diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/random.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/random.glsl
index 240d17e50a..7d217d858e 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/random.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/random.glsl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 float hash(vec4 p) {
-	p = fract(p * 0.3183099 + 0.1);
+	p = fract(p * 0.3183099 + 0.1) - fract(p + 23.22121);
 	p *= 17.0;
     return (fract(p.x * p.y * p.z * p.w * (p.x + p.y + p.z + p.w)) - 0.5) * 2.0;
 }
diff --git a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/sky.glsl b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/sky.glsl
index 6fd726230b..fe12499086 100644
--- a/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/sky.glsl
+++ b/assets/voxygen/shaders/include/sky.glsl
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ float is_star_at(vec3 dir) {
 	vec3 pos = (floor(dir * star_scale) - 0.5) / star_scale;
 
 	// Noisy offsets
-	pos += (3.0 / star_scale) * rand_perm_3(pos);
+	pos += (3.0 / star_scale) * (1.0 + hash(pos.yxzz) * 0.85);
 
 	// Find distance to fragment
-	float dist = length(normalize(pos) - dir);
+	float dist = length(pos - dir);
 
 	// Star threshold
 	if (dist < 0.0015) {