--- a/gfx/2d/DrawTargetSkia.cpp
+++ b/gfx/2d/DrawTargetSkia.cpp
@@ -1256,23 +1256,17 @@ DrawTargetSkia::FillGlyphsWithCG(ScaledF
 
   Vector<CGGlyph,32> glyphs;
   Vector<CGPoint,32> positions;
   if (!SetupCGGlyphs(cgContext, aBuffer, glyphs, positions)) {
     ReturnCGContext(cgContext);
     return false;
   }
 
-  if (mPushedLayers.empty()) {
-    // Respect the font smoothing background color, but only if no layer is
-    // currently pushed, because this color usually describes what's under this
-    // DrawTarget, and not what's within this DrawTarget under the currently
-    // pushed layer.
-    SetFontSmoothingBackgroundColor(cgContext, mColorSpace, aRenderingOptions);
-  }
+  SetFontSmoothingBackgroundColor(cgContext, mColorSpace, aRenderingOptions);
   SetFontColor(cgContext, mColorSpace, aPattern);
 
   ScaledFontMac* macFont = static_cast<ScaledFontMac*>(aFont);
   if (ScaledFontMac::CTFontDrawGlyphsPtr != nullptr) {
     ScaledFontMac::CTFontDrawGlyphsPtr(macFont->mCTFont, glyphs.begin(),
                                        positions.begin(),
                                        aBuffer.mNumGlyphs, cgContext);
   } else {