diff --git a/core/src/main/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/decoration/IrisDecorator.java b/core/src/main/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/decoration/IrisDecorator.java
index 32fa759ca..a0e8fc629 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/decoration/IrisDecorator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/decoration/IrisDecorator.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class IrisDecorator {
     }
 
     private CNG createVarianceGenerator(RNG rng, IrisData data) {
-        return variance.create(deriveVarianceSeed(rng, data), data).scale(1D / variance.getZoom());
+        return variance.createNoCache(deriveVarianceSeed(rng, data), data).scale(1D / variance.getZoom());
     }
 
     RNG deriveVarianceSeed(RNG rng, IrisData data) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/decoration/IrisDecoratorVarianceGeneratorTest.java b/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/decoration/IrisDecoratorVarianceGeneratorTest.java
index 64654aa0f..dd09c3544 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/decoration/IrisDecoratorVarianceGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/art/arcane/iris/generation/decoration/IrisDecoratorVarianceGeneratorTest.java
@@ -4,21 +4,15 @@ import art.arcane.iris.generation.block.IrisBlockData;
 import art.arcane.iris.generation.noise.IrisGeneratorStyle;
 import art.arcane.iris.generation.noise.NoiseStyle;
 import art.arcane.iris.pack.loading.IrisData;
-import art.arcane.iris.testsupport.ExpectedToFailUntilFixed;
-import art.arcane.iris.testsupport.ExpectedToFailUntilFixedRule;
 import art.arcane.iris.testsupport.RunningEnginePackData;
 import art.arcane.volmlib.util.collection.KList;
 import art.arcane.volmlib.util.math.RNG;
-import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static art.arcane.iris.testsupport.GeneratorSampling.sampleAtBlocks;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 
 public class IrisDecoratorVarianceGeneratorTest {
-    private static final String SHARED_VARIANCE_STYLE_GENERATOR_BUG =
-            "IrisDecorator scales the shared variance style generator instead of its own. "
-                    + "Ref.: https://github.com/VolmitSoftware/Iris/issues/1251";
     private static final long WORLD_SEED = 7L;
     private static final double VARIANCE_ZOOM = 4D;
     private static final double[][] SAMPLE_BLOCKS = {{1000D, -2000D}, {12.5D, -7.25D}, {-517D, 333D}};
@@ -26,10 +20,6 @@ public class IrisDecoratorVarianceGeneratorTest {
     private final IrisData packData = RunningEnginePackData.create();
     private final IrisDecorator decorator = createDecoratorWithZoomedSimplexVariance();
 
-    @Rule
-    public final ExpectedToFailUntilFixedRule expectedFailures = new ExpectedToFailUntilFixedRule();
-
-    @ExpectedToFailUntilFixed(SHARED_VARIANCE_STYLE_GENERATOR_BUG)
     @Test
     public void doesBuildingTheVarianceGeneratorLeaveTheSharedVarianceStyleGeneratorUnscaled() {
         assertArrayEquals(sampleUntouchedSharedVarianceStyleGenerator(), sampleSharedVarianceStyleGeneratorAfterVarianceBuilt(), 0D);