diff --git a/modules/gui/qt/maininterface/compositor_win7.cpp b/modules/gui/qt/maininterface/compositor_win7.cpp
index 0a246afda9..4c7f472a5f 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt/maininterface/compositor_win7.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt/maininterface/compositor_win7.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ bool CompositorWin7::makeMainInterface(MainCtx* mainCtx)
 
     m_qmlView = std::make_unique<QQuickView>();
     m_qmlView->setResizeMode(QQuickView::SizeRootObjectToView);
-    m_qmlView->setClearBeforeRendering(true);
     m_qmlView->setColor(QColor(Qt::transparent));
 
     m_qmlView->installEventFilter(this);