diff --git a/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i b/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i
index 81c2a53795..404ecd7ded 100644
--- a/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i
+++ b/src/ifcwrap/IfcGeomWrapper.i
@@ -977,12 +977,14 @@ struct ShapeRTTI : public boost::static_visitor<PyObject*>
 			if (item == nullptr) {
 				throw IfcParse::IfcException("Failed to convert placement");
 			}
+			/*
             if (st.get<ifcopenshell::geometry::settings::ConvertBackUnits>().get()) {
                 // we pass the settings to the Transformation object, but access the data just offloads to the
                 // generic cartesian_base<Matrix4> so there's no time to apply the settings to the translation part.
                 item = ifcopenshell::geometry::taxonomy::matrix4::ptr(item->clone_());
                 item->components().col(3).head<3>() /= kernel.settings().get<ifcopenshell::geometry::settings::LengthUnit>().get();
             }
+			*/
 			return new IfcGeom::Transformation(kernel.settings(), item);
 		} else {
 			if (!representation) {