diff --git a/code/renderer/tr_model.c b/code/renderer/tr_model.c
index 06d3475e..07302e20 100644
--- a/code/renderer/tr_model.c
+++ b/code/renderer/tr_model.c
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ void RE_BeginRegistration( glconfig_t *glconfigOut ) {
 	// NOTE: this sucks, for some reason the first stretch pic is never drawn
 	// without this we'd see a white flash on a level load because the very
 	// first time the level shot would not be drawn
-	RE_StretchPic(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0);
+//	RE_StretchPic(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0);
 }
 
 //=============================================================================