diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/bsp.cpp b/tools/quake3/q3map2/bsp.cpp
index e4626df4..17d14f37 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/bsp.cpp
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/bsp.cpp
@@ -838,16 +838,6 @@ int BSPMain( int argc, char **argv ){
 				Sys_Printf( "Setting GOOD meta score to %d (see surface_meta.c)\n", metaGoodScore );
 			}
 		}
-		else if ( striEqual( argv[ i ], "-metamaxbboxdistance" ) ) {
-			metaMaxBBoxDistance = atof( argv[ i + 1 ] );
-			if ( metaMaxBBoxDistance < 0 ) {
-				metaMaxBBoxDistance = -1;
-			}
-			i++;
-			if ( metaMaxBBoxDistance >= 0 ) {
-				Sys_Printf( "Setting meta maximum bounding box distance to %f\n", metaMaxBBoxDistance );
-			}
-		}
 		else if ( striEqual( argv[ i ], "-patchmeta" ) ) {
 			Sys_Printf( "Creating meta surfaces from patches\n" );
 			patchMeta = true;
diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/help.cpp b/tools/quake3/q3map2/help.cpp
index 0e5844a5..08f5d544 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/help.cpp
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/help.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ void HelpBsp()
 		{"-meta", "Combine adjacent triangles of the same texture to surfaces (ALWAYS USE THIS)"},
 		{"-metaadequatescore <N>", "Adequate score for adding triangles to meta surfaces"},
 		{"-metagoodscore <N>", "Good score for adding triangles to meta surfaces"},
-		{"-metamaxbboxdistance <F>", "Maximum bounding box distance for meta surfaces"},
 		{"-minsamplesize <N>", "Sets minimum lightmap resolution in luxels/qu"},
 		{"-mi <N>", "Sets the maximum number of indexes per surface"},
 		{"-mv <N>", "Sets the maximum number of vertices of a lightmapped surface"},
diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/q3map2.h b/tools/quake3/q3map2/q3map2.h
index f452e2e0..ee70f226 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/q3map2.h
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/q3map2.h
@@ -2018,7 +2018,6 @@ Q_EXTERN bool lightmapFill Q_ASSIGN( false );
 Q_EXTERN bool lightmapPink Q_ASSIGN( false );
 Q_EXTERN int metaAdequateScore Q_ASSIGN( -1 );
 Q_EXTERN int metaGoodScore Q_ASSIGN( -1 );
-Q_EXTERN float metaMaxBBoxDistance Q_ASSIGN( -1 );
 Q_EXTERN bool noob Q_ASSIGN( false );
 
 #if Q3MAP2_EXPERIMENTAL_SNAP_NORMAL_FIX
diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface_meta.cpp b/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface_meta.cpp
index d0f17522..e85c6f28 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface_meta.cpp
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/surface_meta.cpp
@@ -1382,15 +1382,6 @@ static int AddMetaTriangleToSurface( mapDrawSurface_t *ds, const metaTriangle_t&
 		}
 	}
 
-
-
-	if ( metaMaxBBoxDistance >= 0 && ds->numIndexes > 0 ) {
-		if( !ds->minmax.test( tri.m_vertices[ 0 ]->xyz, metaMaxBBoxDistance )
-		 && !ds->minmax.test( tri.m_vertices[ 1 ]->xyz, metaMaxBBoxDistance )
-		 && !ds->minmax.test( tri.m_vertices[ 2 ]->xyz, metaMaxBBoxDistance ) )
-			return 0;
-	}
-
 	/* set initial score */
 	score = tri.surfaceNum == ds->surfaceNum ? SURFACE_SCORE : 0;