diff --git a/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx b/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
index 626ba5b1d2..9b99bd127d 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.cxx
@@ -145,11 +145,9 @@ reset() {
   _normals_enabled = false;
 
   //Color and alpha transform variables
-  _color_transform_enabled = false;
-  _alpha_transform_enabled = false;
-  _current_color_mat = LMatrix4f::ident_mat();
-  _current_alpha_offset = 0;
-  _current_alpha_scale = 1;
+  _color_transform_enabled = 0;
+  _current_color_offset.set(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
+  _current_color_scale.set(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
 
   _color_write_mode = ColorWriteAttrib::M_on;
   _color_blend_mode = ColorBlendAttrib::M_none;
@@ -674,27 +672,12 @@ issue_transform(const TransformState *) {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void GraphicsStateGuardian::
 issue_color_scale(const ColorScaleAttrib *attrib) {
-  const LVecBase4f &scale = attrib->get_scale();
+  _current_color_scale = attrib->get_scale();
 
-  // For now, we set a full-featured matrix, even though we only use
-  // the scale part of it.  Soon we will strip this down.
-  LVecBase3f color_scale(scale[0], scale[1], scale[2]);
-  float alpha_scale = scale[3];
-
-  _current_color_mat = LMatrix4f::scale_mat(color_scale);
-  _current_alpha_offset= 0.0f;
-  _current_alpha_scale = alpha_scale;
-
-  if (color_scale == LVecBase3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)) {
-    _color_transform_enabled = false;
+  if (_current_color_scale == LVecBase4f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)) {
+    _color_transform_enabled &= ~CT_scale;
   } else {
-    _color_transform_enabled = true;
-  }
-
-  if (_current_alpha_scale == 1.0f) {
-    _alpha_transform_enabled = false;
-  } else {
-    _alpha_transform_enabled = true;
+    _color_transform_enabled |= CT_scale;
   }
 
   _scene_graph_color_stale = _has_scene_graph_color;
diff --git a/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.h b/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.h
index f5cb5af889..76c15bf83f 100644
--- a/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.h
+++ b/panda/src/display/graphicsStateGuardian.h
@@ -247,11 +247,13 @@ protected:
   bool _vertex_colors_enabled;
   bool _lighting_enabled;
 
-  bool _color_transform_enabled;
-  bool _alpha_transform_enabled;
-  LMatrix4f _current_color_mat;
-  float _current_alpha_offset;
-  float _current_alpha_scale;
+  enum ColorTransform {
+    CT_offset  = 0x01,
+    CT_scale   = 0x02,
+  };
+  int _color_transform_enabled;  // Zero or more of ColorTransform bits, above.
+  LVecBase4f _current_color_offset;
+  LVecBase4f _current_color_scale;
 
   ColorWriteAttrib::Mode _color_write_mode;
   ColorBlendAttrib::Mode _color_blend_mode;
diff --git a/panda/src/dxgsg/dxGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx b/panda/src/dxgsg/dxGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
index 3af666f6ce..929dbfc428 100644
--- a/panda/src/dxgsg/dxGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/dxgsg/dxGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@
 
 #include <mmsystem.h>
 
-// This is a temporary hack.  The whole color_transform and
-// alpha_transform system will soon be replaced with something a
-// little smaller.  Until then, we'll just define this macro to
-// simulate the variable that used to be cached within the GSG.
-#define _color_transform_required (_color_transform_enabled || _alpha_transform_enabled)
-
-
 // print out simple drawprim stats every few secs
 //#define COUNT_DRAWPRIMS
 
@@ -515,14 +508,6 @@ dx_init( void) {
 #endif
     _pCurTexContext = NULL;
 
-    //Color and alpha transform variables
-    _color_transform_enabled = false;
-    _alpha_transform_enabled = false;
-
-    _current_color_mat = LMatrix4f::ident_mat();
-    _current_alpha_offset = 0;
-    _current_alpha_scale = 1;
-
     // none of these are implemented
     //_multisample_enabled = false;
     //_point_smooth_enabled = false;
@@ -1284,16 +1269,12 @@ typedef enum {
 
