diff --git a/clutter/cogl/clutter-stage-cogl.c b/clutter/cogl/clutter-stage-cogl.c
index 3f3704d86..40416f3f4 100644
--- a/clutter/cogl/clutter-stage-cogl.c
+++ b/clutter/cogl/clutter-stage-cogl.c
@@ -503,7 +503,6 @@ clutter_stage_cogl_redraw (ClutterStageWindow *stage_window)
     {
       ClutterGeometry *clip = &stage_cogl->bounding_redraw_clip;
       int copy_area[4];
-      ClutterActor *actor;
 
       /* XXX: It seems there will be a race here in that the stage
        * window may be resized before the cogl_framebuffer_swap_region
@@ -514,9 +513,8 @@ clutter_stage_cogl_redraw (ClutterStageWindow *stage_window)
        * artefacts.
        */
 
-      actor = CLUTTER_ACTOR (wrapper);
       copy_area[0] = clip->x;
-      copy_area[1] = clutter_actor_get_height (actor) - clip->y - clip->height;
+      copy_area[1] = clip->y;
       copy_area[2] = clip->width;
       copy_area[3] = clip->height;
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d4dd77c4a..628f5f3f3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ AC_HEADER_STDC
 
 # required versions for dependencies
 m4_define([glib_req_version],           [2.26.0])
-m4_define([cogl_req_version],           [1.7.3])
+m4_define([cogl_req_version],           [1.7.5])
 m4_define([json_glib_req_version],      [0.12.0])
 m4_define([atk_req_version],            [1.17])
 m4_define([cairo_req_version],          [1.10])