diff --git a/src/plugins/screencast/pipewirestream.cpp b/src/plugins/screencast/pipewirestream.cpp
index 4b1eabd733..2b02b3a9c9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/screencast/pipewirestream.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/screencast/pipewirestream.cpp
@@ -301,11 +301,7 @@ bool PipeWireStream::createStream()
 
     if (m_cursor.mode == KWaylandServer::ScreencastV1Interface::Embedded) {
         connect(Cursors::self(), &Cursors::positionChanged, this, [this] {
-            if (m_cursor.lastFrameTexture) {
-                m_repainting = true;
-                recordFrame(QRegion{m_cursor.lastRect} | cursorGeometry(Cursors::self()->currentCursor()));
-                m_repainting = false;
-            }
+            recordFrame(QRegion{m_cursor.lastRect} | cursorGeometry(Cursors::self()->currentCursor()));
         });
     }
 
@@ -323,19 +319,6 @@ void PipeWireStream::stop()
     delete this;
 }
 
-static GLTexture *copyTexture(GLTexture *texture)
-{
-    const QSize size = texture->size();
-    GLTexture *copy = new GLTexture(texture->internalFormat(), size);
-    copy->setFilter(GL_LINEAR);
-    copy->setWrapMode(GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
-
-    copy->bind();
-    glCopyTextureSubImage2D(copy->texture(), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, size.width(), size.height());
-    copy->unbind();
-    return copy;
-}
-
 // in-place vertical mirroring
 static void mirrorVertically(uchar *data, int height, int stride)
 {
@@ -461,9 +444,6 @@ void PipeWireStream::recordFrame(const QRegion &damagedRegion)
             mvp.ortho(r);
             shader->setUniform(GLShader::ModelViewProjectionMatrix, mvp);
 
-            if (!m_repainting) //We need to copy the last version of the stream to render the moved cursor on top
-                m_cursor.lastFrameTexture.reset(copyTexture(buf->texture()));
-
             if (!m_cursor.texture || m_cursor.lastKey != cursor->image().cacheKey())
                 m_cursor.texture.reset(new GLTexture(cursor->image()));
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/screencast/pipewirestream.h b/src/plugins/screencast/pipewirestream.h
index 08428d7577..1b3e4ec282 100644
--- a/src/plugins/screencast/pipewirestream.h
+++ b/src/plugins/screencast/pipewirestream.h
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ private:
         qint64 lastKey = 0;
         QRect lastRect;
         QScopedPointer<GLTexture> texture;
-        QScopedPointer<GLTexture> lastFrameTexture;
     } m_cursor;
-    bool m_repainting = false;
     QRect cursorGeometry(Cursor *cursor) const;
 
     QHash<struct pw_buffer *, QSharedPointer<DmaBufTexture>> m_dmabufDataForPwBuffer;