diff --git a/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java b/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
index 5368066c7178..e3e975939d6b 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/GeckoApp.java
@@ -1743,15 +1743,9 @@ abstract public class GeckoApp
              * run experience, perhaps?
              */
             mLayerController = new LayerController(this);
-            View v = mLayerController.getView();
-
             mPlaceholderLayerClient = new PlaceholderLayerClient(mLayerController, mLastViewport);
-            if (!mPlaceholderLayerClient.loadScreenshot()) {
-                // Instead of flickering the checkerboard, show a white screen until Gecko paints
-                v.setBackgroundColor(Color.WHITE);
-            }
 
-            mGeckoLayout.addView(v, 0);
+            mGeckoLayout.addView(mLayerController.getView(), 0);
         }
 
         mPluginContainer = (AbsoluteLayout) findViewById(R.id.plugin_container);
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/gfx/GeckoLayerClient.java b/mobile/android/base/gfx/GeckoLayerClient.java
index 4bfdc636bf90..eed593ebf961 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/gfx/GeckoLayerClient.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/gfx/GeckoLayerClient.java
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ public class GeckoLayerClient implements GeckoEventResponder,
             // a full viewport update, which is fine because if browser.js has somehow moved to
             // be out of sync with this first-paint viewport, then we force them back in sync.
             mLayerController.abortPanZoomAnimation();
-            mLayerController.getView().setPaintState(LayerView.PAINT_BEFORE_FIRST);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/gfx/LayerRenderer.java b/mobile/android/base/gfx/LayerRenderer.java
index 76718b1bb399..3d6249d74e24 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/gfx/LayerRenderer.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/gfx/LayerRenderer.java
@@ -680,16 +680,6 @@ public class LayerRenderer implements GLSurfaceView.Renderer {
                     pixelBuffer.notify();
                 }
             }
-
-            // Remove white screen once we've painted
-            if (mView.getPaintState() == LayerView.PAINT_BEFORE_FIRST) {
-                GeckoAppShell.getMainHandler().postAtFrontOfQueue(new Runnable() {
-                    public void run() {
-                        mView.setBackgroundColor(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT);
-                    }
-                });
-                mView.setPaintState(LayerView.PAINT_AFTER_FIRST);
-            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/gfx/LayerView.java b/mobile/android/base/gfx/LayerView.java
index 0a3501fd2d57..17367598a096 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/gfx/LayerView.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/gfx/LayerView.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 
 package org.mozilla.gecko.gfx;
 
-import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoAppShell;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoInputConnection;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.FloatSize;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.gfx.InputConnectionHandler;
@@ -78,14 +77,6 @@ public class LayerView extends FlexibleGLSurfaceView {
     private static String LOGTAG = "GeckoLayerView";
     /* List of events to be processed if the page does not prevent them. Should only be touched on the main thread */
     private LinkedList<MotionEvent> mEventQueue = new LinkedList<MotionEvent>();
-    /* Must be a PAINT_xxx constant */
-    private int mPaintState = PAINT_NONE;
-
-    /* Flags used to determine when to show the painted surface. The integer
-     * order must correspond to the order in which these states occur. */
-    public static final int PAINT_NONE = 0;
-    public static final int PAINT_BEFORE_FIRST = 1;
-    public static final int PAINT_AFTER_FIRST = 2;
 
 
     public LayerView(Context context, LayerController controller) {
@@ -246,17 +237,5 @@ public class LayerView extends FlexibleGLSurfaceView {
     public LayerRenderer getLayerRenderer() {
         return mRenderer;
     }
-    
-    /* paintState must be a PAINT_xxx constant. The state will only be changed
-     * if paintState represents a state that occurs after the current state. */
-    public void setPaintState(int paintState) {
-        if (paintState > mPaintState) {
-            mPaintState = paintState;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public int getPaintState() {
-        return mPaintState;
-    }
 }
 
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/gfx/PlaceholderLayerClient.java b/mobile/android/base/gfx/PlaceholderLayerClient.java
index 286549de2b41..17290eb25d2d 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/gfx/PlaceholderLayerClient.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/gfx/PlaceholderLayerClient.java
@@ -79,6 +79,25 @@ public class PlaceholderLayerClient {
         } else {
             mViewport = new ViewportMetrics();
         }
+        loadScreenshot();
+
+
+        if (mViewportUnknown)
+            mViewport.setViewport(mLayerController.getViewport());
+        mLayerController.setViewportMetrics(mViewport);
+
+        BufferedCairoImage image = new BufferedCairoImage(mBuffer, mWidth, mHeight, mFormat);
+        SingleTileLayer tileLayer = new SingleTileLayer(image);
+
+        tileLayer.beginTransaction();   // calling thread irrelevant; nobody else has a ref to tileLayer yet
+        try {
+            Point origin = PointUtils.round(mViewport.getOrigin());
+            tileLayer.setPosition(new Rect(origin.x, origin.y, origin.x + mWidth, origin.y + mHeight));
+        } finally {
+            tileLayer.endTransaction();
+        }
+
+        mLayerController.setRoot(tileLayer);
     }
 
     public void destroy() {
@@ -88,7 +107,7 @@ public class PlaceholderLayerClient {
         }
     }
 
-    public boolean loadScreenshot() {
+    boolean loadScreenshot() {
         if (GeckoApp.mAppContext.mLastScreen == null)
             return false;
 
@@ -112,18 +131,6 @@ public class PlaceholderLayerClient {
             mLayerController.setPageSize(mViewport.getPageSize());
         }
 
-        BufferedCairoImage image = new BufferedCairoImage(mBuffer, mWidth, mHeight, mFormat);
-        SingleTileLayer tileLayer = new SingleTileLayer(image);
-
-        tileLayer.beginTransaction();   // calling thread irrelevant; nobody else has a ref to tileLayer yet
-        try {
-            Point origin = PointUtils.round(mViewport.getOrigin());
-            tileLayer.setPosition(new Rect(origin.x, origin.y, origin.x + mWidth, origin.y + mHeight));
-        } finally {
-            tileLayer.endTransaction();
-        }
-
-        mLayerController.setRoot(tileLayer);
         return true;
     }
 }