diff --git a/src/lib/ector/software/ector_blend_private.h b/src/lib/ector/software/ector_blend_private.h
index ba48a03349..0082baa5eb 100644
--- a/src/lib/ector/software/ector_blend_private.h
+++ b/src/lib/ector/software/ector_blend_private.h
@@ -89,18 +89,6 @@ _ector_comp_func_source_over(uint *dest, uint *src, int length, uint const_alpha
     }
 }
 
-
-static inline uint 
-_ector_premultiply(uint data)
-{
-    DATA32  a = 1 + (data >> 24);
-    data = ( data & 0xff000000) +
-      (((((data) >> 8) & 0xff) * a) & 0xff00) +
-      (((((data) & 0x00ff00ff) * a) >> 8) & 0x00ff00ff);
-
-    return data;
-}
-
 static inline uint 
 INTERPOLATE_PIXEL_256(uint x, uint a, uint y, uint b) {
     uint t = (x & 0xff00ff) * a + (y & 0xff00ff) * b;
diff --git a/src/lib/ector/software/ector_software_gradient.c b/src/lib/ector/software/ector_software_gradient.c
index ed2b9fe985..fd842dd4cd 100644
--- a/src/lib/ector/software/ector_software_gradient.c
+++ b/src/lib/ector/software/ector_software_gradient.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ _generate_gradient_color_table(Efl_Gfx_Gradient_Stop *gradient_stops, int stop_c
     uint current_color = ECTOR_ARGB_JOIN(curr->a, curr->r, curr->g, curr->b);
     double incr = 1.0 / (double)size;
     double fpos = 1.5 * incr;
-    current_color = _ector_premultiply(current_color);
 
     colorTable[pos++] = current_color;
 
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ _generate_gradient_color_table(Efl_Gfx_Gradient_Stop *gradient_stops, int stop_c
          next = (gradient_stops + i + 1);
          double delta = 1/(next->offset - curr->offset);
          uint next_color = ECTOR_ARGB_JOIN(next->a, next->r, next->g, next->b);
-         next_color = _ector_premultiply(next_color);
          BLEND_FUNC func = &_ease_linear;
          while (fpos < next->offset && pos < size)
            {
@@ -113,12 +111,11 @@ _generate_gradient_color_table(Efl_Gfx_Gradient_Stop *gradient_stops, int stop_c
          current_color = next_color;
       }
 
-    uint last_color = _ector_premultiply(current_color);
     for (;pos < size; ++pos)
-      colorTable[pos] = last_color;
+      colorTable[pos] = current_color;
 
     // Make sure the last color stop is represented at the end of the table
-    colorTable[size-1] = last_color;
+    colorTable[size-1] = current_color;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/lib/ector/software/ector_software_rasterizer.c b/src/lib/ector/software/ector_software_rasterizer.c
index dca87e3bba..a0c5b3f151 100644
--- a/src/lib/ector/software/ector_software_rasterizer.c
+++ b/src/lib/ector/software/ector_software_rasterizer.c
@@ -482,9 +482,7 @@ void ector_software_rasterizer_clip_shape_set(Software_Rasterizer *rasterizer, S
 
 void ector_software_rasterizer_color_set(Software_Rasterizer *rasterizer, int r, int g, int b, int a)
 {
-   uint color = ECTOR_ARGB_JOIN(a, r, g, b);
-
-   rasterizer->fillData.color = _ector_premultiply(color);
+   rasterizer->fillData.color = ECTOR_ARGB_JOIN(a, r, g, b);
    rasterizer->fillData.type = Solid;
 }
 void ector_software_rasterizer_linear_gradient_set(Software_Rasterizer *rasterizer, Ector_Renderer_Software_Gradient_Data *linear)