1 files changed, 7 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/intern/cycles/render/light.cpp b/intern/cycles/render/light.cpp
index cd19b03ac53..9adf8e5341a 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/render/light.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/render/light.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ bool Light::has_contribution(Scene *scene)
 LightManager::LightManager()
 {
   need_update = true;
-  need_update_background = true;
   use_light_visibility = false;
 }
 
@@ -902,7 +901,7 @@ void LightManager::device_update(Device *device,
 
   VLOG(1) << "Total " << scene->lights.size() << " lights.";
 
-  device_free(device, dscene, need_update_background);
+  device_free(device, dscene);
 
   use_light_visibility = false;
 
@@ -916,11 +915,9 @@ void LightManager::device_update(Device *device,
   if (progress.get_cancel())
     return;
 
-  if (need_update_background) {
-    device_update_background(device, dscene, scene, progress);
-    if (progress.get_cancel())
-      return;
-  }
+  device_update_background(device, dscene, scene, progress);
+  if (progress.get_cancel())
+    return;
 
   device_update_ies(dscene);
   if (progress.get_cancel())
@@ -932,17 +929,14 @@ void LightManager::device_update(Device *device,
   }
 
   need_update = false;
-  need_update_background = false;
 }
 
-void LightManager::device_free(Device *, DeviceScene *dscene, const bool free_background)
+void LightManager::device_free(Device *, DeviceScene *dscene)
 {
   dscene->light_distribution.free();
   dscene->lights.free();
-  if (free_background) {
-    dscene->light_background_marginal_cdf.free();
-    dscene->light_background_conditional_cdf.free();
-  }
+  dscene->light_background_marginal_cdf.free();
+  dscene->light_background_conditional_cdf.free();
   dscene->ies_lights.free();
 }
 
@@ -995,7 +989,6 @@ int LightManager::add_ies(const string &content)
   ies_slots[slot]->hash = hash;
 
   need_update = true;
-  need_update_background = true;
 
   return slot;
 }
@@ -1014,7 +1007,6 @@ void LightManager::remove_ies(int slot)
 
   /* If the slot has no more users, update the device to remove it. */
   need_update |= (ies_slots[slot]->users == 0);
-  need_update_background |= need_update;
 }
 
 void LightManager::device_update_ies(DeviceScene *dscene)