diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b698532b4..e12740281b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Removed
+
+- Removed renderables/align.py which was no longer used
+
+## [0.44.1] - 2023-12-4
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed slow scrolling when there are many widgets https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/3801
+
 ## [0.44.0] - 2023-12-1
 
 ### Changed
@@ -1494,6 +1506,7 @@ https://textual.textualize.io/blog/2022/11/08/version-040/#version-040
 - New handler system for messages that doesn't require inheritance
 - Improved traceback handling
 
+[0.44.1]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v0.44.0...v0.44.1
 [0.44.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v0.43.2...v0.44.0
 [0.43.2]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v0.43.1...v0.43.2
 [0.43.1]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v0.43.0...v0.43.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5ee266d714..eb0cda9f5f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "textual"
-version = "0.44.0"
+version = "0.44.1"
 homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 repository = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 documentation = "https://textual.textualize.io/"
diff --git a/src/textual/_compositor.py b/src/textual/_compositor.py
index e3e5ab3021..176011dda3 100644
--- a/src/textual/_compositor.py
+++ b/src/textual/_compositor.py
@@ -597,9 +597,6 @@ def add_widget(
                 # The region that contains the content (container region minus scrollbars)
                 child_region = widget._get_scrollable_region(container_region)
 
-                # Adjust the clip region accordingly
-                sub_clip = clip.intersection(child_region)
-
                 # The region covered by children relative to parent widget
                 total_region = child_region.reset_offset
 
@@ -609,9 +606,12 @@ def add_widget(
                     arranged_widgets = arrange_result.widgets
                     widgets.update(arranged_widgets)
 
+                    # Get the region that will be updated
+                    sub_clip = clip.intersection(child_region)
+
                     if visible_only:
                         placements = arrange_result.get_visible_placements(
-                            container_size.region + widget.scroll_offset
+                            sub_clip - child_region.offset + widget.scroll_offset
                         )
                     else:
                         placements = arrange_result.placements
@@ -621,9 +621,9 @@ def add_widget(
                     placement_offset = container_region.offset
                     placement_scroll_offset = placement_offset - widget.scroll_offset
 
-                    _layers = widget.layers
                     layers_to_index = {
-                        layer_name: index for index, layer_name in enumerate(_layers)
+                        layer_name: index
+                        for index, layer_name in enumerate(widget.layers)
                     }
 
                     get_layer_index = layers_to_index.get
@@ -661,7 +661,10 @@ def add_widget(
 
                 if visible:
                     # Add any scrollbars
-                    if any(widget.scrollbars_enabled):
+                    if (
+                        widget.show_vertical_scrollbar
+                        or widget.show_horizontal_scrollbar
+                    ):
                         for chrome_widget, chrome_region in widget._arrange_scrollbars(
                             container_region
                         ):
diff --git a/src/textual/_layout.py b/src/textual/_layout.py
index 921d1abbd4..b26e76aca4 100644
--- a/src/textual/_layout.py
+++ b/src/textual/_layout.py
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ def get_visible_placements(self, region: Region) -> list[WidgetPlacement]:
         Returns:
             Set of placements.
         """
+        if self.total_region in region:
+            # Short circuit for when we want all the placements
+            return self.placements
         visible_placements = self.spatial_map.get_values_in_region(region)
         return visible_placements
 
diff --git a/src/textual/renderables/align.py b/src/textual/renderables/align.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d97dfc4348..0000000000
--- a/src/textual/renderables/align.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from rich.console import Console, ConsoleOptions, RenderableType, RenderResult
-from rich.measure import Measurement
-from rich.segment import Segment
-from rich.style import Style
-
-from .._segment_tools import align_lines
-from ..css.types import AlignHorizontal, AlignVertical
-from ..geometry import Size
-
-
-class Align:
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        renderable: RenderableType,
-        size: Size,
-        style: Style,
-        horizontal: AlignHorizontal,
-        vertical: AlignVertical,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Align a child renderable
-
-        Args:
-            renderable: Renderable to align.
-            size: Size of container.
-            style: Style of any padding.
-            horizontal: Horizontal alignment.
-            vertical: Vertical alignment.
-        """
-        self.renderable = renderable
-        self.size = size
-        self.style = style
-        self.horizontal = horizontal
-        self.vertical = vertical
-
-    def __rich_console__(
-        self, console: Console, options: ConsoleOptions
-    ) -> RenderResult:
-        lines = console.render_lines(self.renderable, options, pad=False)
-        new_line = Segment.line()
-        for line in align_lines(
-            lines,
-            self.style,
-            self.size,
-            self.horizontal,
-            self.vertical,
-        ):
-            yield from line
-            yield new_line
-
-    def __rich_measure__(
-        self, console: "Console", options: "ConsoleOptions"
-    ) -> Measurement:
-        width, _ = self.size
-        return Measurement(width, width)
diff --git a/src/textual/scrollbar.py b/src/textual/scrollbar.py
index 4e86b3310d..f5d5ff9c95 100644
--- a/src/textual/scrollbar.py
+++ b/src/textual/scrollbar.py
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class ScrollRight(ScrollMessage, verbose=True):
 class ScrollTo(ScrollMessage, verbose=True):
     """Message sent when click and dragging handle."""
 
+    __slots__ = ["x", "y", "animate"]
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         x: float | None = None,