diff --git a/src/nodes/QskShapeNode.cpp b/src/nodes/QskShapeNode.cpp
index fc6b5f9a..af973f1a 100644
--- a/src/nodes/QskShapeNode.cpp
+++ b/src/nodes/QskShapeNode.cpp
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ QSK_QT_PRIVATE_BEGIN
 #include <private/qtriangulator_p.h>
 QSK_QT_PRIVATE_END
 
+#if 0
+
+// keeping the index list
 static void qskUpdateGeometry( const QPainterPath& path,
     const QTransform& transform, QSGGeometry& geometry )
 {
     const auto ts = qTriangulate( path, transform, 1, false );
 
-#if 1
     geometry.allocate( ts.vertices.size(), ts.indices.size() );
 
     auto vertexData = reinterpret_cast< float* >( geometry.vertexData() );
@@ -29,11 +31,22 @@ static void qskUpdateGeometry( const QPainterPath& path,
 
     memcpy( geometry.indexData(), ts.indices.data(),
         ts.indices.size() * sizeof( quint16 ) );
-#else
+}
+
+#endif
+
+static void qskUpdateGeometry( const QPainterPath& path,
+    const QTransform& transform, QSGGeometry& geometry )
+{
+    const auto ts = qTriangulate( path, transform, 1, false );
+
     /*
+        The triangulation of a random path does not lead to index lists
+        that are substantially reducing the number of vertices.
+
         As we have to iterate over the vertex buffer to copy qreal to float
-        anyway we could reorder according to the index buffer and drop
-        the index buffer then ???
+        anyway we reorder according to the index buffer and drop
+        the index buffer. 
 
         QTriangleSet:
 
@@ -41,6 +54,7 @@ static void qskUpdateGeometry( const QPainterPath& path,
         QVector<qreal> vertices; // [x[0], y[0], x[1], y[1], x[2], ...]
         QVector<quint16> indices; // [i[0], j[0], k[0], i[1], j[1], k[1], i[2], ...]
      */
+
     const auto points = ts.vertices.constData();
     const auto indices = reinterpret_cast< const quint16* >( ts.indices.data() );
 
@@ -52,7 +66,6 @@ static void qskUpdateGeometry( const QPainterPath& path,
         const int j = 2 * indices[i];
         vertexData[i].set( points[j], points[j + 1] );
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 class QskShapeNodePrivate final : public QskFillNodePrivate