diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
index b4ee5feb..25588e69 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
@@ -614,13 +614,9 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		// Purge null blocks so we know that all blocks are used.
 		purgeNullPtrsFromAllBlocks();
 
-		// We include the size of the LargeVolume class but it should be insignificant.
-		uint32_t uSizeInBytes = sizeof(LargeVolume);
-
-		// Memory used by the blocks
-		uSizeInBytes += UncompressedBlock<VoxelType>::calculateSizeInBytes(m_uBlockSideLength) * m_pAllBlocks.size();
-
-		return uSizeInBytes;
+		// Note: We disregard the size of the other class members as they are likely to be very small compared to the size of the
+		// allocated voxel data. This also keeps the reported size as a power of two, which makes other memory calculations easier.
+		return UncompressedBlock<VoxelType>::calculateSizeInBytes(m_uBlockSideLength) * m_pAllBlocks.size();
 	}
 
 	template <typename VoxelType>
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/UncompressedBlock.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/UncompressedBlock.inl
index 6f73d2f1..083d763e 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/UncompressedBlock.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/UncompressedBlock.inl
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	template <typename VoxelType>
 	uint32_t UncompressedBlock<VoxelType>::calculateSizeInBytes(uint32_t uSideLength)
 	{
-		// Returns the size of this class plus the size of the uncompressed data.
-		uint32_t uSizeInBytes = sizeof(UncompressedBlock<VoxelType>) + (uSideLength * uSideLength * uSideLength * sizeof(VoxelType));
+		// Note: We disregard the size of the other class members as they are likely to be very small compared to the size of the
+		// allocated voxel data. This also keeps the reported size as a power of two, which makes other memory calculations easier.
+		uint32_t uSizeInBytes = uSideLength * uSideLength * uSideLength * sizeof(VoxelType);
 		return  uSizeInBytes;
 	}
 }