diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp
index 809a7b3bf2..4a44cf23c7 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/IO.cpp
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ POV::write(TriangleMesh& mesh, std::string output_file)
 {
     TriangleMesh mesh2 = mesh;
     mesh2.center_around_origin();
-    {
-        Sizef3 size = mesh2.bounding_box().size();
-        coordf_t maxdim = fmax(size.x, fmax(size.y, size.y));
-        mesh2.scale(10.0/maxdim);
-    }
     
     using namespace std;
     ofstream pov;