diff --git a/svg.cpp b/svg.cpp
index 683ff3107..a22a372df 100644
--- a/svg.cpp
+++ b/svg.cpp
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@
 
 #include "theme.h"
 
-/* If you set SVG_CACHE_BUGFIX to 1 you'll fix the cache bug that makes
-   SVG painting *VERY slow* but you'll break something somewhere.
-*/
-#define SVG_CACHE_BUGFIX 0
-
 namespace Plasma
 {
 
@@ -124,42 +119,26 @@ class Svg::Private
             ids.clear();
         }
 
-        void findInCache(QPixmap& p, const QString& elementId, const QPainter *itemPainter, const QSizeF &size = QSizeF())
+        void findInCache(QPixmap& p, const QString& elementId, const QPainter *itemPainter, const QSizeF &s = QSizeF())
         {
-#if SVG_CACHE_BUGFIX
-            QSizeF localSize;
-            if (elementId.isEmpty() || multipleImages) {
-                localSize = size;
-            } else {
-                localSize = elementSize(elementId);
-            }
-            if (localSize.isEmpty())
-                return;
-
-            QTransform transform = itemPainter->worldTransform();
-            if (size.isValid()) {
-                transform.scale(size.width() / localSize.width(),
-                                size.height() / localSize.height());
-            }
-#endif
-
             createRenderer();
-#if SVG_CACHE_BUGFIX
-            QLineF v1 = transform.map(QLineF(0, 0, 1, 0));
-            QLineF v2 = transform.map(QLineF(0, 0, 0, 1));
 
-            QString id = QString::fromLatin1("%7_%6_%5_%4_%3_%2_%1").arg(size.width())
-                                                         .arg(size.height())
-                                                         .arg((int) v1.dx())
-                                                         .arg((int) v1.dy())
-                                                         .arg((int) v2.dx())
-                                                         .arg((int) v2.dy())
-                                                         .arg(path);
-#else
+            QSize size;
+            if (elementId.isEmpty() || multipleImages) {
+                size = s.toSize();
+            } else {
+                size = elementSize(elementId);
+            }
+
+            if (!size.isValid()) {
+                p = QPixmap();
+                return;
+            }
+
             QString id = QString::fromLatin1("%3_%2_%1_").arg(size.width())
                                                          .arg(size.height())
                                                          .arg(path);
-#endif
+
             if (!elementId.isEmpty()) {
                 id.append(elementId);
             }
@@ -175,45 +154,15 @@ class Svg::Private
             } else {
                 //kDebug() << "didn't find cached version of " << id << ", so re-rendering";
             }
-#if !SVG_CACHE_BUGFIX
-            // we have to re-render this puppy
-            QSize s;
-            if (elementId.isEmpty() || multipleImages) {
-                s = size.toSize();
-            } else {
-                s = elementSize(elementId);
-            }
 
             //kDebug() << "size for " << elementId << " is " << s;
+            // we have to re-render this puppy
 
-            if (!s.isValid()) {
-                p = QPixmap();
-                return;
-            }
-#endif
+            p = QPixmap(size);
 
-#if SVG_CACHE_BUGFIX
-            QRect deviceRect = transform.mapRect(QRectF(QPointF(), localSize)).toRect();
-            if (deviceRect.isEmpty())
-                return;
-
-            p = QPixmap(deviceRect.size());
-#else
-            p = QPixmap(s);
-#endif
             p.fill(Qt::transparent);
             QPainter renderPainter(&p);
 
-#if SVG_CACHE_BUGFIX
-            QPointF tl = deviceRect.topLeft();
-            QTransform xform = QTransform().translate(-tl.x(), -tl.y());
-            xform = itemPainter->worldTransform() * xform;
-
-            renderPainter.setRenderHints(renderPainter.renderHints(), false);
-            renderPainter.setRenderHints(itemPainter->renderHints(), true);
-            renderPainter.setWorldTransform(xform, true);
-#endif
-
             if (elementId.isEmpty()) {
                 renderer->render(&renderPainter);
             } else {
@@ -229,7 +178,7 @@ class Svg::Private
                 p = p.fromImage(itmp);
             }
 
-            if (!QPixmapCache::insert( id, p )) {
+            if (!QPixmapCache::insert(id, p)) {
                 //kDebug() << "pixmap cache is too small for inserting" << id << "of size" << s;
             }
         }
@@ -361,18 +310,7 @@ void Svg::paint(QPainter* painter, const QPointF& point, const QString& elementI
         return;
     }
 
-#if SVG_CACHE_BUGFIX
-    painter->save();
-    QTransform x = painter->worldTransform();
-    painter->setWorldTransform(QTransform(), false);
-
-    //kDebug() << "pix size is " << pix.size();
-
-    painter->drawPixmap(x.map(point), pix);
-    painter->restore();
-#else
     painter->drawPixmap(QRectF(point, pix.size()), pix, QRectF(QPointF(0,0), pix.size()));
-#endif
 }
 
 void Svg::paint(QPainter* painter, int x, int y, const QString& elementID)
@@ -384,17 +322,7 @@ void Svg::paint(QPainter* painter, const QRectF& rect, const QString& elementID)
 {
     QPixmap pix;
     d->findInCache(pix, elementID, painter, rect.size());
-#if SVG_CACHE_BUGFIX
-    if (pix.isNull())
-        return;
-    painter->save();
-    QTransform x = painter->worldTransform();
-    painter->setWorldTransform(QTransform());
-    painter->drawPixmap(x.map(rect.topLeft()) , pix);
-    painter->restore();
-#else
     painter->drawPixmap(rect, pix, QRectF(QPointF(0,0), pix.size()));
-#endif
 }
 
 QSize Svg::size() const