diff --git a/include/QF/scene/transform.h b/include/QF/scene/transform.h
index ca71392d3..943509590 100644
--- a/include/QF/scene/transform.h
+++ b/include/QF/scene/transform.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ enum {
 	transform_type_localRotation,
 	transform_type_localScale,
 	transform_type_worldRotation,
-	transform_type_worldScale,
 
 	transform_type_count
 };
@@ -321,8 +320,15 @@ Transform_GetWorldScale (transform_t transform)
 {
 	__auto_type ref = Transform_GetRef (transform);
 	hierarchy_t *h = ref->hierarchy;
-	vec4f_t     *worldScale = h->components[transform_type_worldScale];
-	return worldScale[ref->index];
+	mat4f_t     *worldMatrix = h->components[transform_type_worldMatrix];
+	vec4f_t     *m = worldMatrix[ref->index];
+	vec4f_t     s = {
+		dotf (m[0], m[0])[0],
+		dotf (m[1], m[1])[0],
+		dotf (m[2], m[2])[0],
+		0,
+	};
+	return vsqrt4f (s);
 }
 
 XFORMINLINE
diff --git a/libs/scene/transform.c b/libs/scene/transform.c
index a01867b44..f00d2d527 100644
--- a/libs/scene/transform.c
+++ b/libs/scene/transform.c
@@ -119,11 +119,6 @@ static const component_t transform_components[transform_type_count] = {
 		.create = transform_rotation_identity,
 		.name = "World Rotation",
 	},
-	[transform_type_worldScale] = {
-		.size = sizeof (vec4f_t),
-		.create = transform_scale_identity,
-		.name = "World Scale",
-	},
 };
 
 static const hierarchy_type_t transform_type = {
@@ -166,9 +161,7 @@ Transform_UpdateMatrices (hierarchy_t *h)
 	mat4f_t    *worldMatrix = h->components[transform_type_worldMatrix];
 	mat4f_t    *worldInverse = h->components[transform_type_worldInverse];
 	vec4f_t    *localRotation = h->components[transform_type_localRotation];
-	vec4f_t    *localScale = h->components[transform_type_localScale];
 	vec4f_t    *worldRotation = h->components[transform_type_worldRotation];
-	vec4f_t    *worldScale = h->components[transform_type_worldScale];
 	byte       *modified = h->components[transform_type_modified];
 
 	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < h->num_objects; i++) {
@@ -182,7 +175,6 @@ Transform_UpdateMatrices (hierarchy_t *h)
 		memcpy (worldInverse[0],
 				localInverse[0], sizeof (mat4_t));
 		worldRotation[0] = localRotation[0];
-		worldScale[0] = localScale[0];
 	}
 	for (size_t i = 1; i < h->num_objects; i++) {
 		uint32_t    parent = h->parentIndex[i];
@@ -208,13 +200,6 @@ Transform_UpdateMatrices (hierarchy_t *h)
 										   localRotation[i]);
 		}
 	}
-	for (size_t i = 1; i < h->num_objects; i++) {
-		uint32_t    parent = h->parentIndex[i];
-		if (modified[i] || modified[parent]) {
-			worldScale[i] = m3vmulf (worldMatrix[parent],
-										  localScale[i]);
-		}
-	}
 	memset (modified, 0, h->num_objects);
 }