diff -urNp xfce4-session-4.8.0.orig/engines/simple/simple.c xfce4-session-4.8.0/engines/simple/simple.c
--- xfce4-session-4.8.0.orig/engines/simple/simple.c	2011-01-16 17:38:20.000000000 +0100
+++ xfce4-session-4.8.0/engines/simple/simple.c	2011-02-02 18:44:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ static void
 simple_next (XfsmSplashEngine *engine, const gchar *text)
 {
   Simple *simple = (Simple *) engine->user_data;
-  GdkColor shcolor;
   gint tw, th, tx, ty;
 
   pango_layout_set_text (simple->layout, text, -1);
@@ -231,15 +230,6 @@ simple_next (XfsmSplashEngine *engine, c
 
   gdk_gc_set_clip_rectangle (simple->gc, &simple->textbox);
 
-  /* draw shadow */
-  shcolor.red = (simple->fgcolor.red + simple->bgcolor.red) / 2;
-  shcolor.green = (simple->fgcolor.green + simple->bgcolor.green) / 2;
-  shcolor.blue = (simple->fgcolor.blue + simple->bgcolor.blue) / 2;
-  shcolor.red = (shcolor.red + shcolor.green + shcolor.blue) / 3;
-  shcolor.green = shcolor.red;
-  shcolor.blue = shcolor.red;
-
-  gdk_gc_set_rgb_fg_color (simple->gc, &shcolor);
   gdk_draw_layout (simple->pixmap, simple->gc,
                    tx + 2, ty + 2, simple->layout);