diff --git a/source/blender/draw/engines/eevee/shaders/lit_surface_frag.glsl b/source/blender/draw/engines/eevee/shaders/lit_surface_frag.glsl
index 978ce149be4..8c2619650b9 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/engines/eevee/shaders/lit_surface_frag.glsl
+++ b/source/blender/draw/engines/eevee/shaders/lit_surface_frag.glsl
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ void CLOSURE_NAME(vec3 N
   out_refr = vec3(0.0);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef SHADOW_SHADER
+#if defined(SHADOW_SHADER) || defined(WORLD_BACKGROUND)
+  /* This makes shader resources become unused and avoid issues with samplers. (see T59747) */
   return;
 #else