diff --git a/src/st/st-scroll-view-fade.glsl b/src/st/st-scroll-view-fade.glsl
index 4324c00b7..0c76c5396 100644
--- a/src/st/st-scroll-view-fade.glsl
+++ b/src/st/st-scroll-view-fade.glsl
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@ uniform float hvalue;
  */
 uniform mat2 fade_area;
 
-/*
- * Scale from [0.0, 1.0] to [1.0, 1.0]. Do this by
- * changing it to scaling [1.0, 0.0] to [0.0, 0.0]
- * and then transforming the end result.
- */
-#define FADE(gradient, factor) (1.0 - (1.0 - gradient) * factor)
-
 void main ()
 {
     cogl_color_out = cogl_color_in * texture2D (tex, vec2 (cogl_tex_coord_in[0].xy));
@@ -66,20 +59,20 @@ void main ()
 
         float vfade_scale = height / vfade_offset;
         if (fade_top) {
-            ratio *= FADE((y / vfade_offset), min(sqrt(vvalue) * vfade_scale, 1.0));
+            ratio *= y / vfade_offset;
         }
 
         if (fade_bottom) {
-            ratio *= FADE((fade_area[1][1] - y)/(fade_area[1][1] - fade_bottom_start), min(sqrt(1.0 - vvalue) * vfade_scale, 1.0));
+            ratio *= (fade_area[1][1] - y) / (fade_area[1][1] - fade_bottom_start);
         }
 
         float hfade_scale = width / hfade_offset;
         if (fade_left) {
-            ratio *= FADE(x / hfade_offset, min(sqrt(hvalue) * hfade_scale, 1.0));
+            ratio *= x / hfade_offset;
         }
 
         if (fade_right) {
-            ratio *= FADE((fade_area[1][0] - x)/(fade_area[1][0] - fade_right_start), min(sqrt(1.0 - hvalue) * hfade_scale, 1.0));
+            ratio *= (fade_area[1][0] - x) / (fade_area[1][0] - fade_right_start);
         }
 
         cogl_color_out *= ratio;