diff --git a/libass/ass_render.c b/libass/ass_render.c
index 44c5ddc0e..59bf55d90 100644
--- a/libass/ass_render.c
+++ b/libass/ass_render.c
@@ -2362,11 +2362,8 @@ static int ass_start_frame(ass_renderer_t *priv, ass_track_t* track, long long n
 	                           frame_context.orig_height / frame_context.track->PlayResY;
 	frame_context.border_scale = ((double)frame_context.orig_height) / frame_context.track->PlayResY;
 
-	if (frame_context.orig_width * track->PlayResY == frame_context.orig_height * track->PlayResX)
-		frame_context.font_scale_x = 1.;
-	else
-		frame_context.font_scale_x = ((double)(frame_context.orig_width * track->PlayResY)) / (frame_context.orig_height * track->PlayResX);
-
+	frame_context.font_scale_x = ((double)(frame_context.orig_width * track->PlayResY)) / (frame_context.orig_height * track->PlayResX);
+	frame_context.font_scale_x = 1.0;
 	priv->prev_images_root = priv->images_root;
 	priv->images_root = 0;