diff --git a/internal/widget/shadowing_renderer_test.go b/internal/widget/shadowing_renderer_test.go
index e37f6e28fd..2e8fbac11a 100644
--- a/internal/widget/shadowing_renderer_test.go
+++ b/internal/widget/shadowing_renderer_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func TestShadowingRenderer_Objects(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		"with shadow": {
 			12,
-			[]fyne.CanvasObject{w.NewShadow(w.ShadowAround, 12)},
+			[]fyne.CanvasObject{},
 		},
 		"without shadow": {
 			0,
@@ -26,13 +26,18 @@ func TestShadowingRenderer_Objects(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for name, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			shadowIndex := 0
+			if tt.level > 0 {
+				shadowIndex = 1 // Shadow pointers are not the same. Avoid comparing.
+			}
+
 			objects := []fyne.CanvasObject{widget.NewLabel("A"), widget.NewLabel("B")}
 			r := w.NewShadowingRenderer(objects, tt.level)
-			assert.Equal(t, append(tt.wantPrependedObjects, objects...), r.Objects())
+			assert.Equal(t, append(tt.wantPrependedObjects, objects...), r.Objects()[shadowIndex:])
 
 			otherObjects := []fyne.CanvasObject{widget.NewLabel("X"), widget.NewLabel("Y")}
 			r.SetObjects(otherObjects)
-			assert.Equal(t, append(tt.wantPrependedObjects, otherObjects...), r.Objects())
+			assert.Equal(t, append(tt.wantPrependedObjects, otherObjects...), r.Objects()[shadowIndex:])
 		})
 	}
 }