diff --git a/src/decorationitem.cpp b/src/decorationitem.cpp
index c015f165e7..997b25f7b4 100644
--- a/src/decorationitem.cpp
+++ b/src/decorationitem.cpp
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ WindowQuadList DecorationItem::buildQuads() const
                 continue;
             }
 
-            const bool swap = orientations[i] == Qt::Vertical;
-
             const int x0 = r.x();
             const int y0 = r.y();
             const int x1 = r.x() + r.width();
@@ -207,9 +205,8 @@ WindowQuadList DecorationItem::buildQuads() const
             const int v1 = (y1 + offsets[i].y()) * textureScale;
 
             WindowQuad quad;
-            quad.setUVAxisSwapped(swap);
 
-            if (swap) {
+            if (orientations[i] == Qt::Vertical) {
                 quad[0] = WindowVertex(x0, y0, v0, u0); // Top-left
                 quad[1] = WindowVertex(x1, y0, v0, u1); // Top-right
                 quad[2] = WindowVertex(x1, y1, v1, u1); // Bottom-right
diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.cpp b/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.cpp
index e683a97e04..e1658c283f 100644
--- a/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.cpp
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.cpp
@@ -860,37 +860,19 @@ WindowQuad WindowQuad::makeSubQuad(double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2) c
     const double widthReciprocal  = 1 / (right() - xOrigin);
     const double heightReciprocal = 1 / (bottom() - yOrigin);
 
-    if (!uvAxisSwapped()) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
-            const double w1 = (ret.verts[i].px - xOrigin) * widthReciprocal;
-            const double w2 = (ret.verts[i].py - yOrigin) * heightReciprocal;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
+        const double w1 = (ret.verts[i].px - xOrigin) * widthReciprocal;
+        const double w2 = (ret.verts[i].py - yOrigin) * heightReciprocal;
 
-            // Use bilinear interpolation to compute the texture coords.
-            ret.verts[i].tx = (1 - w1) * (1 - w2) * verts[0].tx +
-                    w1 * (1 - w2) * verts[1].tx +
-                    w1 * w2 * verts[2].tx + (1 - w1) * w2 * verts[3].tx;
-            ret.verts[i].ty = (1 - w1) * (1 - w2) * verts[0].ty +
-                    w1 * (1 - w2) * verts[1].ty +
-                    w1 * w2 * verts[2].ty + (1 - w1) * w2 * verts[3].ty;
-        }
-    } else {
-        // Same as above, with just verts[1] and verts[3] being swapped.
-        for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
-            const double w1 = (ret.verts[i].py - yOrigin) * heightReciprocal;
-            const double w2 = (ret.verts[i].px - xOrigin) * widthReciprocal;
-
-            // Use bilinear interpolation to compute the texture coords.
-            ret.verts[i].tx = (1 - w1) * (1 - w2) * verts[0].tx +
-                    w1 * (1 - w2) * verts[3].tx +
-                    w1 * w2 * verts[2].tx + (1 - w1) * w2 * verts[1].tx;
-            ret.verts[i].ty = (1 - w1) * (1 - w2) * verts[0].ty +
-                    w1 * (1 - w2) * verts[3].ty +
-                    w1 * w2 * verts[2].ty + (1 - w1) * w2 * verts[1].ty;
-        }
+        // Use bilinear interpolation to compute the texture coords.
+        ret.verts[i].tx = (1 - w1) * (1 - w2) * verts[0].tx +
+                w1 * (1 - w2) * verts[1].tx +
+                w1 * w2 * verts[2].tx + (1 - w1) * w2 * verts[3].tx;
+        ret.verts[i].ty = (1 - w1) * (1 - w2) * verts[0].ty +
+                w1 * (1 - w2) * verts[1].ty +
+                w1 * w2 * verts[2].ty + (1 - w1) * w2 * verts[3].ty;
     }
 
-    ret.setUVAxisSwapped(uvAxisSwapped());
-
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.h b/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.h
index 6dbece528c..53f82581ab 100644
--- a/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.h
+++ b/src/libkwineffects/kwineffects.h
@@ -2579,8 +2579,6 @@ public:
     WindowQuad makeSubQuad(double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2) const;
     WindowVertex& operator[](int index);
     const WindowVertex& operator[](int index) const;
-    void setUVAxisSwapped(bool value) { uvSwapped = value; }
-    bool uvAxisSwapped() const { return uvSwapped; }
     double left() const;
     double right() const;
     double top() const;
@@ -2588,7 +2586,6 @@ public:
 private:
     friend class WindowQuadList;
     WindowVertex verts[ 4 ];
-    bool uvSwapped;
 };
 
 class KWINEFFECTS_EXPORT WindowQuadList
@@ -3765,7 +3762,6 @@ void WindowVertex::setY(double y)
 
 inline
 WindowQuad::WindowQuad()
-    : uvSwapped(false)
 {
 }