diff --git a/include/osgText/Font b/include/osgText/Font
index 6951b9116..1514ce591 100644
--- a/include/osgText/Font
+++ b/include/osgText/Font
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ public:
     /** Return true if this font provides vertical alignments and spacing or glyphs.*/
     virtual bool hasVertical() const;
 
-    /** Return the scale to apply on the glyph to have a charactere size equal to 1 */
-    virtual float getScale() const { return _implementation->getScale(); };
-
     /** Set the margin around each glyph, 
       * to ensure that texture filtering doesn't bleed adjacent glyph's into each other.
       * Default margin is 1 texels.*/    
@@ -229,9 +226,6 @@ public:
         /** Return true if this font provides vertical alignments and spacing or glyphs.*/
         virtual bool hasVertical() const = 0;
 
-        /** Return scale of font, used by 3D text.*/
-        virtual float getScale() const = 0;
-
         void addGlyph(const FontResolution& fontRes, unsigned int charcode, Glyph* glyph)
         {
             _facade->addGlyph(fontRes, charcode, glyph);
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/freetype/FreeTypeFont.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/freetype/FreeTypeFont.cpp
index 2a2cf317b..7eb87904f 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/freetype/FreeTypeFont.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/freetype/FreeTypeFont.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ FreeTypeFont::FreeTypeFont(const std::string& filename, FT_Face face, unsigned i
     _buffer(0),
     _face(face),
     _flags(flags),
-    _scale(1.0f),
     _freetype_scale(1.0f)
 {
     init();
@@ -218,7 +217,6 @@ FreeTypeFont::FreeTypeFont(FT_Byte* buffer, FT_Face face, unsigned int flags):
     _buffer(buffer),
     _face(face),
     _flags(flags),
-    _scale(1.0f),
     _freetype_scale(1.0f)
 {
     init();
@@ -303,14 +301,7 @@ void FreeTypeFont::init()
         // long xmin = ft_floor( bb.xMin );
         // long xmax = ft_ceiling( bb.xMax );
         // double width = (xmax - xmin)/64.0;
-
-#if 1
         _freetype_scale = 1.0f/height;
-        _scale = 1.0f;
-#else
-        _freetype_scale = 1.0f;
-        _scale = 1.0f/height;
-#endif
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/freetype/FreeTypeFont.h b/src/osgPlugins/freetype/FreeTypeFont.h
index ecfd58b4f..0906d8e6f 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/freetype/FreeTypeFont.h
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/freetype/FreeTypeFont.h
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool hasVertical() const;
 
-    virtual float getScale() const { return _scale; }
-
 protected:
 
     void init();
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ protected:
     FT_Byte*                _buffer;
     FT_Face                 _face;
     unsigned int            _flags;
-    float                   _scale;
     float                   _freetype_scale;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp b/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp
index 0a7bffa88..9730f0a86 100644
--- a/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/Text3D.cpp
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ String::iterator Text3D::computeLastCharacterOnLine(osg::Vec2& cursor, String::i
 
     String::iterator lastChar = first;
 
-    float maximumHeight = _maximumHeight / _font->getScale();
-    float maximumWidth = _maximumWidth / _font->getScale();
+    float maximumHeight = _maximumHeight;
+    float maximumWidth = _maximumWidth;
 
     for(bool outOfSpace=false;lastChar!=last;++lastChar)
     {
@@ -443,13 +443,13 @@ void Text3D::computeGlyphRepresentation()
             case LEFT_TO_RIGHT:
             case RIGHT_TO_LEFT:
             {
-                startOfLine_coords.y() -= (1.0 + _lineSpacing) / _font->getScale();
+                startOfLine_coords.y() -= (1.0 + _lineSpacing);
                 ++_lineCount;
                 break;
             }
             case VERTICAL:
             {
-                startOfLine_coords.x() += _characterHeight / _font->getScale() / _characterAspectRatio * (1.0 + _lineSpacing);
+                startOfLine_coords.x() += _characterHeight / _characterAspectRatio * (1.0 + _lineSpacing);
                 // because _lineCount is the max vertical no. of characters....
                 _lineCount = (_lineCount >linelength)?_lineCount:linelength;
                 break;
@@ -518,8 +518,7 @@ void Text3D::computePositions(unsigned int contextID) const
     osg::Matrix& matrix = atc._matrix;
 
 
-    float scale = _font->getScale();
-    osg::Vec3 scaleVec(scale * _characterHeight, scale * _characterHeight / _characterAspectRatio, scale * _characterHeight);
+    osg::Vec3 scaleVec(_characterHeight, _characterHeight / _characterAspectRatio, _characterHeight);
 
     matrix.makeTranslate(-_offset);
     matrix.postMultScale(scaleVec);
diff --git a/src/osgText/TextNode.cpp b/src/osgText/TextNode.cpp
index ec0185603..d3d013e2f 100644
--- a/src/osgText/TextNode.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/TextNode.cpp
@@ -80,12 +80,7 @@ void Layout::layout(TextNode& text) const
     float characterHeightScale = 1.0f;
 
     bool textIs3D = (style && style->getThicknessRatio()!=0.0);
-    if (textIs3D)
-    {
-        characterWidthScale = font->getScale();
-        characterHeightScale = font->getScale();
-    }
-    else
+    if (!textIs3D)
     {
         characterWidthScale = 1.0f/static_cast<float>(resolution.first);
         characterHeightScale = 1.0f/static_cast<float>(resolution.second);
@@ -116,10 +111,8 @@ void Layout::layout(TextNode& text) const
             if (glyph)
             {
                 osg::Vec3 local_scale( size );
-                local_scale *= (1.0f/font->getScale());
-
                 technique->addCharacter(pos, local_scale, glyph, style);
-                pos += osg::Vec3(size.x()*(glyph->getHorizontalWidth()/font->getScale()), 0.0f ,0.0f);
+                pos += osg::Vec3(size.x()*glyph->getHorizontalWidth(), 0.0f ,0.0f);
             }
         }