 INLINE void DXGraphicsStateGuardian::
 transform_color(Colorf &InColor,D3DCOLOR &OutRGBAColor) {
-  // To be truly general, we really need a 5x5 matrix to transform a
-  // 4-component color.  Rather than messing with that, we instead
-  // treat the color as a 3-component RGB, which can be transformed by
-  // the ordinary 4x4 matrix, and a separate alpha value, which can be
-  // scaled and offsetted.
-
-    LPoint4f temp_pnt(InColor[0], InColor[1], InColor[2], 1.0f);
-    Colorf out_color = temp_pnt * _current_color_mat;  // maybe expand this out for efficiency
-    out_color[3] = (InColor[3] * _current_alpha_scale) + _current_alpha_offset;
-    OutRGBAColor = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(out_color);
+  Colorf transformed
+    ((InColor[0] * _current_color_scale[0]) + _current_color_offset[0],
+     (InColor[1] * _current_color_scale[1]) + _current_color_offset[1],
+     (InColor[2] * _current_color_scale[2]) + _current_color_offset[2],
+     (InColor[3] * _current_color_scale[3]) + _current_color_offset[3]);
+  OutRGBAColor = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(InColor);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -1318,7 +1299,7 @@ draw_prim_setup(const Geom *geom) {
 #define GET_NEXT_TEXCOORD() { p_texcoord = geom->get_next_texcoord(ti); }
 #define GET_NEXT_COLOR() {                                                           \
     Colorf tempcolor = geom->get_next_color(ci);                                     \
-    if(!_color_transform_required) {                                                 \
+    if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {                                                 \
         _curD3Dcolor = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(tempcolor);                                \
     } else {                                                                         \
         transform_color(tempcolor,_curD3Dcolor);                                     \
@@ -1355,10 +1336,10 @@ draw_prim_setup(const Geom *geom) {
         if (_has_scene_graph_color) {
             if (_scene_graph_color_stale) {
               // Compute the D3DCOLOR for the scene graph override color.
-              if(_color_transform_required) {
-                transform_color(_scene_graph_color, _scene_graph_color_D3DCOLOR);
-              } else {
+              if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
                 _scene_graph_color_D3DCOLOR = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(_scene_graph_color);
+              } else {
+                transform_color(_scene_graph_color, _scene_graph_color_D3DCOLOR);
               }
               _scene_graph_color_stale = false;
             }
@@ -1658,17 +1639,18 @@ draw_point(GeomPoint *geom, GeomContext *gc) {
             // BUGBUG: eventually this hack every-frame all-colors conversion needs
             // to be done only once as part of a vertex buffer
 
-            if(_color_transform_required) {
-                for (int i=0;i<nPrims;i++) {
-                    D3DCOLOR RGBA_color;
-                    transform_color(colors[i],RGBA_color);
-                    add_DWORD_to_FVFBuf(RGBA_color);
-                }
-            } else
-             for (int i=0;i<nPrims;i++) {
+            if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
+              for (int i=0;i<nPrims;i++) {
                 Colorf out_color=colors[i];
                 add_DWORD_to_FVFBuf(Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(out_color));
-             }
+              }
+            } else {
+              for (int i=0;i<nPrims;i++) {
+                D3DCOLOR RGBA_color;
+                transform_color(colors[i],RGBA_color);
+                add_DWORD_to_FVFBuf(RGBA_color);
+              }
+            }
         }
 
         if (_curFVFflags & D3DFVF_TEXCOUNT_MASK) {
@@ -2591,7 +2573,7 @@ draw_tri(GeomTri *geom, GeomContext *gc) {
                 if (NeededShadeMode!=D3DSHADE_FLAT) {
                     // but if lighting enabled, we need to color every vert since shading will be GOURAUD
 
-                    if(!_color_transform_required) {
+                    if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
                         for (uint i=0;i<nPrims;i++,pInColor++,pOutColor+=dwVertsperPrim) {
                             D3DCOLOR newcolr = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(*pInColor);
                             *pOutColor     = newcolr;
@@ -2612,7 +2594,7 @@ draw_tri(GeomTri *geom, GeomContext *gc) {
                     // dont write 2nd,3rd colors in output buffer, these are not used in flat shading
                     // MAKE SURE ShadeMode never set to GOURAUD after this!
 
-                    if(!_color_transform_required) {
+                    if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
                         for (uint i=0;i<nPrims;i++,pInColor++,pOutColor+=dwVertsperPrim) {
                             *pOutColor = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(*pInColor);
                         }
@@ -2628,7 +2610,7 @@ draw_tri(GeomTri *geom, GeomContext *gc) {
                 // want to do this conversion once in retained mode
                 DWORD cNumColors=nPrims*dwVertsperPrim;
 
-                    if(!_color_transform_required) {
+                    if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
                         for (uint i=0;i<cNumColors;i++,pInColor++,pOutColor++) {
                             *pOutColor = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(*pInColor);
                         }
@@ -2643,7 +2625,7 @@ draw_tri(GeomTri *geom, GeomContext *gc) {
 #endif
                 // copy the one global color in, set stride to 0
 
