diff --git a/src/guiengine/scalable_font.cpp b/src/guiengine/scalable_font.cpp
index a62c6b4ff..c2dbeba63 100644
--- a/src/guiengine/scalable_font.cpp
+++ b/src/guiengine/scalable_font.cpp
@@ -425,10 +425,6 @@ void ScalableFont::draw(const core::stringw& text,
 {
     if (!Driver) return;
     
-    // FIXME? simple hack to never clip the text. I don't think we use that anywhere, but we DO have
-    //        bits of letters getting clipped (e.g. the bottom of a "g")
-    clip = NULL;
-    
     if (m_shadow)
     {
         m_shadow = false; // avoid infinite recursion