diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/CityButton.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/CityButton.kt
index 6afa7563a9..aae22ca240 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/CityButton.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/CityButton.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ class CityButton(val city: CityInfo, private val tileGroup: WorldTileGroup): Tab
     val uncivGame = worldScreen.game
 
     init {
-        isTransform = true // If this is not set then the city button won't scale!
         touchable = Touchable.disabled
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt
index 784371f0b5..f680ce69a9 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/tilegroups/TileGroup.kt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ open class TileGroup(var tileInfo: TileInfo, var tileSetStrings:TileSetStrings)
     }
     val unitLayerGroup = UnitLayerGroupClass().apply { isTransform = false; setSize(groupSize, groupSize);touchable = Touchable.disabled }
 
-    val cityButtonLayerGroup = Group().apply { isTransform = true; setSize(groupSize, groupSize);
+    val cityButtonLayerGroup = Group().apply { setSize(groupSize, groupSize);
         touchable = Touchable.childrenOnly; setOrigin(Align.center) }
 
     val circleCrosshairFogLayerGroup = Group().apply { isTransform = false; setSize(groupSize, groupSize) }
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldMapHolder.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldMapHolder.kt
index 27780304c9..a7e3eb9237 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldMapHolder.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/ui/worldscreen/WorldMapHolder.kt
@@ -460,16 +460,20 @@ class WorldMapHolder(internal val worldScreen: WorldScreen, internal val tileMap
         worldScreen.shouldUpdate=true
     }
 
-    override fun zoom(zoomScale:Float){
+    override fun zoom(zoomScale:Float) {
         super.zoom(zoomScale)
-        val scale = 1/scaleX  // don't use zoomScale itself, in case it was out of bounds and not applied
-        if(scale < 1 && scale > 0.5f)
-        for(tileGroup in tileGroups.values)
-            tileGroup.cityButtonLayerGroup.setScale(scale)
+        val scale = 1 / scaleX  // don't use zoomScale itself, in case it was out of bounds and not applied
+        if (scale >= 1)
+            for (tileGroup in tileGroups.values)
+                tileGroup.cityButtonLayerGroup.isTransform = false // to save on rendering time to improve framerate
+        if (scale < 1 && scale > 0.5f)
+            for (tileGroup in tileGroups.values) {
+                tileGroup.cityButtonLayerGroup.isTransform = true
+                tileGroup.cityButtonLayerGroup.setScale(scale)
+            }
     }
 
     // For debugging purposes
-    override fun draw(batch: Batch?, parentAlpha: Float) {
-        super.draw(batch, parentAlpha)
-    }
+    override fun draw(batch: Batch?, parentAlpha: Float) { super.draw(batch, parentAlpha) }
+    override fun act(delta: Float) { super.act(delta) }
 }
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