diff --git a/image.go b/image.go
index e5d0047ec..5981efe73 100644
--- a/image.go
+++ b/image.go
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ type Image struct {
 	// See strings.Builder for similar examples.
 	addr *Image
 
-	// shareableImages is a set of shareable.Image sorted by the order of mipmap level.
-	// The level 0 image is a regular image and higher-level images are used for mipmap.
 	shareableImages []*shareable.Image
 
 	filter Filter
@@ -284,12 +282,7 @@ func (i *Image) DrawImage(img *Image, options *DrawImageOptions) error {
 		if w2 == 0 || h2 == 0 {
 			break
 		}
-		var s *shareable.Image
-		if img.shareableImages[0].IsVolatile() {
-			s = shareable.NewVolatileImage(w2, h2)
-		} else {
-			s = shareable.NewImage(w2, h2)
-		}
+		s := shareable.NewImage(w2, h2)
 		vs := src.QuadVertices(0, 0, w, h, 0.5, 0, 0, 0.5, 0, 0, nil)
 		is := graphicsutil.QuadIndices()
 		s.DrawImage(src, vs, is, opengl.CompositeModeCopy, graphics.FilterLinear)
diff --git a/internal/restorable/image.go b/internal/restorable/image.go
index 917b1a519..a2625dd28 100644
--- a/internal/restorable/image.go
+++ b/internal/restorable/image.go
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ func NewScreenFramebufferImage(width, height int) *Image {
 	return i
 }
 
-func (i *Image) IsVolatile() bool {
-	return i.volatile
-}
-
 // BasePixelsForTesting returns the image's basePixels for testing.
 func (i *Image) BasePixelsForTesting() []byte {
 	return i.basePixels
diff --git a/internal/shareable/shareable.go b/internal/shareable/shareable.go
index 21788106a..8e8ba13b2 100644
--- a/internal/shareable/shareable.go
+++ b/internal/shareable/shareable.go
@@ -323,16 +323,6 @@ func (i *Image) dispose(markDisposed bool) {
 	theBackends = append(theBackends[:index], theBackends[index+1:]...)
 }
 
-func (i *Image) IsVolatile() bool {
-	backendsM.Lock()
-	defer backendsM.Unlock()
-	if i.backend == nil {
-		// Not allocated yet. Only non-volatile images can do lazy allocation so far.
-		return false
-	}
-	return i.backend.restorable.IsVolatile()
-}
-
 func (i *Image) IsInvalidated() (bool, error) {
 	backendsM.Lock()
 	defer backendsM.Unlock()