diff --git a/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/pdftronlogic/commons/InvisibleElementRemovalService.java b/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/pdftronlogic/commons/InvisibleElementRemovalService.java
index 1871838..e1f64ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/pdftronlogic/commons/InvisibleElementRemovalService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/pdftronlogic/commons/InvisibleElementRemovalService.java
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ public class InvisibleElementRemovalService {
      * -Elements covered by widely stroked path
      * -Any Text set to clipping with its many interactions with other elements
      *
-     * @param pdfFile The PDF file to process
+     * @param pdfFile     The PDF file to process
      * @param removePaths If this flag is set, invisible path elements will be removed
-     * @param delta   If this flag is set only the removed Elements will be written to the output file.
-     *                The Elements are red if they are removed by clipping path, blue for transparency, and a green bounding box for overlap.
-     * @param out     OutputStream to write the resulting file to
+     * @param delta       If this flag is set only the removed Elements will be written to the output file.
+     *                    The Elements are red if they are removed by clipping path, blue for transparency, and a green bounding box for overlap.
+     * @param out         OutputStream to write the resulting file to
      **/
     @SneakyThrows
     public void removeInvisibleElements(InputStream pdfFile, OutputStream out, boolean delta, boolean removePaths) {
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public class InvisibleElementRemovalService {
 
     }
 
+
     /**
      * This method is similar to {@link #removeInvisibleElements(InputStream, OutputStream, boolean, boolean)}, just with a PDFDoc.
      */
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ public class InvisibleElementRemovalService {
         execute(pdfDoc, delta, removePaths);
     }
 
+
     /**
      * This method is equal to {@link #removeInvisibleElements(PDFDoc, boolean, boolean)}, with removePaths == true.
      */
@@ -306,18 +308,12 @@ public class InvisibleElementRemovalService {
 
             if (inClippingPath) {
                 if (isFilledAndNonTransparent(pathElement)) {
-                    List<ElementFeatures> currentOverlappedElements = context.visibleElements()
-                            .stream()
-                            .filter(features -> almostContains(linePath, features.getBoundingBox()))
-                            .toList();
-                    context.overlappedElements().addAll(currentOverlappedElements);
-                    context.visibleElements().removeAll(currentOverlappedElements);
+                    calculateOverlapsForLinePath(context, linePath);
                 }
                 context.visibleElements().add(ElementFeatureFactory.extractFeatures(pathElement));
-                if (!context.delta()) {
-                    writer.writeElement(pathElement);
-                }
-            } else if (!context.delta() && !context.removePaths()) {
+            }
+
+            if (!context.delta() && (inClippingPath || !context.removePaths())) {
                 writer.writeElement(pathElement);
             }
 
@@ -332,6 +328,17 @@ public class InvisibleElementRemovalService {
     }
 
 
+    private void calculateOverlapsForLinePath(InvisibleElementRemovalContext context, GeneralPath linePath) {
+
+        List<ElementFeatures> currentOverlappedElements = context.visibleElements()
+                .stream()
+                .filter(features -> almostContains(linePath, features.getBoundingBox()))
+                .toList();
+        context.overlappedElements().addAll(currentOverlappedElements);
+        context.visibleElements().removeAll(currentOverlappedElements);
+    }
+
+
     private void removeOverlappedElements(Page page, ElementWriter writer, InvisibleElementRemovalContext context) throws PDFNetException {
 
         context.reader().begin(page);