diff --git a/clutter/clutter/clutter-actor.c b/clutter/clutter/clutter-actor.c
index e70892308..a6ebc8f33 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/clutter-actor.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter/clutter-actor.c
@@ -840,7 +840,6 @@ struct _ClutterActorPrivate
   guint needs_compute_expand        : 1;
   guint needs_x_expand              : 1;
   guint needs_y_expand              : 1;
-  guint needs_paint_volume_update   : 1;
   guint had_effects_on_last_paint_volume_update : 1;
 };
 
@@ -1511,8 +1510,6 @@ clutter_actor_real_map (ClutterActor *self)
 
   CLUTTER_ACTOR_SET_FLAGS (self, CLUTTER_ACTOR_MAPPED);
 
-  self->priv->needs_paint_volume_update = TRUE;
-
   stage = _clutter_actor_get_stage_internal (self);
   priv->pick_id = _clutter_stage_acquire_pick_id (CLUTTER_STAGE (stage), self);
 
@@ -2746,8 +2743,7 @@ clutter_actor_real_queue_relayout (ClutterActor *self)
   priv->needs_width_request  = TRUE;
   priv->needs_height_request = TRUE;
   priv->needs_allocation     = TRUE;
-  priv->needs_paint_volume_update = TRUE;
-
+  
   /* reset the cached size requests */
   memset (priv->width_requests, 0,
           N_CACHED_SIZE_REQUESTS * sizeof (SizeRequest));
@@ -8531,8 +8527,7 @@ clutter_actor_init (ClutterActor *self)
   priv->needs_width_request = TRUE;
   priv->needs_height_request = TRUE;
   priv->needs_allocation = TRUE;
-  priv->needs_paint_volume_update = TRUE;
-
+  
   priv->cached_width_age = 1;
   priv->cached_height_age = 1;
 
@@ -10098,9 +10093,6 @@ clutter_actor_allocate (ClutterActor           *self,
       return;
     }
 
-  if (CLUTTER_ACTOR_IS_MAPPED (self))
-    self->priv->needs_paint_volume_update = TRUE;
-
   if (!stage_allocation_changed)
     {
       /* If the actor didn't move but needs_allocation is set, we just
@@ -12992,9 +12984,6 @@ clutter_actor_add_child_internal (ClutterActor              *self,
       child->priv->needs_height_request = TRUE;
       child->priv->needs_allocation = TRUE;
 
-      if (CLUTTER_ACTOR_IS_MAPPED (child))
-        child->priv->needs_paint_volume_update = TRUE;
-
       /* we only queue a relayout here, because any possible
        * redraw has already been queued either by show() or
        * by our call to queue_redraw() above
@@ -17567,19 +17556,6 @@ _clutter_actor_get_paint_volume_mutable (ClutterActor *self)
 
   if (priv->paint_volume_valid)
     {
-      /* If effects are applied, the actor paint volume
-       * needs to be recomputed on each paint, since those
-       * paint volumes could change over the duration of the
-       * effect.
-       *
-       * We also need to update the paint volume if we went
-       * from having effects to not having effects on the last
-       * paint volume update. */
-      if (!priv->needs_paint_volume_update &&
-          priv->current_effect == NULL &&
-          !has_paint_volume_override_effects &&
-          !priv->had_effects_on_last_paint_volume_update)
-        return &priv->paint_volume;
       clutter_paint_volume_free (&priv->paint_volume);
     }
 
@@ -17588,7 +17564,6 @@ _clutter_actor_get_paint_volume_mutable (ClutterActor *self)
   if (_clutter_actor_get_paint_volume_real (self, &priv->paint_volume))
     {
       priv->paint_volume_valid = TRUE;
-      priv->needs_paint_volume_update = FALSE;
       return &priv->paint_volume;
     }
   else