::Group *parent, osg::Group *compileRoot, Resource::ResourceSystem *resourceSystem, Storage *storage, int nodeMask, int preCompileMask, int borderMask, int compMapResolution, float compMapLevel, float lodFactor, int vertexLodMod, float maxCompGeometrySize)
@@ -359,7 +357,7 @@ void QuadTreeWorld::accept(osg::NodeVisitor &nv)
                 mRootNode->traverseTo(vd, 1, osg::Vec2f(x+0.5,y+0.5));
             }
             else
-                mRootNode->traverse(vd, cv->getViewPoint(), mViewDistance);
+                mRootNode->traverse(vd, cv->getViewPoint(), mLodCallback, mViewDistance);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -424,7 +422,8 @@ void QuadTreeWorld::ensureQuadTreeBuilt()
         return;
 
     const float minSize = 1/8.f;
-    QuadTreeBuilder builder(mStorage, mLodFactor, minSize);
+    mLodCallback = new DefaultLodCallback(mLodFactor, minSize);
+    QuadTreeBuilder builder(mStorage, minSize);
     builder.build();
 
     mRootNode = builder.getRootNode();
@@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ void QuadTreeWorld::preload(View *view, const osg::Vec3f &viewPoint, std::atomic
 
     ViewData* vd = static_cast<ViewData*>(view);
     vd->setViewPoint(viewPoint);
-    mRootNode->traverse(vd, viewPoint, mViewDistance);
+    mRootNode->traverse(vd, viewPoint, mLodCallback, mViewDistance);
 
     for (unsigned int i=0; i<vd->getNumEntries() && !abort; ++i)
     {
diff --git a/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.hpp b/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.hpp
index 349f27b647..bcb671ee13 100644
--- a/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.hpp
+++ b/components/terrain/quadtreeworld.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace Terrain
 {
     class RootNode;
     class ViewDataMap;
+    class LodCallback;
 
     /// @brief Terrain implementation that loads cells into a Quad Tree, with geometry LOD and texture LOD.
     class QuadTreeWorld : public TerrainGrid // note: derived from TerrainGrid is only to render default cells (see loadCell)
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ namespace Terrain
         osg::ref_ptr<RootNode> mRootNode;
 
         osg::ref_ptr<ViewDataMap> mViewDataMap;
+        osg::ref_ptr<LodCallback> mLodCallback;
 
         OpenThreads::Mutex mQuadTreeMutex;
         bool mQuadTreeBuilt;