diff --git a/src/mbgl/renderer/render_orchestrator.cpp b/src/mbgl/renderer/render_orchestrator.cpp
index e412ed86d..c6708de84 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/renderer/render_orchestrator.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/renderer/render_orchestrator.cpp
@@ -309,7 +309,14 @@ std::unique_ptr<RenderTree> RenderOrchestrator::createRenderTree(
         const bool layerAddedOrChanged = layerDiff.added.count(id) || layerDiff.changed.count(id);
         evaluationParameters.layerChanged = layerAddedOrChanged;
         evaluationParameters.hasCrossfade = layer.hasCrossfade();
-        if (layerAddedOrChanged || zoomChanged || evaluationParameters.hasCrossfade || layer.hasTransition()) {
+
+        // Only re-evaluate on change of zoom if the style has some reference to it
+        using Dependency = expression::Dependency;
+        const bool zoomChangedAndMatters = zoomChanged && !layerAddedOrChanged &&
+                                           (layer.getStyleDependencies() & Dependency::Zoom);
+
+        if (layerAddedOrChanged || zoomChangedAndMatters || evaluationParameters.hasCrossfade ||
+            layer.hasTransition()) {
             const auto previousMask = layer.evaluatedProperties->constantsMask();
             layer.evaluate(evaluationParameters);
             if (previousMask != layer.evaluatedProperties->constantsMask()) {