diff --git a/render/pixman/pass.c b/render/pixman/pass.c
index ccd629ede..24b8a1b98 100644
--- a/render/pixman/pass.c
+++ b/render/pixman/pass.c
@@ -155,13 +155,6 @@ static void render_pass_add_texture(struct wlr_render_pass *wlr_pass,
 		pixman_transform_translate(&transform, NULL,
 			pixman_int_to_fixed(src_box.x), pixman_int_to_fixed(src_box.y));
 
-		// GPUs have a half pixel shift compared to pixman because GPU coordinates refer
-		// to the centre of each pixel rather than its top-left.  This makes no difference
-		// when there's no transforms as we still copy the correct pixel across.  But when
-		// we do scaling it does make a visible difference, so account for it here.
-		pixman_transform_translate(&transform, NULL,
-			-pixman_double_to_fixed(0.5), -pixman_double_to_fixed(0.5));
-
 		pixman_image_set_transform(texture->image, &transform);
 
 		switch (options->filter_mode) {