diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c
index 244ffb674a4..6b87cf2df81 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/particle.c
@@ -3246,22 +3246,24 @@ static void psys_cache_edit_paths_iter(void *__restrict iter_data_v,
       }
     }
     else {
+      /* HACK(fclem): Instead of setting the color we pass the select state in the red channel.
+       * This is then picked up in DRW and the gpu shader will do the color interpolation. */
       if ((ekey + (pind.ekey[0] - point->keys))->flag & PEK_SELECT) {
         if ((ekey + (pind.ekey[1] - point->keys))->flag & PEK_SELECT) {
-          copy_v3_v3(ca->col, iter_data->sel_col);
+          ca->col[0] = 1.0f;
         }
         else {
           keytime = (t - (*pind.ekey[0]->time)) / ((*pind.ekey[1]->time) - (*pind.ekey[0]->time));
-          interp_v3_v3v3(ca->col, iter_data->sel_col, iter_data->nosel_col, keytime);
+          ca->col[0] = 1.0f - keytime;
         }
       }
       else {
         if ((ekey + (pind.ekey[1] - point->keys))->flag & PEK_SELECT) {
           keytime = (t - (*pind.ekey[0]->time)) / ((*pind.ekey[1]->time) - (*pind.ekey[0]->time));
-          interp_v3_v3v3(ca->col, iter_data->nosel_col, iter_data->sel_col, keytime);
+          ca->col[0] = keytime;
         }
         else {
-          copy_v3_v3(ca->col, iter_data->nosel_col);
+          ca->col[0] = 0.0f;
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_cache_impl_particles.c b/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_cache_impl_particles.c
index 7de6ee2b3b1..f699388c38c 100644
--- a/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_cache_impl_particles.c
+++ b/source/blender/draw/intern/draw_cache_impl_particles.c
@@ -637,23 +637,6 @@ static void particle_batch_cache_fill_segments_proc_pos(ParticleCacheKey **path_
   }
 }
 
-static float particle_key_select_ratio(const PTCacheEdit *edit, int strand, float t)
-{
-  const PTCacheEditPoint *point = &edit->points[strand];
-  float edit_key_seg_t = 1.0f / (point->totkey - 1);
-  if (t == 1.0) {
-    return (point->keys[point->totkey - 1].flag & PEK_SELECT) ? 1.0f : 0.0;
-  }
-  else {
-    float interp = t / edit_key_seg_t;
-    int index = (int)interp;
-    interp -= floorf(interp); /* Time between 2 edit key */
-    float s1 = (point->keys[index].flag & PEK_SELECT) ? 1.0f : 0.0;
-    float s2 = (point->keys[index + 1].flag & PEK_SELECT) ? 1.0f : 0.0;
-    return s1 + interp * (s2 - s1);
-  }
-}
-
 static float particle_key_weight(const ParticleData *particle, int strand, float t)
 {
   const ParticleData *part = particle + strand;
@@ -673,8 +656,8 @@ static float particle_key_weight(const ParticleData *particle, int strand, float
 }
 
 static int particle_batch_cache_fill_segments_edit(
-    const PTCacheEdit *edit,      /* NULL for weight data */
-    const ParticleData *particle, /* NULL for select data */
+    const PTCacheEdit *UNUSED(edit), /* NULL for weight data */
+    const ParticleData *particle,    /* NULL for select data */
     ParticleCacheKey **path_cache,
     const int start_index,
     const int num_path_keys,
@@ -697,8 +680,8 @@ static int particle_batch_cache_fill_segments_edit(
         seg_data->color = (weight < 1.0f) ? weight : 1.0f;
       }
       else {
-        float selected = particle_key_select_ratio(edit, i, strand_t);
-        seg_data->color = selected;
+        /* Computed in psys_cache_edit_paths_iter(). */
+        seg_data->color = path[j].col[0];
       }
       GPU_indexbuf_add_generic_vert(elb, curr_point);
       curr_point++;