diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7db7bceeae1..0382cf86225 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Multiview extension, Spatial computing UIs, Mixed Reality features, Hand manipul
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
-- Use renderer.physicallyCorrectLights instead of the now deprecated renderer.useLegacyLights (fix #5293) (@mrx)
+- Use renderer.useLegacyLights instead of the deprecated renderer.physicallyCorrectLights in three r150, but keep the physicallyCorrectLights property name for the renderer system for backward compatibility (fix #5293) (@mrx)
 - Fix `hand-controls` animations (#5300)
 - Fix outdated link in error message (#5313) (fix #5275) (@kolson25)
 - Fix visibility of controller in model-viewer example (#5317) (@DougReeder)
diff --git a/src/systems/renderer.js b/src/systems/renderer.js
index 16b3b261f84..97d2eaba9f7 100644
--- a/src/systems/renderer.js
+++ b/src/systems/renderer.js
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ module.exports.System = registerSystem('renderer', {
     // This is the rendering engine, such as THREE.js so copy over any persistent properties from the rendering system.
     var renderer = sceneEl.renderer;
 
-    renderer.useLegacyLights = !data.physicallyCorrectLights;
+    if (!data.physicallyCorrectLights) {
+      renderer.useLegacyLights = !data.physicallyCorrectLights;
+    }
     renderer.toneMapping = THREE[toneMappingName + 'ToneMapping'];
     THREE.Texture.DEFAULT_ANISOTROPY = data.anisotropy;