diff --git a/app/view/view.cpp b/app/view/view.cpp
index 86ceb08b4..b41fb2f2b 100644
--- a/app/view/view.cpp
+++ b/app/view/view.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ View::View(Plasma::Corona *corona, QScreen *targetScreen, bool byPassWM)
     setIcon(qGuiApp->windowIcon());
     setResizeMode(QuickViewSharedEngine::SizeRootObjectToView);
     setColor(QColor(Qt::transparent));
-    setDefaultAlphaBuffer(true);
     setClearBeforeRendering(true);
 
     const auto flags = Qt::FramelessWindowHint