diff --git a/code/modules/lighting/lighting_turf.dm b/code/modules/lighting/lighting_turf.dm
index a4bddc0c433..7f7799d7549 100644
--- a/code/modules/lighting/lighting_turf.dm
+++ b/code/modules/lighting/lighting_turf.dm
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 	if (lighting_object)
 		qdel(lighting_object, force=TRUE) //Shitty fix for lighting objects persisting after death
 
-	var/area/our_area = loc
-	if (!our_area.static_lighting && !light_sources)
-		return
-
 	new/datum/lighting_object(src)
 
 // Used to get a scaled lumcount.