diff --git a/src/maploader/maploader.cpp b/src/maploader/maploader.cpp
index c97dcb646..9e33af921 100644
--- a/src/maploader/maploader.cpp
+++ b/src/maploader/maploader.cpp
@@ -3693,8 +3693,6 @@ void MapLoader::LoadLevel(MapData *map, const char *lumpname, int position)
 	// set up world state
 	SpawnSpecials();
 
-	//InitLevelMesh(map);
-
 	// disable reflective planes on sloped sectors.
 	for (auto &sec : Level->sectors)
 	{
diff --git a/src/rendering/hwrenderer/doom_levelsubmesh.cpp b/src/rendering/hwrenderer/doom_levelsubmesh.cpp
index 3ff8b3cd8..d37a800a1 100644
--- a/src/rendering/hwrenderer/doom_levelsubmesh.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/hwrenderer/doom_levelsubmesh.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ void DoomLevelSubmesh::CreateStaticSurfaces(FLevelLocals& doomMap)
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < doomMap.sectors.Size(); i++)
 	{
 		sector_t* sector = &doomMap.sectors[i];
+		if (sector->subsectors[0]->flags & SSECF_POLYORG)
+			continue;
 		for (FSection& section : doomMap.sections.SectionsForSector(i))
 		{
 			int sectionIndex = doomMap.sections.SectionIndex(&section);