diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/ColumnRenderSourceLoader.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/ColumnRenderSourceLoader.java
index 26e72a894..538dac67d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/ColumnRenderSourceLoader.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/render/ColumnRenderSourceLoader.java
@@ -55,14 +55,7 @@ public class ColumnRenderSourceLoader
 		switch (dataFileVersion)
 		{
 			case 1:
-				//LOGGER.info("loading render source "+dataFile.pos);
-				
 				ParsedColumnData parsedColumnData = readDataV1(inputStream, level.getMinY());
-				if (parsedColumnData.isEmpty)
-				{
-					LOGGER.warn("Empty render file " + dto.pos);
-				}
-				
 				return new ColumnRenderSource(dto.pos, parsedColumnData, level);
 			default:
 				throw new IOException("Invalid Data: The data version [" + dataFileVersion + "] is not supported");
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/transformers/FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/transformers/FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.java
index 9d376799b..6e0c81d27 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/transformers/FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/dataObjects/transformers/FullDataToRenderDataTransformer.java
@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 					ColumnArrayView columnArrayView = columnSource.getVerticalDataPointView(x, z);
 					SingleColumnFullDataAccessor fullArrayView = fullDataSource.get(x, z);
 					convertColumnData(level, baseX + x, baseZ + z, columnArrayView, fullArrayView);
-					
-					if (fullArrayView.doesColumnExist())
-					{
-						LodUtil.assertTrue(columnSource.doesDataPointExist(x, z));
-					}
 				}
 			}
 			
@@ -193,8 +188,6 @@ public class FullDataToRenderDataTransformer
 					convertColumnData(level, baseX + x, baseZ + z, columnArrayView, fullArrayView);
 					
 					columnSource.fillDebugFlag(x, z, 1, 1, ColumnRenderSource.DebugSourceFlag.SPARSE);
-					if (fullArrayView.doesColumnExist())
-						LodUtil.assertTrue(columnSource.doesDataPointExist(x, z));
 				}
 			}
 		}