diff --git a/src/st/st-theme-node-drawing.c b/src/st/st-theme-node-drawing.c
index c2d4ccf83..5ec0e87af 100644
--- a/src/st/st-theme-node-drawing.c
+++ b/src/st/st-theme-node-drawing.c
@@ -643,15 +643,13 @@ create_cairo_pattern_of_background_image (StThemeNode *node,
   gdouble background_image_width, background_image_height;
   gdouble x, y;
   gdouble scale_w, scale_h;
-  int scale_factor;
 
   file = st_theme_node_get_background_image (node);
 
   texture_cache = st_texture_cache_get_default ();
 
-  g_object_get (node->context, "scale-factor", &scale_factor, NULL);
   surface = st_texture_cache_load_file_to_cairo_surface (texture_cache, file,
-                                                         scale_factor,
+                                                         node->cached_scale_factor,
                                                          resource_scale);
 
   if (surface == NULL)
@@ -1374,7 +1372,6 @@ st_theme_node_load_border_image (StThemeNode *node,
     {
       StBorderImage *border_image;
       GFile *file;
-      int scale_factor;
 
       border_image = st_theme_node_get_border_image (node);
       if (border_image == NULL)
@@ -1382,10 +1379,9 @@ st_theme_node_load_border_image (StThemeNode *node,
 
       file = st_border_image_get_file (border_image);
 
-      g_object_get (node->context, "scale-factor", &scale_factor, NULL);
-
       node->border_slices_texture = st_texture_cache_load_file_to_cogl_texture (st_texture_cache_get_default (),
-                                                                                file, scale_factor,
+                                                                                file,
+                                                                                node->cached_scale_factor,
                                                                                 resource_scale);
       if (node->border_slices_texture == NULL)
         goto out;
@@ -1413,17 +1409,15 @@ st_theme_node_load_background_image (StThemeNode *node,
     {
       GFile *background_image;
       StShadow *background_image_shadow_spec;
-      int scale_factor;
 
       background_image = st_theme_node_get_background_image (node);
       if (background_image == NULL)
         goto out;
 
-      g_object_get (node->context, "scale-factor", &scale_factor, NULL);
-
       background_image_shadow_spec = st_theme_node_get_background_image_shadow (node);
       node->background_texture = st_texture_cache_load_file_to_cogl_texture (st_texture_cache_get_default (),
-                                                                             background_image, scale_factor,
+                                                                             background_image,
+                                                                             node->cached_scale_factor,
                                                                              resource_scale);
       if (node->background_texture == NULL)
         goto out;
diff --git a/src/st/st-theme-node.c b/src/st/st-theme-node.c
index 4e122f441..85e5dbe41 100644
--- a/src/st/st-theme-node.c
+++ b/src/st/st-theme-node.c
@@ -978,9 +978,7 @@ get_length_from_term (StThemeNode *node,
   } type = ABSOLUTE;
 
   double multiplier = 1.0;
-  int scale_factor;
 
-  g_object_get (node->context, "scale-factor", &scale_factor, NULL);
 
   if (term->type != TERM_NUMBER)
     {
@@ -995,7 +993,7 @@ get_length_from_term (StThemeNode *node,
     {
     case NUM_LENGTH_PX:
       type = ABSOLUTE;
-      multiplier = 1 * scale_factor;
+      multiplier = 1 * node->cached_scale_factor;
       break;
     case NUM_LENGTH_PT:
       type = POINTS;
@@ -1126,14 +1124,10 @@ get_length_from_term_int (StThemeNode *node,
 {
   double value;
   GetFromTermResult result;
-  int scale_factor;
 
   result = get_length_from_term (node, term, use_parent_font, &value);
   if (result == VALUE_FOUND)
-    {
-      g_object_get (node->context, "scale-factor", &scale_factor, NULL);
-      *length = (int) ((value / scale_factor) + 0.5) * scale_factor;
-    }
+    *length = (int) ((value / node->cached_scale_factor) + 0.5) * node->cached_scale_factor;
   return result;
 }
 
@@ -3015,7 +3009,6 @@ StBorderImage *
 st_theme_node_get_border_image (StThemeNode *node)
 {
   int i;
-  int scale_factor;
 
   if (node->border_image_computed)
     return node->border_image;
@@ -3024,7 +3017,6 @@ st_theme_node_get_border_image (StThemeNode *node)
   node->border_image_computed = TRUE;
 
   ensure_properties (node);
-  g_object_get (node->context, "scale-factor", &scale_factor, NULL);
 
   for (i = node->n_properties - 1; i >= 0; i--)
     {
@@ -3129,7 +3121,7 @@ st_theme_node_get_border_image (StThemeNode *node)
 
           node->border_image = st_border_image_new (file,
                                                     border_top, border_right, border_bottom, border_left,
-                                                    scale_factor);
+                                                    node->cached_scale_factor);
 
           g_object_unref (file);