diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/Config.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/Config.java
index 2f4bad3b5..6cf20210a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/Config.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/config/Config.java
@@ -849,18 +849,6 @@ public class Config
 							.addListener(WorldCurvatureConfigEventHandler.INSTANCE)
 							.build();
 					
-					// TODO should be replaced with a better long-term solution
-					@Deprecated
-					public static ConfigEntry<Boolean> onlyLoadCenterLods = new ConfigEntry.Builder<Boolean>()
-							.set(false)
-							.comment(""
-									+ "For internal testing:\n"
-									+ "Skips loading adjacent LODs to significantly reduce load times (~5x)\n"
-									+ "but causes lighting on LOD borders to appear as full-bright\n"
-									+ "and other graphical bugs.\n"
-									+ "")
-							.addListener(ReloadLodsConfigEventHandler.DELAYED_INSTANCE)
-							.build();
 				}
 				
 			}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodRenderSection.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodRenderSection.java
index 9bdfabb83..6a2512780 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodRenderSection.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/LodRenderSection.java
@@ -241,24 +241,10 @@ public class LodRenderSection implements IDebugRenderable, AutoCloseable
 					// get the adjacent positions
 					// needs to be done async to prevent threads waiting on the same positions to be processed
 					final CompletableFuture<ColumnRenderSource>[] adjacentLoadFutures = new CompletableFuture[4];
-					
-					if (Config.Client.Advanced.Graphics.Experimental.onlyLoadCenterLods.get())
-					{
-						// TODO temporary test, long term something else should be done to so we can get adjacent lighting data
-						//  probably a change to the LOD data format
-						adjacentLoadFutures[0] = CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
-						adjacentLoadFutures[1] = CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
-						adjacentLoadFutures[2] = CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
-						adjacentLoadFutures[3] = CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						adjacentLoadFutures[0] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(this.pos, EDhDirection.NORTH);
-						adjacentLoadFutures[1] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(this.pos, EDhDirection.SOUTH);
-						adjacentLoadFutures[2] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(this.pos, EDhDirection.EAST);
-						adjacentLoadFutures[3] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(this.pos, EDhDirection.WEST);
-					}
-					
+					adjacentLoadFutures[0] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(this.pos, EDhDirection.NORTH);
+					adjacentLoadFutures[1] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(this.pos, EDhDirection.SOUTH);
+					adjacentLoadFutures[2] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(this.pos, EDhDirection.EAST);
+					adjacentLoadFutures[3] = this.getRenderSourceForPosAsync(this.pos, EDhDirection.WEST);
 					return CompletableFuture.allOf(adjacentLoadFutures).thenRun(() ->
 					{
 						try (ColumnRenderSource northRenderSource = adjacentLoadFutures[0].get();
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/assets/distanthorizons/lang/en_us.json b/core/src/main/resources/assets/distanthorizons/lang/en_us.json
index 4c2d954f4..9f8f91626 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/assets/distanthorizons/lang/en_us.json
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/assets/distanthorizons/lang/en_us.json
@@ -400,15 +400,10 @@
     "Experimental",
 
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.experimental.earthCurveRatio":
-    "Earth Curve Ratio §6(EXPERIMENTAL)§r",
+    "Earth Curve Ratio",
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.experimental.earthCurveRatio.@tooltip":
     "A value of 1 is equivalent to the curvature of Earth in real life. \nThe minimum accepted value is 50 and the maximum value is 5000. \nEverything between 1 and 49 will be rounded up to 50.",
 
-  "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.experimental.onlyLoadCenterLods":
-    "Only load center LODs",
-  "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.graphics.experimental.onlyLoadCenterLods.@tooltip":
-    "Skips loading adjacent LODs to significantly reduce load times (~5x)\nbut causes lighting on LOD borders to appear as full-bright\nand other graphical bugs.\n",
-
 
 
   "distanthorizons.config.client.advanced.autoUpdater":