diff --git a/clients/oxygen/oxygenshadowcache.cpp b/clients/oxygen/oxygenshadowcache.cpp
index 3a3f10e83b..893a03601b 100644
--- a/clients/oxygen/oxygenshadowcache.cpp
+++ b/clients/oxygen/oxygenshadowcache.cpp
@@ -264,11 +264,9 @@ namespace Oxygen
     // this is all fixedSize. Does not scale with shadow size
     QLinearGradient lg = QLinearGradient(0.0, size-4.5, 0.0, size+4.5);
     lg.setColorAt(0.0, helper().calcLightColor( helper().backgroundTopColor(color) ));
+    lg.setColorAt(0.51, helper().backgroundBottomColor(color) );
     lg.setColorAt(1.0, helper().backgroundBottomColor(color) );
 
-    if( key.isShade ) lg.setColorAt(0.51, helper().backgroundTopColor(color) );
-    else lg.setColorAt(0.51, helper().backgroundBottomColor(color) );
-
 
     // draw ellipse.
     p.setBrush( lg );