diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_x11/evas_engine.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_x11/evas_engine.c
index 1b0f51bcbf..0b1bfed050 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_x11/evas_engine.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_x11/evas_engine.c
@@ -3457,8 +3457,6 @@ eng_gl_surface_read_pixels(void *data, void *surface,
      }
    glsym_glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);
 
-   evas_common_convert_argb_premul(pixels, w * h);
-
    return EINA_TRUE;
 }
 //--------------------------------//