diff --git a/Assets/Resources/Settings.asset b/Assets/Resources/Settings.asset
index f92142d6b..c3e8fb3a1 100644
--- a/Assets/Resources/Settings.asset
+++ b/Assets/Resources/Settings.asset
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:ab2cdc0732716dcbfa4875e90e598b0dff3f0c8d4f871cc180649a3db2e4cf0c
-size 12562
+oid sha256:b004d902ecd9c1b98ff7e0b23215225cce987fd8572fb5f55c5f53fe08f6ccba
+size 12530
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Settings.cs b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Settings.cs
index 85d1f3d96..00db76c68 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Settings.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/ServerShared/Settings.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ public class PlanetSettings
 
     // The one global exaggeration of gravity height: height = potential / K, in u/s^2 per unit of height.
     public float HeightExaggeration = 1f;
-    public float AsteroidVerticalOffset = -5f;
     public ExponentialLerp AsteroidSize;
     public ExponentialLerp AsteroidHitpoints;
     public ExponentialLerp AsteroidRespawnTime;
diff --git a/Assets/Shaders/Asteroid.shader b/Assets/Shaders/Asteroid.shader
index 2558cbc53..31904120c 100644
--- a/Assets/Shaders/Asteroid.shader
+++ b/Assets/Shaders/Asteroid.shader
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Shader "Aetheria/Asteroid"
     #pragma fragment frag
     #include "UnityCG.cginc" // for UnityObjectToWorldNormal
     #include_with_pragmas "Assets/Shaders/Volumetric.cginc"
-    uniform float _AsteroidVerticalOffset;
 
     struct v2f
     {
@@ -25,11 +24,7 @@ Shader "Aetheria/Asteroid"
     {
         v2f o;
         UNITY_SETUP_INSTANCE_ID(v);
-        float3 worldOrigin = mul(unity_ObjectToWorld, float4(0, 0, 0, 1.0)).xyz;
         float3 worldPos = mul(unity_ObjectToWorld, float4(v.vertex.xyz, 1.0)).xyz;
-        const float2 uv = getUV(worldOrigin.xz);
-        const float surfaceDisp = tex2Dlod(_NebulaSurfaceHeight, half4(uv, 0, 0)).r;
-        worldPos.y += _AsteroidVerticalOffset - surfaceDisp;
         o.vertex = mul(UNITY_MATRIX_VP, float4(worldPos, 1.0));
         o.uv = v.texcoord;
         // get vertex normal in world space