diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index c934c84..a2bf6a6 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -2050,7 +2050,6 @@ function Element(options) {
     this.style.blink = options.blink;
     this.style.inverse = options.inverse;
     this.style.invisible = options.invisible;
-    this.style.transparent = options.transparent;
   }
 
   this.hidden = options.hidden || false;
@@ -3804,11 +3803,7 @@ Element.prototype.render = function() {
   // To deal with this, we can just fill the whole thing
   // ahead of time. This could be optimized.
   if (this.tpadding || (this.valign && this.valign !== 'top')) {
-    if (this.style.transparent) {
-      this.screen.fillRegion(darken(dattr), bch, xi, xl, yi, yl);
-    } else {
-      this.screen.fillRegion(dattr, bch, xi, xl, yi, yl);
-    }
+    this.screen.fillRegion(dattr, bch, xi, xl, yi, yl);
   }
 
   if (this.tpadding) {
@@ -3876,31 +3871,19 @@ Element.prototype.render = function() {
         for (; x < xl; x++) {
           cell = lines[y][x];
           if (!cell) break;
-          if (this.style.transparent) {
-            lines[y][x][0] = darken(attr);
-            if (content[ci]) lines[y][x][1] = ch;
+          if (attr !== cell[0] || ch !== cell[1]) {
+            lines[y][x][0] = attr;
+            lines[y][x][1] = ch;
             lines[y].dirty = true;
-          } else {
-            if (attr !== cell[0] || ch !== cell[1]) {
-              lines[y][x][0] = attr;
-              lines[y][x][1] = ch;
-              lines[y].dirty = true;
-            }
           }
         }
         continue;
       }
 
-      if (this.style.transparent) {
-        lines[y][x][0] = darken(attr);
-        if (content[ci]) lines[y][x][1] = ch;
+      if (attr !== cell[0] || ch !== cell[1]) {
+        lines[y][x][0] = attr;
+        lines[y][x][1] = ch;
         lines[y].dirty = true;
-      } else {
-        if (attr !== cell[0] || ch !== cell[1]) {
-          lines[y][x][0] = attr;
-          lines[y][x][1] = ch;
-          lines[y].dirty = true;
-        }
       }
 
       // if (wideChars.test(ch)) {
diff --git a/test/widget-shadow.js b/test/widget-shadow.js
index 17fc579..9e76bcd 100644
--- a/test/widget-shadow.js
+++ b/test/widget-shadow.js
@@ -28,13 +28,9 @@ var over = blessed.box({
   width: '50%',
   height: '50%',
   style: {
-    bg: 'red',
-    transparent: true
+    bg: 'red'
   },
-  border: 'line',
-  draggable: true,
-  tags: true,
-  content: '{yellow-fg}{bold} --Foo-- {/}'
+  content: 'Foo'
 });
 
 screen.key('q', function() {