diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/sprite-frag.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/sprite-frag.glsl
index 45e40a9a98..70031fb5bc 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/sprite-frag.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/sprite-frag.glsl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ out vec4 tgt_color;
 #include <sky.glsl>
 #include <light.glsl>
 
-const float RENDER_DIST = 128.0;
+const float RENDER_DIST = 112.0;
 const float FADE_DIST = 32.0;
 
 void main() {
diff --git a/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs b/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs
index 8a3b7bce32..814d9d37b4 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs
@@ -437,7 +437,9 @@ impl Terrain {
                 let chunk_center = pos.map2(Vec2::from(TerrainChunkSize::SIZE), |e, sz: u32| {
                     (e as f32 + 0.5) * sz as f32
                 });
-                if Vec2::from(focus_pos).distance(chunk_center) < SPRITE_RENDER_DISTANCE {
+                if Vec2::from(focus_pos).distance_squared(chunk_center)
+                    < SPRITE_RENDER_DISTANCE * SPRITE_RENDER_DISTANCE
+                {
                     for (kind, instances) in &chunk.sprite_instances {
                         renderer.render_sprites(
                             &self.sprite_models[&kind],