diff --git a/repos/ports/src/app/vbox_pointer/policy.cc b/repos/ports/src/app/vbox_pointer/policy.cc
index c3dad33382..ae46bd8ded 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/app/vbox_pointer/policy.cc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/app/vbox_pointer/policy.cc
@@ -95,19 +95,10 @@ class Vbox_pointer::Policy_entry : public Vbox_pointer::Policy,
 
 			for (unsigned int y = 0; y < _shape_size.h(); y++) {
 
-				/* convert the shape data from BGRA encoding to RGBA encoding */
-				unsigned char *shape     = shape_report->shape;
-				unsigned char *bgra_line = &shape[y * _shape_size.w() * 4];
-				unsigned char rgba_line[_shape_size.w() * 4];
-				for (unsigned int i = 0; i < _shape_size.w() * 4; i += 4) {
-					rgba_line[i + 0] = bgra_line[i + 2];
-					rgba_line[i + 1] = bgra_line[i + 1];
-					rgba_line[i + 2] = bgra_line[i + 0];
-					rgba_line[i + 3] = bgra_line[i + 3];
-				}
-
 				/* import the RGBA-encoded line into the texture */
-				texture.rgba(rgba_line, _shape_size.w(), y);
+				unsigned char *shape = shape_report->shape;
+				unsigned char *line  = &shape[y * _shape_size.w() * 4];
+				texture.rgba(line, _shape_size.w(), y);
 			}
 
 			_updater.update_pointer(*this);
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/virtualbox5/frontend/console.h b/repos/ports/src/virtualbox5/frontend/console.h
index a2234b0e82..9d1be85f57 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/virtualbox5/frontend/console.h
+++ b/repos/ports/src/virtualbox5/frontend/console.h
@@ -210,9 +210,23 @@ class GenodeConsole : public Console {
 				return;
 			}
 
-			Genode::memcpy(_shape_report->shape,
-			               shape,
-			               shape_size);
+			/* convert the shape data from BGRA encoding to RGBA encoding */
+
+			unsigned char const *bgra_shape = shape; 
+			unsigned char       *rgba_shape = _shape_report->shape;
+
+			for (unsigned int y = 0; y < _shape_report->height; y++) {
+
+				unsigned char const *bgra_line = &bgra_shape[y * _shape_report->width * 4];
+				unsigned char *rgba_line       = &rgba_shape[y * _shape_report->width * 4];
+
+				for (unsigned int i = 0; i < _shape_report->width * 4; i += 4) {
+					rgba_line[i + 0] = bgra_line[i + 2];
+					rgba_line[i + 1] = bgra_line[i + 1];
+					rgba_line[i + 2] = bgra_line[i + 0];
+					rgba_line[i + 3] = bgra_line[i + 3];
+				}
+			}
 
 			if (fVisible && !fAlpha) {