diff --git a/docs/reference/gsk/gsk4-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gsk/gsk4-sections.txt
index 5daa4f43f6..7d1f88421d 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gsk/gsk4-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gsk/gsk4-sections.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ gsk_render_node_get_previous_sibling
 gsk_render_node_append_child
 gsk_render_node_get_n_children
 gsk_render_node_contains
-gsk_render_node_set_bounds
 gsk_render_node_set_transform
 gsk_render_node_set_opacity
 GskBlendMode
diff --git a/gsk/gskrendernode.c b/gsk/gskrendernode.c
index 0a93c33eb6..888fca65b4 100644
--- a/gsk/gskrendernode.c
+++ b/gsk/gskrendernode.c
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ gsk_render_node_new (const GskRenderNodeClass *node_class)
 
   self->ref_count = 1;
 
-  graphene_rect_init_from_rect (&self->bounds, graphene_rect_zero ());
-
   graphene_matrix_init_identity (&self->transform);
 
   self->opacity = 1.0;
@@ -479,36 +477,13 @@ gsk_render_node_get_n_children (GskRenderNode *node)
   return node->n_children;
 }
 
-/**
- * gsk_render_node_set_bounds:
- * @node: a #GskRenderNode
- * @bounds: (nullable): the boundaries of @node
- *
- * Sets the boundaries of @node, which describe the geometry of the
- * render node, and are used to clip the surface associated to it
- * when rendering.
- *
- * Since: 3.90
- */
-void
-gsk_render_node_set_bounds (GskRenderNode         *node,
-                            const graphene_rect_t *bounds)
-{
-  g_return_if_fail (GSK_IS_RENDER_NODE_TYPE (node, GSK_CONTAINER_NODE));
-  g_return_if_fail (node->is_mutable);
-
-  if (bounds == NULL)
-    graphene_rect_init_from_rect (&node->bounds, graphene_rect_zero ());
-  else
-    graphene_rect_init_from_rect (&node->bounds, bounds);
-}
-
 /**
  * gsk_render_node_get_bounds:
  * @node: a #GskRenderNode
  * @bounds: (out caller-allocates): return location for the boundaries
  *
- * Retrieves the boundaries set using gsk_render_node_set_bounds().
+ * Retrieves the boundaries of the @node. The node will not draw outside
+ * of its boundaries.
  *
  * Since: 3.90
  */
@@ -519,7 +494,7 @@ gsk_render_node_get_bounds (GskRenderNode   *node,
   g_return_if_fail (GSK_IS_RENDER_NODE (node));
   g_return_if_fail (bounds != NULL);
 
-  *bounds = node->bounds;
+  node->node_class->get_bounds (node, bounds);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/gsk/gskrendernode.h b/gsk/gskrendernode.h
index 32cbdb88f8..6e2c49cfb4 100644
--- a/gsk/gskrendernode.h
+++ b/gsk/gskrendernode.h
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ gboolean                gsk_render_node_contains                (GskRenderNode *
 								 GskRenderNode *descendant);
 
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_3_90
-void                    gsk_render_node_set_bounds              (GskRenderNode            *node,
-                                                                 const graphene_rect_t    *bounds);
-GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_3_90
 void                    gsk_render_node_set_transform           (GskRenderNode            *node,
                                                                  const graphene_matrix_t  *transform);
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_3_90
diff --git a/gsk/gskrendernodeimpl.c b/gsk/gskrendernodeimpl.c
index 288bacf637..267a81261d 100644
--- a/gsk/gskrendernodeimpl.c
+++ b/gsk/gskrendernodeimpl.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ struct _GskTextureNode
   GskRenderNode render_node;
 
   GskTexture *texture;
+  graphene_rect_t bounds;
 };
 
 static void
@@ -46,12 +47,22 @@ gsk_texture_node_make_immutable (GskRenderNode *node)
 {
 }
 
+static void
+gsk_texture_node_get_bounds (GskRenderNode   *node,
+                             graphene_rect_t *bounds)
+{
+  GskTextureNode *self = (GskTextureNode *) node;
+
+  graphene_rect_init_from_rect (bounds, &self->bounds); 
+}
+
 static const GskRenderNodeClass GSK_TEXTURE_NODE_CLASS = {
   GSK_TEXTURE_NODE,
   sizeof (GskTextureNode),
   "GskTextureNode",
   gsk_texture_node_finalize,
-  gsk_texture_node_make_immutable
+  gsk_texture_node_make_immutable,
+  gsk_texture_node_get_bounds
 };
 
