diff --git a/rtengine/imageio.cc b/rtengine/imageio.cc
index 67b856092..9aa8a0702 100644
--- a/rtengine/imageio.cc
+++ b/rtengine/imageio.cc
@@ -1152,23 +1152,6 @@ int ImageIO::saveTIFF (const Glib::ustring &fname, int bps, bool isFloat, bool u
     TIFFSetField (out, TIFFTAG_COMPRESSION, uncompressed ? COMPRESSION_NONE : COMPRESSION_ADOBE_DEFLATE);
     TIFFSetField (out, TIFFTAG_SAMPLEFORMAT, (bps == 16 || bps == 32) && isFloat ? SAMPLEFORMAT_IEEEFP : SAMPLEFORMAT_UINT);
 
-    /*
-
-    TODO: Re-apply fix from #5787
-
-    [out]()
-    {
-        const std::vector<rtexif::Tag*> default_tags = rtexif::ExifManager::getDefaultTIFFTags(nullptr);
-
-        TIFFSetField (out, TIFFTAG_XRESOLUTION, default_tags[2]->toDouble());
-        TIFFSetField (out, TIFFTAG_YRESOLUTION, default_tags[3]->toDouble());
-        TIFFSetField (out, TIFFTAG_RESOLUTIONUNIT, default_tags[4]->toInt());
-
-        for (auto default_tag : default_tags) {
-            delete default_tag;
-        }
-    }();*/
-
     // somehow Exiv2 (tested with 0.27.3) doesn't seem to be able to update
     // XResolution and YResolution, so we do it ourselves here....
     constexpr float default_resolution = 300.f;