diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/fbx/WriterNodeVisitor.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/fbx/WriterNodeVisitor.cpp
index 2381a470b..f398010d8 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/fbx/WriterNodeVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/fbx/WriterNodeVisitor.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ public:
         _normalBinding(osg::Geometry::BIND_OFF),
         _mesh(0)
     {
-        if (geo->containsDeprecatedData()) geom->fixDeprecatedData();
-
         _normalBinding = geo->getNormalBinding();
         if (!geo->getNormalArray() || geo->getNormalArray()->getNumElements()==0)
         {