diff --git a/src/cairo-xcb-surface-render.c b/src/cairo-xcb-surface-render.c
index cb81507..3e0ae0c 100644
--- a/src/cairo-xcb-surface-render.c
+++ b/src/cairo-xcb-surface-render.c
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ _copy_to_picture (cairo_xcb_surface_t *source,
     if (source->drm != NULL)
 	cairo_surface_flush (source->drm);
 
-    if (source->owns_pixmap && ! force) {
+    if (FALSE && source->owns_pixmap && ! force) {
 	picture = _cairo_xcb_picture_copy (source);
     } else {
 	picture = _cairo_xcb_picture_create (source->screen,