diff --git a/egui_demo_lib/src/demo/demo_app_windows.rs b/egui_demo_lib/src/demo/demo_app_windows.rs
index 05da20d45..23bc56d20 100644
--- a/egui_demo_lib/src/demo/demo_app_windows.rs
+++ b/egui_demo_lib/src/demo/demo_app_windows.rs
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ impl DemoWindows {
 
     fn mobile_ui(&mut self, ctx: &Context) {
         if self.about_is_open {
-            egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ctx, |_ui| {}); // just to paint a background for the windows to be on top of. Needed on web because of https://github.com/emilk/egui/issues/1548
-
             let screen_size = ctx.input().screen_rect.size();
             let default_width = (screen_size.x - 20.0).min(400.0);
 
@@ -276,7 +274,6 @@ impl DemoWindows {
 
     /// Show the open windows.
     fn show_windows(&mut self, ctx: &Context) {
-        egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ctx, |_ui| {}); // just to paint a background for the windows to be on top of. Needed on web because of https://github.com/emilk/egui/issues/1548
         self.about.show(ctx, &mut self.about_is_open);
         self.demos.windows(ctx);
         self.tests.windows(ctx);
diff --git a/egui_glow/src/painter.rs b/egui_glow/src/painter.rs
index e63991283..1aa7bcf4c 100644
--- a/egui_glow/src/painter.rs
+++ b/egui_glow/src/painter.rs
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ impl Painter {
         (width_in_pixels, height_in_pixels)
     }
 
+    /// You are expected to have cleared the color buffer before calling this.
     pub fn paint_and_update_textures(
         &mut self,
         screen_size_px: [u32; 2],
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@ impl Painter {
     }
 
     /// Main entry-point for painting a frame.
+    ///
     /// You should call `target.clear_color(..)` before
     /// and `target.finish()` after this.
     ///
@@ -339,6 +341,11 @@ impl Painter {
             unsafe {
                 post_process.begin(screen_size_px[0] as i32, screen_size_px[1] as i32);
                 post_process.bind();
+                self.gl.disable(glow::SCISSOR_TEST);
+                self.gl
+                    .viewport(0, 0, screen_size_px[0] as i32, screen_size_px[1] as i32);
+                // use the same clear-color as was set for the screen framebuffer.
+                self.gl.clear(glow::COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
             }
         }
         let size_in_pixels = unsafe { self.prepare_painting(screen_size_px, pixels_per_point) };