-                if(!_color_transform_required) {
+                if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
                     if (bDoGlobalSceneGraphColor) {
                         Colorf colr = _scene_graph_color;
                         *pConvertedColorArray = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(colr);
@@ -3025,7 +3007,7 @@ draw_multitri(Geom *geom, D3DPRIMITIVETYPE trilisttype) {
             if (ColorBinding==G_PER_VERTEX) {
                 NeededShadeMode = D3DSHADE_GOURAUD;
 
-                if(!_color_transform_required) {
+                if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
                     for (uint i=0;i<cTotalVerts;i++,pInColor++,pOutColor++) {
                         *pOutColor = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(*pInColor);
                     }
@@ -3041,7 +3023,7 @@ draw_multitri(Geom *geom, D3DPRIMITIVETYPE trilisttype) {
 
                 // could save 2 clr writes per strip/fan in flat shade mode but not going to bother here
 
-                if(!_color_transform_required) {
+                if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
                     for (uint j=0;j<nPrims;j++,pInColor++) {
                         D3DCOLOR lastcolr = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(*pInColor);
                         DWORD cStripLength=pLengthArr[j];
@@ -3114,7 +3096,7 @@ draw_multitri(Geom *geom, D3DPRIMITIVETYPE trilisttype) {
                     }                                                                        \
                   }
 
-                if(!_color_transform_required) {
+                if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
                   COMPONENT_COLOR_COPY_LOOPS(COLOR_CONVERT_COPY_STMT);
                 } else {
                   COMPONENT_COLOR_COPY_LOOPS(COLOR_CONVERT_XFORM_STMT);
@@ -3125,7 +3107,7 @@ draw_multitri(Geom *geom, D3DPRIMITIVETYPE trilisttype) {
 #endif
                 // copy the one global color in, set stride to 0
 
-                if(!_color_transform_required) {
+                if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
                     if (bDoGlobalSceneGraphColor) {
                         Colorf colr = _scene_graph_color();
                         *pConvertedColorArray = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(colr);
diff --git a/panda/src/dxgsg8/dxGraphicsStateGuardian8.cxx b/panda/src/dxgsg8/dxGraphicsStateGuardian8.cxx
index 08477c14ec..04860fb320 100644
--- a/panda/src/dxgsg8/dxGraphicsStateGuardian8.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/dxgsg8/dxGraphicsStateGuardian8.cxx
@@ -52,12 +52,6 @@
 #include "pStatCollector.h"
 #endif
 
-// This is a temporary hack.  The whole color_transform and
-// alpha_transform system will soon be replaced with something a
-// little smaller.  Until then, we'll just define this macro to
-// simulate the variable that used to be cached within the GSG.
-#define _color_transform_required (_color_transform_enabled || _alpha_transform_enabled)
-
 // disable nameless struct 'warning'
 #pragma warning (disable : 4201)
 
@@ -600,14 +594,6 @@ dx_init(HCURSOR hMouseCursor) {
 
     _pCurTexContext = NULL;
 
-    //Color and alpha transform variables
-    _color_transform_enabled = false;
-    _alpha_transform_enabled = false;
-
-    _current_color_mat = LMatrix4f::ident_mat();
-    _current_alpha_offset = 0.0f;
-    _current_alpha_scale = 1.0f;
-
     _line_smooth_enabled = false;
     scrn.pD3DDevice->SetRenderState(D3DRS_EDGEANTIALIAS, false);
 
