diff --git a/effects/cube/cube.cpp b/effects/cube/cube.cpp
index 9a32f96f39..56018a248e 100644
--- a/effects/cube/cube.cpp
+++ b/effects/cube/cube.cpp
@@ -381,10 +381,6 @@ void CubeEffect::paintScreen(int mask, QRegion region, ScreenPaintData& data)
                 m_reflectionMatrix.translate(0.0, sin(fabs(manualAngle) * M_PI / 360.0f * float(effects->numberOfDesktops())) * addedHeight2 + addedHeight1 - float(rect.height()), 0.0);
             }
 
-            // TODO: find a solution for GLES
-            if (!GLPlatform::instance()->isGLES()) {
-                glEnable(GL_CLIP_PLANE0);
-            }
             reflectionPainting = true;
             glEnable(GL_CULL_FACE);
             paintCap(true, -point - zTranslate, data.projectionMatrix());
@@ -399,10 +395,6 @@ void CubeEffect::paintScreen(int mask, QRegion region, ScreenPaintData& data)
             paintCap(false, -point - zTranslate, data.projectionMatrix());
             glDisable(GL_CULL_FACE);
             reflectionPainting = false;
-            // TODO: find a solution for GLES
-            if (!GLPlatform::instance()->isGLES()) {
-                glDisable(GL_CLIP_PLANE0);
-            }
 
             const float width = rect.width();
             const float height = rect.height();
@@ -1713,14 +1705,6 @@ void CubeEffect::setActive(bool active)
         desktopChangedWhileRotating = false;
         if (reflection) {
             QRect rect = effects->clientArea(FullArea, activeScreen, effects->currentDesktop());
-            // clip parts above the reflection area
-            if (!GLPlatform::instance()->isGLES()) {
-                double eqn[4] = {0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0};
-                glPushMatrix();
-                glTranslatef(0.0, rect.height(), 0.0);
-                glClipPlane(GL_CLIP_PLANE0, eqn);
-                glPopMatrix();
-            }
             float temporaryCoeff = float(rect.width()) / tan(M_PI / float(effects->numberOfDesktops()));
             mAddedHeightCoeff1 = sqrt(float(rect.height()) * float(rect.height()) + temporaryCoeff * temporaryCoeff);
             mAddedHeightCoeff2 = sqrt(float(rect.height()) * float(rect.height()) + float(rect.width()) * float(rect.width()) + temporaryCoeff * temporaryCoeff);