diff --git a/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c b/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c
index f0149de3a..f78e2c075 100644
--- a/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c
@@ -485,8 +485,6 @@ SurfacePatternDrawFunc (void *info, CGContextRef context)
 	flip = TRUE;
     }
 
-    /* this is a 10.4 API, present in 10.3.9 */
-    CGContextFlush (quartz_surf->cgContext);
     img = CGBitmapContextCreateImage (quartz_surf->cgContext);
 
     if (!img) {
@@ -839,8 +837,6 @@ _cairo_nquartz_surface_finish (void *abstract_surface)
 
     ND((stderr, "_cairo_nquartz_surface_finish[%p] cgc: %p\n", surface, surface->cgContext));
 
-    CGContextFlush (surface->cgContext);
-
     /* Restore our saved gstate that we use to reset clipping */
     CGContextRestoreGState (surface->cgContext);