diff --git a/src/frontend/plotting/grid.c b/src/frontend/plotting/grid.c
index 1d74c2497..aaeb3b829 100644
--- a/src/frontend/plotting/grid.c
+++ b/src/frontend/plotting/grid.c
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ gr_fixgrid(GRAPH *graph, double xdelta, double ydelta, int xtype, int ytype)
 {
     double *dd;
 
-    if (graph->grid.gridtype == GRID_NONE)
-        graph->grid.gridtype = GRID_LIN;
-
     SetColor(1);
     SetLinestyle(1);