diff --git a/sc/source/ui/docshell/docsh.cxx b/sc/source/ui/docshell/docsh.cxx
index 5801636d3cc2..cfdd5ccddbd4 100644
--- a/sc/source/ui/docshell/docsh.cxx
+++ b/sc/source/ui/docshell/docsh.cxx
@@ -1325,7 +1325,6 @@ bool ScDocShell::ConvertFrom( SfxMedium& rMedium )
                 SetError(nWarn);
             }
             bSetColWidths = true;
-            bSetSimpleTextColWidths = true;
         }
         else if (aFltName == pFilterDBase)
         {