@@ -1407,16 +1393,12 @@ typedef enum {
 
 INLINE void DXGraphicsStateGuardian::
 transform_color(Colorf &InColor,D3DCOLOR &OutRGBAColor) {
-  // To be truly general, we really need a 5x5 matrix to transform a
-  // 4-component color.  Rather than messing with that, we instead
-  // treat the color as a 3-component RGB, which can be transformed by
-  // the ordinary 4x4 matrix, and a separate alpha value, which can be
-  // scaled and offsetted.
-
-    LPoint4f temp_pnt(InColor[0], InColor[1], InColor[2], 1.0f);
-    Colorf out_color = temp_pnt * _current_color_mat;  // maybe expand this out for efficiency
-    out_color[3] = (InColor[3] * _current_alpha_scale) + _current_alpha_offset;
-    OutRGBAColor = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(out_color);
+  Colorf transformed
+    ((InColor[0] * _current_color_scale[0]) + _current_color_offset[0],
+     (InColor[1] * _current_color_scale[1]) + _current_color_offset[1],
+     (InColor[2] * _current_color_scale[2]) + _current_color_offset[2],
+     (InColor[3] * _current_color_scale[3]) + _current_color_offset[3]);
+  OutRGBAColor = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(InColor);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -1441,7 +1423,7 @@ draw_prim_setup(const Geom *geom) {
 #define GET_NEXT_TEXCOORD() { p_texcoord = geom->get_next_texcoord(ti); }
 #define GET_NEXT_COLOR() {                                                           \
     Colorf tempcolor = geom->get_next_color(ci);                                     \
-    if(!_color_transform_required) {                                                 \
+    if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {                                                 \
         _curD3Dcolor = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(tempcolor);                                \
     } else {                                                                         \
         transform_color(tempcolor,_curD3Dcolor);                                     \
@@ -1478,10 +1460,10 @@ draw_prim_setup(const Geom *geom) {
         if (_has_scene_graph_color) {
             if (_scene_graph_color_stale) {
               // Compute the D3DCOLOR for the scene graph override color.
-              if(_color_transform_required) {
-                transform_color(_scene_graph_color, _scene_graph_color_D3DCOLOR);
-              } else {
+              if(_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
                 _scene_graph_color_D3DCOLOR = Colorf_to_D3DCOLOR(_scene_graph_color);
+              } else {
+                transform_color(_scene_graph_color, _scene_graph_color_D3DCOLOR);
               }
               _scene_graph_color_stale = false;
             }
diff --git a/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.I b/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.I
index 4d11d7aeb2..ce1f49aff1 100644
--- a/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.I
+++ b/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.I
@@ -1000,43 +1000,12 @@ enable_polygon_offset(bool val) {
   }
 }
 
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: GLGraphicsStateGuardian::get_current_color_mat
-//       Access:
-//  Description:
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-INLINE const LMatrix4f &GLGraphicsStateGuardian::
-get_current_color_mat() const {
-  return _current_color_mat;
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: GLGraphicsStateGuardian::get_current_alpha_offset
-//       Access:
-//  Description:
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-INLINE const float &GLGraphicsStateGuardian::
-get_current_alpha_offset() const {
-  return _current_alpha_offset;
-}
-
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//     Function: GLGraphicsStateGuardian::get_current_alpha_scale
-//       Access:
-//  Description:
-////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-INLINE const float &GLGraphicsStateGuardian::
-get_current_alpha_scale() const {
-  return _current_alpha_scale;
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //     Function: GLGraphicsStateGuardian::get_light_id
 //       Access: Public
 //  Description: Convert index to gl light id
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-INLINE GLenum GLGraphicsStateGuardian::get_light_id(int index) const
-{
+INLINE GLenum GLGraphicsStateGuardian::get_light_id(int index) const {
   return GL_LIGHT0 + index;
 }
 
@@ -1047,20 +1016,7 @@ INLINE GLenum GLGraphicsStateGuardian::get_light_id(int index) const
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 INLINE GLenum GLGraphicsStateGuardian::
 get_clip_plane_id(int index) const {
-  switch(index) {
-    case 0: return GL_CLIP_PLANE0;
-    case 1: return GL_CLIP_PLANE1;
-    case 2: return GL_CLIP_PLANE2;
-    case 3: return GL_CLIP_PLANE3;
-    case 4: return GL_CLIP_PLANE4;
-    case 5: return GL_CLIP_PLANE5;
-    default:
-      glgsg_cat.error()
-        << "get_clip_plane_id() - we don't currently support ids "
-        << "> 5" << endl;
-      break;
-  }
-  return GL_CLIP_PLANE0;
+  return GL_CLIP_PLANE0 + index;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx b/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
index 580599693d..be078a30a0 100644
--- a/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.cxx
@@ -498,10 +498,9 @@ draw_point(GeomPoint *geom, GeomContext *) {
 
   GeomIssuer::IssueColor *issue_color;
 
-  if (!_color_transform_enabled && !_alpha_transform_enabled) {
+  if (_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
     issue_color = issue_color_gl;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     issue_color = issue_transformed_color_gl;
   }
 
@@ -559,10 +558,9 @@ draw_line(GeomLine *geom, GeomContext *) {
 
   GeomIssuer::IssueColor *issue_color;
 
-  if (!_color_transform_enabled && !_alpha_transform_enabled) {
+  if (_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
     issue_color = issue_color_gl;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     issue_color = issue_transformed_color_gl;
   }
 
@@ -628,10 +626,9 @@ draw_linestrip(GeomLinestrip *geom, GeomContext *) {
 
   GeomIssuer::IssueColor *issue_color;
 