 GskTexture *
@@ -81,18 +92,16 @@ gsk_texture_node_new (GskTexture            *texture,
                       const graphene_rect_t *bounds)
 {
   GskTextureNode *self;
-  GskRenderNode *node;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (GSK_IS_TEXTURE (texture), NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (bounds != NULL, NULL);
 
-  node = gsk_render_node_new (&GSK_TEXTURE_NODE_CLASS);
-  self = (GskTextureNode *) node;
+  self = (GskTextureNode *) gsk_render_node_new (&GSK_TEXTURE_NODE_CLASS);
 
   self->texture = gsk_texture_ref (texture);
-  graphene_rect_init_from_rect (&node->bounds, bounds);
+  graphene_rect_init_from_rect (&self->bounds, bounds);
 
-  return node;
+  return &self->render_node;
 }
 
 /*** GSK_CAIRO_NODE ***/
@@ -104,6 +113,7 @@ struct _GskCairoNode
   GskRenderNode render_node;
 
   cairo_surface_t *surface;
+  graphene_rect_t bounds;
 };
 
 static void
@@ -120,12 +130,22 @@ gsk_cairo_node_make_immutable (GskRenderNode *node)
 {
 }
 
+static void
+gsk_cairo_node_get_bounds (GskRenderNode   *node,
+                           graphene_rect_t *bounds)
+{
+  GskCairoNode *self = (GskCairoNode *) node;
+
+  graphene_rect_init_from_rect (bounds, &self->bounds); 
+}
+
 static const GskRenderNodeClass GSK_CAIRO_NODE_CLASS = {
   GSK_CAIRO_NODE,
   sizeof (GskCairoNode),
   "GskCairoNode",
   gsk_cairo_node_finalize,
-  gsk_cairo_node_make_immutable
+  gsk_cairo_node_make_immutable,
+  gsk_cairo_node_get_bounds
 };
 
 /*< private >
@@ -161,15 +181,15 @@ gsk_cairo_node_get_surface (GskRenderNode *node)
 GskRenderNode *
 gsk_cairo_node_new (const graphene_rect_t *bounds)
 {
-  GskRenderNode *node;
+  GskCairoNode *self;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (bounds != NULL, NULL);
 
-  node = gsk_render_node_new (&GSK_CAIRO_NODE_CLASS);
+  self = (GskCairoNode *) gsk_render_node_new (&GSK_CAIRO_NODE_CLASS);
 
-  graphene_rect_init_from_rect (&node->bounds, bounds);
+  graphene_rect_init_from_rect (&self->bounds, bounds);
 
-  return node;
+  return &self->render_node;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -199,8 +219,8 @@ gsk_cairo_node_get_draw_context (GskRenderNode *node,
   g_return_val_if_fail (node->is_mutable, NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (renderer == NULL || GSK_IS_RENDERER (renderer), NULL);
 
-  width = ceilf (node->bounds.size.width);
-  height = ceilf (node->bounds.size.height);
+  width = ceilf (self->bounds.size.width);
+  height = ceilf (self->bounds.size.height);
 
   if (width <= 0 || height <= 0)
     {
@@ -214,14 +234,14 @@ gsk_cairo_node_get_draw_context (GskRenderNode *node,
         {
           self->surface = gsk_renderer_create_cairo_surface (renderer,
                                                              CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32,
-                                                             ceilf (node->bounds.size.width),
-                                                             ceilf (node->bounds.size.height));
+                                                             ceilf (self->bounds.size.width),
+                                                             ceilf (self->bounds.size.height));
         }
       else
         {
           self->surface = cairo_image_surface_create (CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32,
-                                                      ceilf (node->bounds.size.width),
-                                                      ceilf (node->bounds.size.height));
+                                                      ceilf (self->bounds.size.width),
+                                                      ceilf (self->bounds.size.height));
         }
       res = cairo_create (self->surface);
     }
@@ -230,11 +250,11 @@ gsk_cairo_node_get_draw_context (GskRenderNode *node,
       res = cairo_create (self->surface);
     }
 
