diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index cefff04b..e2ed46b1 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ render_worker_thread(void *_ctx)
             switch (row_no) {
             default:
                 assert(buf != NULL);
-                render_row(term, buf->pix[my_id], grid_row_in_view(term->grid, row_no), row_no);
+                render_row(term, buf->pix, grid_row_in_view(term->grid, row_no), row_no);
                 break;
 
             case -1:
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ grid_render(struct terminal *term)
     assert(term->height > 0);
 
     struct buffer *buf = shm_get_buffer(term->wl.shm, term->width, term->height, 1 + term->render.workers.count);
-    pixman_image_t *pix = buf->pix[0];
+    pixman_image_t *pix = buf->pix;
 
     bool all_clean = tll_length(term->grid->scroll_damage) == 0;
 
diff --git a/shm.c b/shm.c
index 0ae46f90..ebff8a1a 100644
--- a/shm.c
+++ b/shm.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ shm_get_buffer(struct wl_shm *shm, int width, int height, size_t copies)
     struct wl_shm_pool *pool = NULL;
     struct wl_buffer *buf = NULL;
 
-    pixman_image_t **pix = NULL;
+    pixman_image_t *pix = NULL;
 
     /* Backing memory for SHM */
     pool_fd = memfd_create("f00sel-wayland-shm-buffer-pool", MFD_CLOEXEC);
@@ -105,16 +105,8 @@ shm_get_buffer(struct wl_shm *shm, int width, int height, size_t copies)
     close(pool_fd); pool_fd = -1;
 
     /* One pixman image for each worker thread (do we really need multiple?) */
-    pix = calloc(copies, sizeof(pix[0]));
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < copies; i++) {
-        pix[i] = pixman_image_create_bits_no_clear(
-            PIXMAN_a8r8g8b8, width, height, (uint32_t *)mmapped, stride);
-
-        if (pix[i] == NULL) {
-            LOG_ERR("failed to create pixman image");
-            goto err;
-        }
-    }
+    pix = pixman_image_create_bits_no_clear(
+        PIXMAN_a8r8g8b8, width, height, (uint32_t *)mmapped, stride);
 
     /* Push to list of available buffers, but marked as 'busy' */
     tll_push_back(
@@ -127,7 +119,6 @@ shm_get_buffer(struct wl_shm *shm, int width, int height, size_t copies)
             .size = size,
             .mmapped = mmapped,
             .wl_buf = buf,
-            .copies = copies,
             .pix = pix}
             )
         );
@@ -137,12 +128,8 @@ shm_get_buffer(struct wl_shm *shm, int width, int height, size_t copies)
     return ret;
 
 err:
-    if (pix != NULL) {
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < copies; i++)
-            if (pix[i] != NULL)
-                pixman_image_unref(pix[i]);
-        free(pix);
-    }
+    if (pix != NULL)
+        pixman_image_unref(pix);
     if (buf != NULL)
         wl_buffer_destroy(buf);
     if (pool != NULL)
@@ -161,12 +148,8 @@ shm_fini(void)
     tll_foreach(buffers, it) {
         struct buffer *buf = &it->item;
 
-        if (buf->pix != NULL) {
-            for (size_t i = 0; i < buf->copies; i++)
-                if (buf->pix[i] != NULL)
-                    pixman_image_unref(buf->pix[i]);
-            free(buf->pix);
-        }
+        if (buf->pix != NULL)
+            pixman_image_unref(buf->pix);
         wl_buffer_destroy(buf->wl_buf);
         munmap(buf->mmapped, buf->size);
 
diff --git a/shm.h b/shm.h
index 7006ab3a..68013888 100644
--- a/shm.h
+++ b/shm.h
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ struct buffer {
     void *mmapped;
 
     struct wl_buffer *wl_buf;
-
-    size_t copies;
-    pixman_image_t **pix;
+    pixman_image_t *pix;
 };
 
 struct buffer *shm_get_buffer(