diff --git a/manimlib/camera/camera.py b/manimlib/camera/camera.py
index efd8c537..fb6a84e9 100644
--- a/manimlib/camera/camera.py
+++ b/manimlib/camera/camera.py
@@ -402,16 +402,15 @@ class Camera(object):
         shader_wrapper: ShaderWrapper,
         single_use: bool = True
     ) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        # Data buffers
-        vbo = self.ctx.buffer(shader_wrapper.vert_data.tobytes())
-        if shader_wrapper.vert_indices is None:
-            ibo = None
-        else:
-            vert_index_data = shader_wrapper.vert_indices.astype('i4').tobytes()
-            if vert_index_data:
-                ibo = self.ctx.buffer(vert_index_data)
-            else:
-                ibo = None
+        # Data buffer
+        vert_data = shader_wrapper.vert_data
+        indices = shader_wrapper.vert_indices
+        if indices is not None:
+            vert_data = vert_data[indices]
+        vbo = self.ctx.buffer(vert_data.tobytes())
+        # For the moment, the index buffer is actually not used,
+        # since it seems to make the actual render calls meaninfully slower
+        ibo = None
 
         # Program and vertex array
         shader_program, vert_format = self.get_shader_program(shader_wrapper)
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
index 23f23b1c..312e01ca 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
@@ -1134,6 +1134,7 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
         self.stroke_data = np.zeros(0, dtype=self.stroke_dtype)
         self.fill_shader_wrapper = ShaderWrapper(
             vert_data=self.fill_data,
+            vert_indices=np.zeros(0, dtype='i4'),
             uniforms=self.uniforms,
             shader_folder=self.fill_shader_folder,
             render_primitive=self.fill_render_primitive,
@@ -1152,7 +1153,8 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
         return self
 
     def get_fill_shader_wrapper(self) -> ShaderWrapper:
-        self.fill_shader_wrapper.vert_data = self.get_fill_shader_data()[self.get_triangulation()]
+        self.fill_shader_wrapper.vert_data = self.get_fill_shader_data()
+        self.fill_shader_wrapper.vert_indices = self.get_triangulation()
         self.fill_shader_wrapper.uniforms = self.get_shader_uniforms()
         self.fill_shader_wrapper.depth_test = self.depth_test
         return self.fill_shader_wrapper