diff --git a/compositor/main.c b/compositor/main.c
index cd1978da..550f8ceb 100644
--- a/compositor/main.c
+++ b/compositor/main.c
@@ -1290,29 +1290,6 @@ wet_output_set_transform(struct weston_output *output,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int
-wet_output_set_renderer_shadow(struct weston_output *output,
-			       struct weston_config_section *section)
-{
-	bool use_shadow = false;
-
-	if (section) {
-		weston_config_section_get_bool(section,
-					       "use-renderer-shadow",
-					       &use_shadow, false);
-	}
-
-	if (use_shadow) {
-		if (!weston_output_set_renderer_shadow_buffer(output)) {
-			weston_log("Output \"%s\" does not support use-renderer-shadow.\n",
-				   output->name);
-			return -1;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void
 allow_content_protection(struct weston_output *output,
 			struct weston_config_section *section)
@@ -1830,9 +1807,6 @@ drm_backend_output_configure(struct weston_output *output,
 
 	allow_content_protection(output, section);
 
-	if (wet_output_set_renderer_shadow(output, section) < 0)
-		return -1;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2643,12 +2617,6 @@ headless_backend_output_configure(struct weston_output *output)
 		.scale = 1,
 		.transform = WL_OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_NORMAL
 	};
-	struct weston_config *wc = wet_get_config(output->compositor);
-	struct weston_config_section *section;
-
-	section = weston_config_get_section(wc, "output", "name", output->name);
-	if (wet_output_set_renderer_shadow(output, section) < 0)
-		return -1;
 
 	return wet_configure_windowed_output_from_config(output, &defaults);
 }
diff --git a/man/weston.ini.man b/man/weston.ini.man
index d8efa7ab..515995d8 100644
--- a/man/weston.ini.man
+++ b/man/weston.ini.man
@@ -565,19 +565,6 @@ A comma separated list of the IDs of applications to place on this output.
 These IDs should match the application IDs as set with the xdg_shell.set_app_id
 request. Currently, this option is supported by kiosk-shell.
 .RE
-.TP 7
-.BI "use-renderer-shadow=" boolean
-Use a shadow framebuffer enabling two-pass composition for possible color
-mangling operations. This is an experimental feature that is only available
-on GL-renderer combined with headless or DRM backend. Setting this to true may
-turn on various composite rendering effects and/or stop composite-bypass in
-DRM-backend.
-
-.I Only for developer testing.
-
-Defaults to
-.BR false .
-.RE
 .SH "INPUT-METHOD SECTION"
 .TP 7
 .BI "path=" "@weston_libexecdir@/weston-keyboard"
diff --git a/tests/color-manager-test.c b/tests/color-manager-test.c
index 337b3d7e..2045573e 100644
--- a/tests/color-manager-test.c
+++ b/tests/color-manager-test.c
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ fixture_setup(struct weston_test_harness *harness)
 
 	weston_ini_setup(&setup,
 			 cfgln("[core]"),
-			 cfgln("color-management=true"),
-			 cfgln("[output]"),
-			 cfgln("name=headless"),
-			 cfgln("use-renderer-shadow=true"));
+			 cfgln("color-management=true"));
 
 	return weston_test_harness_execute_as_client(harness, &setup);
 }