diff --git a/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwCommon.h b/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwCommon.h
index 0701b72b..3f458d64 100644
--- a/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwCommon.h
+++ b/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwCommon.h
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ uint32_t rasterUnpremultiply(uint32_t data);
 bool effectGaussianBlur(SwCompositor* cmp, SwSurface* surface, const RenderEffectGaussianBlur* params);
 bool effectGaussianBlurRegion(RenderEffectGaussianBlur* effect);
 void effectGaussianBlurUpdate(RenderEffectGaussianBlur* effect, const Matrix& transform);
-bool effectDropShadow(SwCompositor* cmp, SwSurface* surfaces[2], const RenderEffectDropShadow* params, bool direct);
+bool effectDropShadow(SwCompositor* cmp, SwSurface* surfaces[2], const RenderEffectDropShadow* params);
 bool effectDropShadowRegion(RenderEffectDropShadow* effect);
 void effectDropShadowUpdate(RenderEffectDropShadow* effect, const Matrix& transform);
 void effectFillUpdate(RenderEffectFill* effect);
diff --git a/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwPostEffect.cpp b/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwPostEffect.cpp
index 9ffc7296..5150c9f4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwPostEffect.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwPostEffect.cpp
@@ -267,14 +267,14 @@ static void _dropShadowFilter(uint32_t* dst, uint32_t* src, int stride, int w, i
 }
 
 
-static void _dropShadowShift(uint32_t* dst, uint32_t* src, int dstride, int sstride, RenderRegion& bbox, SwPoint& offset, uint8_t opacity, bool direct)
+static void _dropShadowShift(uint32_t* dst, uint32_t* src, int dstride, int sstride, RenderRegion& bbox, SwPoint& offset, uint8_t opacity)
 {
     src += (bbox.min.y * sstride + bbox.min.x);
     dst += (bbox.min.y * dstride + bbox.min.x);
 
     auto w = bbox.max.x - bbox.min.x;
     auto h = bbox.max.y - bbox.min.y;
-    auto translucent = (direct || opacity < 255);
+    auto translucent = (opacity < 255);
 
     //shift offset
     if (bbox.min.x + offset.x < 0) src -= offset.x;
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ void effectDropShadowUpdate(RenderEffectDropShadow* params, const Matrix& transf
 //A quite same integration with effectGaussianBlur(). See it for detailed comments.
 //surface[0]: the original image, to overlay it into the filtered image.
 //surface[1]: temporary buffer for generating the filtered image.
-bool effectDropShadow(SwCompositor* cmp, SwSurface* surface[2], const RenderEffectDropShadow* params, bool direct)
+bool effectDropShadow(SwCompositor* cmp, SwSurface* surface[2], const RenderEffectDropShadow* params)
 {
     //FIXME: if the body is partially visible due to clipping, the shadow also becomes partially visible.
 
@@ -360,8 +360,6 @@ bool effectDropShadow(SwCompositor* cmp, SwSurface* surface[2], const RenderEffe
     auto front = cmp->image.buf32;
     auto back = buffer[1]->buf32;
 
-    auto opacity = direct ? MULTIPLY(params->color[3], cmp->opacity) : params->color[3];
-
     TVGLOG("SW_ENGINE", "DropShadow region(%d, %d, %d, %d) params(%f %f %f), level(%d)", bbox.min.x, bbox.min.y, bbox.max.x, bbox.max.y, params->angle, params->distance, params->sigma, data->level);
 
     //saving the original image in order to overlay it into the filtered image.
@@ -387,16 +385,9 @@ bool effectDropShadow(SwCompositor* cmp, SwSurface* surface[2], const RenderEffe
     rasterXYFlip(front, back, stride, h, w, bbox, true);
     std::swap(cmp->image.buf32, back);
 
-    //draw to the main surface directly
-    if (direct) {
-        _dropShadowShift(cmp->recoverSfc->buf32, cmp->image.buf32, cmp->recoverSfc->stride, stride, bbox, data->offset, opacity, direct);
-        std::swap(cmp->image.buf32, buffer[0]->buf32);
-        return true;
-    }
-
     //draw to the intermediate surface
     rasterClear(surface[1], bbox.min.x, bbox.min.y, w, h);
-    _dropShadowShift(buffer[1]->buf32, cmp->image.buf32, stride, stride, bbox, data->offset, opacity, direct);
+    _dropShadowShift(buffer[1]->buf32, cmp->image.buf32, stride, stride, bbox, data->offset, params->color[3]);
     std::swap(cmp->image.buf32, buffer[1]->buf32);
 
     //compositing shadow and body
diff --git a/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwRenderer.cpp b/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwRenderer.cpp
index baa0291c..e4e3d58a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/sw_engine/tvgSwRenderer.cpp
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ bool SwRenderer::render(RenderCompositor* cmp, const RenderEffect* effect, bool
             cmp1->compositor->valid = false;
             auto cmp2 = request(surface->channelSize, true);
             SwSurface* surfaces[] = {cmp1, cmp2};
-            auto ret = effectDropShadow(p, surfaces, static_cast<const RenderEffectDropShadow*>(effect), direct);
+            auto ret = effectDropShadow(p, surfaces, static_cast<const RenderEffectDropShadow*>(effect));
             cmp1->compositor->valid = true;
             return ret;
         }