-  cairo_translate (res, -node->bounds.origin.x, -node->bounds.origin.y);
+  cairo_translate (res, -self->bounds.origin.x, -self->bounds.origin.y);
 
   cairo_rectangle (res,
-                   node->bounds.origin.x, node->bounds.origin.y,
-                   node->bounds.size.width, node->bounds.size.height);
+                   self->bounds.origin.x, self->bounds.origin.y,
+                   self->bounds.size.width, self->bounds.size.height);
   cairo_clip (res);
 
   if (GSK_DEBUG_CHECK (SURFACE))
@@ -245,8 +265,8 @@ gsk_cairo_node_get_draw_context (GskRenderNode *node,
         {
           cairo_save (res);
           cairo_rectangle (res,
-                           node->bounds.origin.x + 1, node->bounds.origin.y + 1,
-                           node->bounds.size.width - 2, node->bounds.size.height - 2);
+                           self->bounds.origin.x + 1, self->bounds.origin.y + 1,
+                           self->bounds.size.width - 2, self->bounds.size.height - 2);
           cairo_set_line_width (res, 2);
           cairo_set_source_rgb (res, 1, 0, 0);
           cairo_stroke (res);
@@ -277,12 +297,41 @@ gsk_container_node_make_immutable (GskRenderNode *node)
     }
 }
 
+static void
+gsk_container_node_get_bounds (GskRenderNode   *node,
+                               graphene_rect_t *bounds)
+{
+  GskRenderNode *child;
+
+  child = gsk_render_node_get_first_child (node);
+
+  if (child == NULL)
+    {
+      graphene_rect_init_from_rect (bounds, graphene_rect_zero()); 
+      return;
+    }
+
+  gsk_render_node_get_bounds (child, bounds);
+
+  for (child = gsk_render_node_get_next_sibling (child);
+       child;
+       child = gsk_render_node_get_next_sibling (child))
+    {
+      graphene_rect_t child_bounds, union_bounds;
+  
+      gsk_render_node_get_bounds (child, &child_bounds);
+      graphene_rect_union (bounds, &child_bounds, &union_bounds);
+      graphene_rect_init_from_rect (bounds, &union_bounds); 
+    }
+}
+
 static const GskRenderNodeClass GSK_CONTAINER_NODE_CLASS = {
   GSK_CONTAINER_NODE,
   sizeof (GskRenderNode),
   "GskContainerNode",
   gsk_container_node_finalize,
-  gsk_container_node_make_immutable
+  gsk_container_node_make_immutable,
+  gsk_container_node_get_bounds
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/gsk/gskrendernodeprivate.h b/gsk/gskrendernodeprivate.h
index 31653d4ec6..2576771ed2 100644
--- a/gsk/gskrendernodeprivate.h
+++ b/gsk/gskrendernodeprivate.h
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ struct _GskRenderNode
   GskScalingFilter min_filter;
   GskScalingFilter mag_filter;
 
-  /* Clip rectangle */
-  graphene_rect_t bounds;
-
   /* Transformations relative to the root of the scene */
   graphene_matrix_t world_matrix;
 
@@ -63,6 +60,8 @@ struct _GskRenderNodeClass
   const char *type_name;
   void (* finalize) (GskRenderNode *node);
   void (* make_immutable) (GskRenderNode *node);
+  void (* get_bounds) (GskRenderNode   *node,
+                       graphene_rect_t *bounds);
 };
 
 GskRenderNode *gsk_render_node_new (const GskRenderNodeClass *node_class);
diff --git a/gtk/gtksnapshot.c b/gtk/gtksnapshot.c
index cad6cbd88b..3f3192a1c3 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksnapshot.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksnapshot.c
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ gtk_snapshot_init (GtkSnapshot          *snapshot,
   snapshot->renderer = renderer;
   snapshot->clip_region = clip;
   snapshot->root = gsk_container_node_new ();
-  gsk_render_node_set_bounds (snapshot->root, &GRAPHENE_RECT_INIT (extents.x, extents.y, extents.width, extents.height));
 
   if (name)
     {
@@ -176,14 +175,12 @@ gtk_snapshot_push_node (GtkSnapshot   *snapshot,
  */
 void
 gtk_snapshot_push (GtkSnapshot           *snapshot,
-                   const graphene_rect_t *bounds,
                    const char            *name,
                    ...)
 {
   GskRenderNode *node;
 
   node = gsk_container_node_new ();
-  gsk_render_node_set_bounds (node, bounds);
 
   if (name)
     {
diff --git a/gtk/gtksnapshot.h b/gtk/gtksnapshot.h
index d5201064ec..e79d7134db 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksnapshot.h
+++ b/gtk/gtksnapshot.h
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ GskRenderer *   gtk_snapshot_get_renderer               (const GtkSnapshot
 
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_3_90
 void            gtk_snapshot_push                       (GtkSnapshot            *snapshot,
-                                                         const graphene_rect_t  *bounds,
                                                          const char             *name,
-                                                         ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(3, 4);
+                                                         ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(2, 3);
 GDK_AVAILABLE_IN_3_90
 void            gtk_snapshot_push_node                  (GtkSnapshot            *snapshot,
                                                          GskRenderNode          *node);