diff --git a/code/modules/lighting/lighting_object.dm b/code/modules/lighting/lighting_object.dm
index 523018d7a13..c5ce42e45ed 100644
--- a/code/modules/lighting/lighting_object.dm
+++ b/code/modules/lighting/lighting_object.dm
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(default_lighting_underlays_by_z)
 	return ..()
 
 /datum/lighting_object/proc/update()
-#ifdef VISUALIZE_LIGHT_UPDATES
-	affected_turf.add_atom_colour(COLOR_BLUE_LIGHT, ADMIN_COLOUR_PRIORITY)
-	animate(affected_turf, 10, color = null)
-	addtimer(CALLBACK(affected_turf, /atom/proc/remove_atom_colour, ADMIN_COLOUR_PRIORITY, COLOR_BLUE_LIGHT), 10, TIMER_UNIQUE|TIMER_OVERRIDE)
-#endif
-
 	// To the future coder who sees this and thinks
 	// "Why didn't he just use a loop?"
 	// Well my man, it's because the loop performed like shit.