diff --git a/src/engine/InterestManagement/Terrain.java b/src/engine/InterestManagement/Terrain.java
index b71e89cb..664001dd 100644
--- a/src/engine/InterestManagement/Terrain.java
+++ b/src/engine/InterestManagement/Terrain.java
@@ -35,14 +35,10 @@ public class Terrain {
         this.heightmap = this.zone.terrain_image;
 
         // Configure PLANAR zones to use the same 16x16 pixel image
-        // that all similar terrains share.  (See JSON)  Guild zones
-        // use an inverted clone of this heightmap.
+        // that all similar terrains share.  (See JSON)
 
         if (this.zone.terrain_type.equals("PLANAR"))
-            if (this.zone.guild_zone)
-                this.heightmap = 1006301;  // all 255
-            else
-                this.heightmap = 1006300;  // all 0
+            this.heightmap = 1006301;  // all 255
 
         // Load pixel data for this terrain from cache
 
@@ -170,6 +166,11 @@ public class Terrain {
 
         float interpolatedHeight;
 
+        // Early exit for guild zones
+
+        if (this.zone.guild_zone)
+            return 5.0f;
+
         Vector2f terrain_cell = getTerrainCell(terrain_loc);
 
         int pixel_x = (int) Math.floor(terrain_cell.x);
diff --git a/src/engine/util/MapLoader.java b/src/engine/util/MapLoader.java
index 312b5ffc..779080bd 100644
--- a/src/engine/util/MapLoader.java
+++ b/src/engine/util/MapLoader.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 public enum MapLoader {
@@ -138,16 +137,6 @@ public enum MapLoader {
 
             });  // Try with resources block
 
-            // Generate full white alternate to 1600300
-            // Declare and initialize an array of short[16][16]
-
-            short[][] heightMapEntry = new short[16][16];
-
-            for (short[] shorts : heightMapEntry)
-                Arrays.fill(shorts, (short) 255);
-
-            Terrain._heightmap_pixel_cache.put(1006301, heightMapEntry);
-
         } catch (IOException e) {
             Logger.error(e);
         }