diff --git a/3d-viewer/3d_canvas/eda_3d_canvas.cpp b/3d-viewer/3d_canvas/eda_3d_canvas.cpp
index b7d1f29302..fc7a48c71d 100644
--- a/3d-viewer/3d_canvas/eda_3d_canvas.cpp
+++ b/3d-viewer/3d_canvas/eda_3d_canvas.cpp
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ void EDA_3D_CANVAS::DoRePaint()
     if( m_render_pivot )
     {
         const float scale = glm::min( m_camera.GetZoom(), 1.0f );
-        render_pivot( curtime_delta_s, scale * scale );
+        render_pivot( curtime_delta_s, scale );
     }
 
     // "Swaps the double-buffer of this window, making the back-buffer the
diff --git a/3d-viewer/3d_canvas/eda_3d_canvas_pivot.cpp b/3d-viewer/3d_canvas/eda_3d_canvas_pivot.cpp
index 8a6e89679c..c14e3b0730 100644
--- a/3d-viewer/3d_canvas/eda_3d_canvas_pivot.cpp
+++ b/3d-viewer/3d_canvas/eda_3d_canvas_pivot.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ void EDA_3D_CANVAS::render_pivot( float t , float aScale )
     glTranslatef( lookAtPos.x, lookAtPos.y, lookAtPos.z );
 
     glScalef( aScale, aScale, aScale );
-
     pivot_render_triangles( t * 0.5f );
 
     t = t * 0.80f;