diff --git a/libvo/vo_xv.c b/libvo/vo_xv.c
index fdc25eda29..6c46cfd8c4 100644
--- a/libvo/vo_xv.c
+++ b/libvo/vo_xv.c
@@ -450,7 +450,9 @@ static uint32_t config(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t d_width, uint32
       }
 
      panscan_calc();
+
      XClearWindow(mDisplay, vo_window);
+#if 0
 #ifdef HAVE_SHM
      if ( Shmem_Flag )
      {
@@ -463,6 +465,7 @@ static uint32_t config(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t d_width, uint32
 	 XvPutImage(mDisplay, xv_port, vo_window, vo_gc, xvimage[current_buf], 0, 0,  image_width, image_height, drwX, drwY, 1, 1);
 	 XvPutImage(mDisplay, xv_port, vo_window, vo_gc, xvimage[current_buf], 0, 0,  image_width, image_height, drwX,drwY,vo_dwidth,(vo_fs?vo_dheight - 1:vo_dheight));
      }
+#endif
      
      mp_msg(MSGT_VO,MSGL_V, "[xv] dx: %d dy: %d dw: %d dh: %d\n",drwX,drwY,vo_dwidth,vo_dheight );