diff --git a/svg/svg.go b/svg/svg.go
index a5a17eaf9..a586da3db 100644
--- a/svg/svg.go
+++ b/svg/svg.go
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ func (o *Minifier) Minify(m *minify.M, w io.Writer, r io.Reader, _ map[string]st
 			tag = t.Hash
 			if tag == Metadata {
 				t.Data = nil
-			} else if tag == Rect {
-				o.shortenRect(tb, &t)
 			}
 
 			if t.Data == nil {
@@ -261,22 +259,6 @@ func (o *Minifier) shortenDimension(b []byte) ([]byte, int) {
 	return b, 0
 }
 
-func (o *Minifier) shortenRect(tb *TokenBuffer, t *Token) {
-	w, h := zeroBytes, zeroBytes
-	attrs := tb.Attributes(Width, Height)
-	if attrs[0] != nil {
-		n, _ := parse.Dimension(attrs[0].AttrVal)
-		w = minify.Number(attrs[0].AttrVal[:n], o.Precision)
-	}
-	if attrs[1] != nil {
-		n, _ := parse.Dimension(attrs[1].AttrVal)
-		h = minify.Number(attrs[1].AttrVal[:n], o.Precision)
-	}
-	if len(w) == 0 || w[0] == '0' || len(h) == 0 || h[0] == '0' {
-		t.Data = nil
-	}
-}
-
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 func printTag(w io.Writer, tb *TokenBuffer, tag Hash) {
diff --git a/svg/svg_test.go b/svg/svg_test.go
index f57b7647a..0107e4892 100644
--- a/svg/svg_test.go
+++ b/svg/svg_test.go
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ func TestSVG(t *testing.T) {
 		{`<path fill="#fff"/>`, `<path fill="#fff"/>`},
 		{`<path fill="white"/>`, `<path fill="#fff"/>`},
 		{`<path fill="#ff0000"/>`, `<path fill="red"/>`},
-		{`<rect x="5" y="10" rx="2" ry="3">`, ``},
-		{`<rect x="5" y="10" height="40"/>`, ``},
-		{`<rect x="5" y="10" width="30" height="0%"/>`, ``},
+		{`<rect x="5" y="10" width="30" height="0%"/>`, `<rect x="5" y="10" width="30" height="0"/>`},
 		{`<rect x="5" y="10" width="30%" height="100%"/>`, `<rect x="5" y="10" width="30%" height="100%"/>`},
 		{`<svg contentStyleType="text/json ; charset=iso-8859-1"><style>{a : true}</style></svg>`, `<svg contentStyleType="text/json;charset=iso-8859-1"><style>{a : true}</style></svg>`},
 		{`<metadata><dc:title /></metadata>`, ``},
@@ -69,8 +67,8 @@ func TestSVG(t *testing.T) {
 
 		{`<polygon points="-0.1,"/>`, `<polygon points="-0.1,"/>`},                                   // #45
 		{`<path stroke="url(#UPPERCASE)"/>`, `<path stroke="url(#UPPERCASE)"/>`},                     // #117
-		{`<rect height="10"/><path/>`, `<path/>`},                                                    // #244
-		{`<rect height="10"><path/></rect>`, ``},                                                     // #244
+		{`<rect height="10"/><path/>`, `<rect height="10"/><path/>`},                                 // #244
+		{`<rect height="10"><path/></rect>`, `<rect height="10"><path/></rect>`},                     // #244
 		{`<foreignObject><div></div></foreignObject>`, `<foreignObject><div></div></foreignObject>`}, // #291
 
 		// go fuzz