diff --git a/src/renderers/shaders/ShaderLib.js b/src/renderers/shaders/ShaderLib.js
index cc55d1b97792b627581382156b47579c78a46f27..e4266e34673a3d1695fb15d561dd553ea7683ec5 100644
--- a/src/renderers/shaders/ShaderLib.js
+++ b/src/renderers/shaders/ShaderLib.js
@@ -172,15 +172,10 @@ var ShaderLib = {
 
 	},
 
-	/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-	//	Cube map shader
-	 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
 	equirect: {
 
 		uniforms: {
 			tEquirect: { value: null },
-			tFlip: { value: - 1 }
 		},
 
 		vertexShader: ShaderChunk.equirect_vert,
diff --git a/src/renderers/shaders/ShaderLib/equirect_frag.glsl b/src/renderers/shaders/ShaderLib/equirect_frag.glsl
index 81648499b1e6fcba97d4f9fcc7abc8d166224ac7..e33b09e71ee51105473e1dc5bd0159566205195e 100644
--- a/src/renderers/shaders/ShaderLib/equirect_frag.glsl
+++ b/src/renderers/shaders/ShaderLib/equirect_frag.glsl
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 uniform sampler2D tEquirect;
-uniform float tFlip;
 
 varying vec3 vWorldPosition;
 
@@ -7,11 +6,14 @@ varying vec3 vWorldPosition;
 
 void main() {
 
-	// 	gl_FragColor = textureCube( tCube, vec3( tFlip * vWorldPosition.x, vWorldPosition.yz ) );
 	vec3 direction = normalize( vWorldPosition );
+
 	vec2 sampleUV;
-	sampleUV.y = saturate( tFlip * direction.y * -0.5 + 0.5 );
+
+	sampleUV.y = asin( clamp( direction.y, - 1.0, 1.0 ) ) * RECIPROCAL_PI + 0.5;
+
 	sampleUV.x = atan( direction.z, direction.x ) * RECIPROCAL_PI2 + 0.5;
+
 	gl_FragColor = texture2D( tEquirect, sampleUV );
 
 }