diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 1d1bf103..0539ffb9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1166,6 +1166,7 @@ Marco Schl
  for adding support for setting the video display mode
  for fixing handling transparent areas in cDvbSpuBitmap
  for fixing a bug in libsi's SubtitlingDescriptor::getLength()
+ for removing scaling coordinates in letterbox mode from cDvbSpu
 
 Jürgen Schmitz <j.schmitz@web.de>
  for reporting a bug in displaying the current channel when switching via the SVDRP
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 3e84b446..c5b038e8 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -3502,3 +3502,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   this has been put into a separate function.
 - The timer status now has a new bit that is set when that timer is currently
   recording (suggested by Matthias Schniedermeyer). See man vdr(5) for details.
+- Removed scaling coordinates in letterbox mode from cDvbSpu - the DVD plugin, which
+  was the only one needing this, doesn't need it any more (thanks to Marco Schlüßler).
diff --git a/dvbspu.c b/dvbspu.c
index 5839d705..9c8da3b4 100644
--- a/dvbspu.c
+++ b/dvbspu.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * parts of this file are derived from the OMS program.
  *
- * $Id: dvbspu.c 1.13 2005/05/05 13:19:03 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbspu.c 1.14 2005/05/07 11:13:48 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -306,24 +306,6 @@ void cDvbSpuDecoder::clearHighlight(void)
     hlpsize.y2 = -1;
 }
 
-int cDvbSpuDecoder::ScaleYcoord(int value)
-{
-    if (scaleMode == eSpuLetterBox) {
-        int offset = cDevice::PrimaryDevice()->GetVideoSystem() == vsPAL ? 72 : 60;
-        return lround((value * 3.0) / 4.0) + offset;
-        }
-    else
-        return value;
-}
-
-int cDvbSpuDecoder::ScaleYres(int value)
-{
-    if (scaleMode == eSpuLetterBox)
-        return lround((value * 3.0) / 4.0);
-    else
-        return value;
-}
-
 sDvbSpuRect cDvbSpuDecoder::CalcAreaSize(sDvbSpuRect fgsize, cBitmap *fgbmp, sDvbSpuRect bgsize, cBitmap *bgbmp)
 {
     sDvbSpuRect size;
@@ -367,22 +349,15 @@ void cDvbSpuDecoder::Draw(void)
     sDvbSpuRect hlsize;
 
     hlsize.x1 = hlpsize.x1;
-    hlsize.y1 = ScaleYcoord(hlpsize.y1);
+    hlsize.y1 = hlpsize.y1;
     hlsize.x2 = hlpsize.x2;
-    hlsize.y2 = ScaleYcoord(hlpsize.y2);
+    hlsize.y2 = hlpsize.y2;
 
     if (highlight)
         fg = spubmp->getBitmap(hlpDescr, palette, hlsize);
 
-    if (spubmp->getMinSize(palDescr, bgsize)) {
+    if (spubmp->getMinSize(palDescr, bgsize))
         bg = spubmp->getBitmap(palDescr, palette, bgsize);
-        if (scaleMode == eSpuLetterBox) {
-            // the coordinates have to be modified for letterbox
-            int y1 = ScaleYres(bgsize.y1) + bgsize.height();
-            bgsize.y2 = y1 + bgsize.height();
-            bgsize.y1 = y1;
-        }
-    }
 
     sDvbSpuRect areaSize = CalcAreaSize(hlsize, fg, bgsize, bg);
 
diff --git a/dvbspu.h b/dvbspu.h
index c60567a3..8a7d9051 100644
--- a/dvbspu.h
+++ b/dvbspu.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * parts of this file are derived from the OMS program.
  *
- * $Id: dvbspu.h 1.8 2005/02/20 11:20:43 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbspu.h 1.9 2005/05/07 11:14:03 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __DVBSPU_H
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ class cDvbSpuDecoder:public cSpuDecoder {
         return ((spu[0] << 8) | spu[1]);
     };
 
-    int ScaleYcoord(int value);
-    int ScaleYres(int value);
     sDvbSpuRect CalcAreaSize(sDvbSpuRect fgsize, cBitmap *fgbmp, sDvbSpuRect bgsize, cBitmap *bgbmp);
 
   public: