diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index 05d722aa4f..b1a88c42da 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ vars = {
   'chromium_git': 'https://chromium.googlesource.com',
   'mojo_sdk_revision': '55352570f8c52ca1282dcfa26a4a32adc08495d6',
   'base_revision': '672b04e54b937ec899429a6bd5409c5a6300d151',
-  'skia_revision': '3ccf2e75ed92adb3c2c289e0cb95901d162df394',
+  'skia_revision': '8cc209111876b7c78b5ec577c9221d8ed5e21024',
 
   # Note: When updating the Dart revision, ensure that all entries that are
   # dependencies of dart are also updated
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/flow/raster_cache.cc b/engine/src/flutter/flow/raster_cache.cc
index ea86d6d14c..59dc8c4239 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/flow/raster_cache.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/flow/raster_cache.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static const int kRasterThreshold = 3;
 static bool isWorthRasterizing(SkPicture* picture) {
   // TODO(abarth): We should find a better heuristic here that lets us avoid
   // wasting memory on trivial layers that are easy to re-rasterize every frame.
-  return picture->approximateOpCount() > 10 || picture->hasText();
+  return picture->approximateOpCount() > 10;
 }
 
 #endif