diff --git a/diffuse.fx b/diffuse.fx
index a3c3bf2fab..074229581a 100644
--- a/diffuse.fx
+++ b/diffuse.fx
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ float4 Palette_fp(FragmentIn f) : COLOR0 {
 technique low_quality {
 	pass p0 {
 		AlphaBlendEnable = false;
-		ZWriteEnable = true;
+		ZWriteEnable = false;
 		ZEnable = false;
 		CullMode = None;
 		VertexShader = compile vs_2_0 Simple_vp();
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ technique low_quality {
 technique high_quality {
 	pass p0	{
 		AlphaBlendEnable = true;
-		ZWriteEnable = true;
+		ZWriteEnable = false;
 		ZEnable = false;
 		CullMode = None;
 		VertexShader = compile vs_2_0 Simple_vp();
diff --git a/todo.todo b/todo.todo
index 56b54fee02..14a685f1e9 100644
--- a/todo.todo
+++ b/todo.todo
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ OpenRA
 	[ ] Palette hax for selection outlines. Basically, just hijack a palette entry that's not
 		getting used, and draw the selection borders into the SHP images using that color.
 		Then we double up the hardware palettes, and we can draw selection with no extra cost.
-		
-		(Except maybe losing any alpha=0 optimization the backend of the shader hardware does)
-	[ ] Time-to-build overlay on sidebar
 
 [ ] Console