diff --git a/src/video/SDL_surface.c b/src/video/SDL_surface.c
index 3cc685c086dfb3..343e7042fbbaa8 100644
--- a/src/video/SDL_surface.c
+++ b/src/video/SDL_surface.c
@@ -1590,8 +1590,7 @@ SDL_Surface *SDL_ConvertSurfaceAndColorspace(SDL_Surface *surface, SDL_PixelForm
 
     /* Enable alpha blending by default if the new surface has an
      * alpha channel or alpha modulation */
-    if ((SDL_ISPIXELFORMAT_ALPHA(surface->format) && SDL_ISPIXELFORMAT_ALPHA(format)) ||
-        (palette_has_alpha && SDL_ISPIXELFORMAT_ALPHA(format)) ||
+    if (SDL_ISPIXELFORMAT_ALPHA(format) ||
         (copy_flags & SDL_COPY_MODULATE_ALPHA)) {
         SDL_SetSurfaceBlendMode(convert, SDL_BLENDMODE_BLEND);
     }