--- xfce4-notifyd-0.2.4/xfce4-notifyd/xfce-notify-window.c	2013-04-21 16:42:08.000000000 +0200
+++ xfce-notify-window.c	2016-05-09 17:47:19.730137584 +0200
@@ -631,18 +631,9 @@
 
     window->expire_id = 0;
 
-    fade_transparent =
-        gdk_screen_is_composited(gtk_window_get_screen(GTK_WINDOW(window)));
-
-    if(fade_transparent) {
-        window->fade_id = g_timeout_add(FADE_CHANGE_TIMEOUT,
-                                        xfce_notify_window_fade_timeout,
-                                        window);
-    } else {
-        /* it might be 800ms early, but that's ok */
-        g_signal_emit(G_OBJECT(window), signals[SIG_CLOSED], 0,
-                      XFCE_NOTIFY_CLOSE_REASON_EXPIRED);
-    }
+    /* it might be 800ms early, but that's ok */
+    g_signal_emit(G_OBJECT(window), signals[SIG_CLOSED], 0,
+                    XFCE_NOTIFY_CLOSE_REASON_EXPIRED);
 
     return FALSE;
 }