diff --git a/voxel-server/src/VoxelServer.h b/voxel-server/src/VoxelServer.h
index b258ee9406..326a926dbe 100644
--- a/voxel-server/src/VoxelServer.h
+++ b/voxel-server/src/VoxelServer.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ extern int PACKETS_PER_CLIENT_PER_INTERVAL;
 extern VoxelTree serverTree; // this IS a reaveraging tree 
 extern bool wantVoxelPersist;
 extern bool wantLocalDomain;
-extern bool wantColorRandomizer;
 extern bool debugVoxelSending;
 extern bool shouldShowAnimationDebug;
 extern bool displayVoxelStats;
diff --git a/voxel-server/src/VoxelServerPacketProcessor.cpp b/voxel-server/src/VoxelServerPacketProcessor.cpp
index de2848a7ac..4de08cadb5 100644
--- a/voxel-server/src/VoxelServerPacketProcessor.cpp
+++ b/voxel-server/src/VoxelServerPacketProcessor.cpp
@@ -47,28 +47,13 @@ void VoxelServerPacketProcessor::processPacket(sockaddr& senderAddress, unsigned
             int voxelDataSize = bytesRequiredForCodeLength(octets) + COLOR_SIZE_IN_BYTES;
             int voxelCodeSize = bytesRequiredForCodeLength(octets);
 
-            // color randomization on insert
-            int colorRandomizer = ::wantColorRandomizer ? randIntInRange (-50, 50) : 0;
-            int red   = voxelData[voxelCodeSize + 0];
-            int green = voxelData[voxelCodeSize + 1];
-            int blue  = voxelData[voxelCodeSize + 2];
-
             if (::shouldShowAnimationDebug) {
-                printf("insert voxels - wantColorRandomizer=%s old r=%d,g=%d,b=%d \n",
-                    (::wantColorRandomizer?"yes":"no"),red,green,blue);
-            }
-        
-            red   = std::max(0, std::min(255, red   + colorRandomizer));
-            green = std::max(0, std::min(255, green + colorRandomizer));
-            blue  = std::max(0, std::min(255, blue  + colorRandomizer));
+                int red   = voxelData[voxelCodeSize + 0];
+                int green = voxelData[voxelCodeSize + 1];
+                int blue  = voxelData[voxelCodeSize + 2];
 
-            if (::shouldShowAnimationDebug) {
-                printf("insert voxels - wantColorRandomizer=%s NEW r=%d,g=%d,b=%d \n",
-                    (::wantColorRandomizer?"yes":"no"),red,green,blue);
+                printf("insert voxels - r=%d,g=%d,b=%d \n", red, green, blue);
             }
-            voxelData[voxelCodeSize + 0] = red;
-            voxelData[voxelCodeSize + 1] = green;
-            voxelData[voxelCodeSize + 2] = blue;
 
             if (::shouldShowAnimationDebug) {
                 float* vertices = firstVertexForCode(voxelData);
diff --git a/voxel-server/src/main.cpp b/voxel-server/src/main.cpp
index fc87f5973b..299a148f09 100644
--- a/voxel-server/src/main.cpp
+++ b/voxel-server/src/main.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ int PACKETS_PER_CLIENT_PER_INTERVAL = 10;
 VoxelTree serverTree(true); // this IS a reaveraging tree 
 bool wantVoxelPersist = true;
 bool wantLocalDomain = false;
-bool wantColorRandomizer = false;
 bool debugVoxelSending = false;
 bool shouldShowAnimationDebug = false;
 bool displayVoxelStats = false;
@@ -475,10 +474,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
     ::shouldShowAnimationDebug = cmdOptionExists(argc, argv, WANT_ANIMATION_DEBUG);
     printf("shouldShowAnimationDebug=%s\n", debug::valueOf(::shouldShowAnimationDebug));
 
-    const char* WANT_COLOR_RANDOMIZER = "--wantColorRandomizer";
-    ::wantColorRandomizer = cmdOptionExists(argc, argv, WANT_COLOR_RANDOMIZER);
-    printf("wantColorRandomizer=%s\n", debug::valueOf(::wantColorRandomizer));
-
     // By default we will voxel persist, if you want to disable this, then pass in this parameter
     const char* NO_VOXEL_PERSIST = "--NoVoxelPersist";
     if (cmdOptionExists(argc, argv, NO_VOXEL_PERSIST)) {