diff --git a/src/enc/vp8l.c b/src/enc/vp8l.c
index c82d26cc..1efd1d11 100644
--- a/src/enc/vp8l.c
+++ b/src/enc/vp8l.c
@@ -168,9 +168,6 @@ static int VP8LEncAnalyze(VP8LEncoder* const enc, WebPImageHint image_hint) {
       }
       if (pred_entropy < 0.95 * non_pred_entropy) {
         enc->use_predict_ = 1;
-        // TODO(vikasa): Observed some correlation of cross_color transform with
-        // predict. Need to investigate this further and add separate heuristic
-        // for setting use_cross_color flag.
         enc->use_cross_color_ = 1;
       }
     }
@@ -702,7 +699,7 @@ static int ApplyCrossColorFilter(const VP8LEncoder* const enc,
   const int ccolor_transform_bits = enc->transform_bits_;
   const int transform_width = VP8LSubSampleSize(width, ccolor_transform_bits);
   const int transform_height = VP8LSubSampleSize(height, ccolor_transform_bits);
-  const int step = (quality == 0) ? 32 : 8;
+  const int step = (quality < 25) ? 32 : (quality > 50) ? 8 : 16;
 
   VP8LColorSpaceTransform(width, height, ccolor_transform_bits, step,
                           enc->argb_, enc->transform_data_);