diff --git a/tools/vmap/light.c b/tools/vmap/light.c
index 0c5c2de..4ca7c3f 100644
--- a/tools/vmap/light.c
+++ b/tools/vmap/light.c
@@ -400,11 +400,10 @@ void CreateEntityLights( void ){
 				si = info->si;
 
 				float lb;
-				float llfade;
 				int subd;
 				int style;
 				float bscale, bsfrac, bsdist;
-				int sflags;
+				float ascale;
 
 				if (!stristr(si->shader, surfacename))
 					continue;
@@ -419,29 +418,26 @@ void CreateEntityLights( void ){
 					lb = FloatForKey( e, "light" );
 				}
 
-				sflags = IntForKey( e, "spawnflags" );
 				subd = IntForKey( e, "subdivisions" );
 				style = IntForKey( e, "style" );
 				bscale = FloatForKey( e, "bouncescale" );
-				llfade = FloatForKey( e, "fade" );
 
 				/* 0.05 is a default */
 				bsfrac = FloatForKey( e, "backsplash_fraction" ) * 0.01f;
 
 				/* 23 units apparently is the default */
 				bsdist = FloatForKey( e, "backsplash_distance" );
+				ascale = FloatForKey( e, "areascale" );
 
 				/* only apply when things are set. */
 				if (lb)
 					si->value = lb;
-				if (sflags & 1)
-					si->lightLinear = qtrue;
-				if (llfade)
-					si->lightLinearFade = llfade;
 				if (subd)
 					si->lightSubdivide = subd;
 				if (style)
 					si->lightStyle = style;
+				if (ascale)
+					si->surfLightDistance = ascale;
 				if (bscale)
 					si->bounceScale = bscale;
 				if (bsfrac)
@@ -868,20 +864,9 @@ void CreateSurfaceLights( void ){
 			/* set it up */
 			light->flags = LIGHT_Q3A_DEFAULT;
 
-			/* vmap_lightLinear */
-			if (si->lightLinear == qtrue) {
-				light->flags &= ~LIGHT_ATTEN_ANGLE;
-				light->flags |= LIGHT_ATTEN_LINEAR;
-			}
-
 			light->type = EMIT_POINT;
 			light->photons = si->value * pointScale;
-
-			/* vmap_lightLinearFade <multiplier> */
-			light->fade = si->lightLinearFade;
-
-			if (light->fade == 0.0f)
-				light->fade = 1.0f;
+			light->fade = 1.0f;
 
 			light->si = si;
 			VectorCopy( origin, light->origin );
diff --git a/tools/vmap/light_bounce.c b/tools/vmap/light_bounce.c
index 64d0438..72d8d7f 100644
--- a/tools/vmap/light_bounce.c
+++ b/tools/vmap/light_bounce.c
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ static void RadSubdivideDiffuseLight( int lightmapNum, bspDrawSurface_t *ds, raw
 	light->si = si;
 	light->fade = 1.0f;
 	light->w = w;
+	area *= si->surfLightDistance;
 
 	/* set falloff threshold */
 	light->falloffTolerance = falloffTolerance;
diff --git a/tools/vmap/shaders.c b/tools/vmap/shaders.c
index 90cd8cc..45e1e5f 100644
--- a/tools/vmap/shaders.c
+++ b/tools/vmap/shaders.c
@@ -1406,15 +1406,10 @@ shaderInfo_t *ShaderInfoForShader( const char *shaderName ){
 				si->lightSubdivide = atoi( mattoken );
 			}
 
-			/* vmap_lightLinear */
-			else if ( !Q_stricmp( mattoken, "vmap_lightLinear" ) ) {
-				si->lightLinear = qtrue;
-			}
-
-			/* vmap_lightLinearFade multiplier */
-			else if ( !Q_stricmp( mattoken, "vmap_lightLinearFade" ) ) {
+			/* vmap_surfacelight multiplier */
+			else if ( !Q_stricmp( mattoken, "vmap_surfaceLightDistance" ) ) {
 				GetMatTokenAppend( shaderText, qfalse );
-				si->lightLinearFade = atof( mattoken );
+				si->surfLightDistance = atof( mattoken );
 			}
 
 			/* q3map_backsplash <percent> <distance> */
diff --git a/tools/vmap/vmap.h b/tools/vmap/vmap.h
index 507d4fd..e33c346 100644
--- a/tools/vmap/vmap.h
+++ b/tools/vmap/vmap.h
@@ -693,8 +693,9 @@ typedef struct shaderInfo_s
 	float backsplashDistance;                           /* default 16 */
 	float lightSubdivide;                               /* default 999 */
 	float lightFilterRadius;                            /* ydnar: lightmap filtering/blurring radius for lights created by this shader (default: 0) */
-	qb_t lightLinear;                                   /* vmap addition */
-	float lightLinearFade;                              /* vmap addition */
+	qb_t lightLinear;
+	float lightLinearFade;
+	float surfLightDistance;                            /* vmap addition */
 
 	int lightmapSampleSize;                             /* lightmap sample size */
 	float lightmapSampleOffset;                         /* ydnar: lightmap sample offset (default: 1.0) */