-  if (!_color_transform_enabled && !_alpha_transform_enabled) {
+  if (_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
     issue_color = issue_color_gl;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     issue_color = issue_transformed_color_gl;
   }
 
@@ -990,10 +987,9 @@ draw_polygon(GeomPolygon *geom, GeomContext *) {
 
   GeomIssuer::IssueColor *issue_color;
 
-  if (!_color_transform_enabled && !_alpha_transform_enabled) {
+  if (_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
     issue_color = issue_color_gl;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     issue_color = issue_transformed_color_gl;
   }
 
@@ -1071,10 +1067,9 @@ draw_tri(GeomTri *geom, GeomContext *) {
 
   GeomIssuer::IssueColor *issue_color;
 
-  if (!_color_transform_enabled && !_alpha_transform_enabled) {
+  if (_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
     issue_color = issue_color_gl;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     issue_color = issue_transformed_color_gl;
   }
 
@@ -1150,10 +1145,9 @@ draw_quad(GeomQuad *geom, GeomContext *) {
 
   GeomIssuer::IssueColor *issue_color;
 
-  if (!_color_transform_enabled && !_alpha_transform_enabled) {
+  if (_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
     issue_color = issue_color_gl;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     issue_color = issue_transformed_color_gl;
   }
 
@@ -1228,10 +1222,9 @@ draw_tristrip(GeomTristrip *geom, GeomContext *) {
 
   GeomIssuer::IssueColor *issue_color;
 
-  if (!_color_transform_enabled && !_alpha_transform_enabled) {
+  if (_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
     issue_color = issue_color_gl;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     issue_color = issue_transformed_color_gl;
   }
 
@@ -1327,10 +1320,9 @@ draw_trifan(GeomTrifan *geom, GeomContext *) {
 
   GeomIssuer::IssueColor *issue_color;
 
-  if (!_color_transform_enabled && !_alpha_transform_enabled) {
+  if (_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
     issue_color = issue_color_gl;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     issue_color = issue_transformed_color_gl;
   }
 
@@ -1424,10 +1416,9 @@ draw_sphere(GeomSphere *geom, GeomContext *) {
 
   GeomIssuer::IssueColor *issue_color;
 
-  if (!_color_transform_enabled && !_alpha_transform_enabled) {
+  if (_color_transform_enabled == 0) {
     issue_color = issue_color_gl;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
     issue_color = issue_transformed_color_gl;
   }
 
@@ -3361,22 +3352,12 @@ print_gfx_visual() {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void GLGraphicsStateGuardian::
 issue_transformed_color(const Colorf &color) const {
-  // To be truly general, we really need a 5x5 matrix to transform a
-  // 4-component color.  Rather than messing with that, we instead
-  // treat the color as a 3-component RGB, which can be transformed by
-  // the ordinary 4x4 matrix, and a separate alpha value, which can be
-  // scaled and offsetted.
-  LPoint3f temp(color[0], color[1], color[2]);
-  temp = temp * get_current_color_mat();
-  float alpha = (color[3] * get_current_alpha_scale()) +
-    get_current_alpha_offset();
+  Colorf transformed
+    ((color[0] * _current_color_scale[0]) + _current_color_offset[0],
+     (color[1] * _current_color_scale[1]) + _current_color_offset[1],
+     (color[2] * _current_color_scale[2]) + _current_color_offset[2],
+     (color[3] * _current_color_scale[3]) + _current_color_offset[3]);
 
-  Colorf transformed(temp[0], temp[1], temp[2], alpha);
-
-  //   glgsg_cat.debug() << "Issuing color " << transformed << "\n";
-  //   glgsg_cat.debug() << "\tTransformed by " << get_current_color_mat() << "\n";
-  //   glgsg_cat.debug() << "\tAlpha Transformed by " << get_current_alpha_offset() << " "
-  //                     << get_current_alpha_scale() << "\n";
   glColor4fv(transformed.get_data());
 }
 
diff --git a/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.h b/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.h
index 6d60b52f85..eb363b0a64 100644
--- a/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.h
+++ b/panda/src/glgsg/glGraphicsStateGuardian.h
@@ -144,11 +144,6 @@ public:
   //enabled/disable GL State compared to what GL says it is
   void dump_state(void);
 
-  //Methods for extracting the current color and alpha transformations
-  INLINE const LMatrix4f &get_current_color_mat() const;
-  INLINE const float &get_current_alpha_offset() const;
-  INLINE const float &get_current_alpha_scale() const;
-
   void issue_transformed_color(const Colorf &color) const;
 
 protected: