diff --git a/src/canvasdrawer.js b/src/canvasdrawer.js
index 2ec6b17b..6a00a294 100644
--- a/src/canvasdrawer.js
+++ b/src/canvasdrawer.js
@@ -402,9 +402,7 @@ class CanvasDrawer extends OpenSeadragon.DrawerBase{
 
             this._drawRectangle(placeholderRect, fillStyle, useSketch);
         }
-        if(!window.draw){
-            lastDrawn = [];
-        }
+
         var subPixelRoundingRule = determineSubPixelRoundingRule(tiledImage.subPixelRoundingForTransparency);
 
         var shouldRoundPositionAndSize = false;
diff --git a/src/webgldrawer.js b/src/webgldrawer.js
index d8b33f93..ac450b3c 100644
--- a/src/webgldrawer.js
+++ b/src/webgldrawer.js
@@ -242,10 +242,7 @@
                 if ( tiledImage.placeholderFillStyle && tiledImage._hasOpaqueTile === false ) {
                      this._drawPlaceholder(tiledImage);
                 }
-                this._drawPlaceholder(tiledImage);
-                if(!window.draw){
-                    return;
-                }
+
                 if(tilesToDraw.length === 0 || tiledImage.getOpacity() === 0){
                     return;
                 }