diff --git a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
index d6d883665632de772f5432ed8ae6f1aa3bbe36d1..3b07b6326bc27f7f593bf96e4c38a0cc6d6328f7 100644
--- a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@ void PulsarAnimationWidget::paintGL()
             // draw backdrop (independent parallel projection)
             glColor3f(0.5, 0.5, 0.5f);
             glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, -501.0);
-            drawTexture(QPointF(0.0, 0.0), m_backgroundTexture);
 
             // restore original state
             glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);