diff --git a/src/p_glnodes.cpp b/src/p_glnodes.cpp
index 899005ffa..15b97b9e6 100644
--- a/src/p_glnodes.cpp
+++ b/src/p_glnodes.cpp
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ bool P_CheckNodes(MapData * map, bool rebuilt, int buildtime)
 		// Building nodes in debug is much slower so let's cache them only if cachetime is 0
 		buildtime = 0;
 #endif
-		if (gl_cachenodes && buildtime/1000.f >= gl_cachetime)
+		if (level.maptype != MAPTYPE_BUILD && gl_cachenodes && buildtime/1000.f >= gl_cachetime)
 		{
 			DPrintf("Caching nodes\n");
 			CreateCachedNodes(map);