diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PixelShaderGen.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PixelShaderGen.cpp
index 61a351742bfa..0d6efe9f6ada 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PixelShaderGen.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/PixelShaderGen.cpp
@@ -839,7 +839,8 @@ void WriteCustomShaderStructImpl(ShaderCode* out, u32 num_stages, bool per_pixel
                texcoord);
   }
 
-  GenerateCustomLightingImplementation(out, uid_data->lighting, "colors_");
+  if (per_pixel_lighting)
+    GenerateCustomLightingImplementation(out, uid_data->lighting, "colors_");
 
   for (u32 i = 0; i < 16; i++)
   {