diff --git a/src_c/simd_blitters_sse2.c b/src_c/simd_blitters_sse2.c
index 77f1330327..3696b2391f 100644
--- a/src_c/simd_blitters_sse2.c
+++ b/src_c/simd_blitters_sse2.c
@@ -345,8 +345,6 @@ alphablit_alpha_sse2_argb_no_surf_alpha(SDL_BlitInfo *info)
                     mm_src_alpha = _mm_and_si128(mm_src, mm_alpha_mask);
                     mm_dst_alpha = _mm_and_si128(mm_dst, mm_alpha_mask);
 
-                    __m128i mask = _mm_cmpeq_epi32(mm_dst_alpha, mm_zero);
-
                     mm_src_alpha = _mm_srli_si128(mm_src_alpha, 3);
                     mm_dst_alpha = _mm_srli_si128(mm_dst_alpha, 3);
                     mm_res_a = _mm_add_epi16(mm_src_alpha, mm_dst_alpha);
@@ -400,9 +398,6 @@ alphablit_alpha_sse2_argb_no_surf_alpha(SDL_BlitInfo *info)
                     mm_res_pixels = _mm_and_si128(mm_res_pixels, mm_rgb_mask);
                     mm_res_pixels = _mm_or_si128(mm_res_pixels, mm_res_a);
 
-                    mm_res_pixels =
-                        pg_mm_blendv_epi8(mm_res_pixels, mm_src, mask);
-
                     _mm_storeu_si128(dstp128, mm_res_pixels);
                     srcp128++;
                     dstp128++;