diff --git a/include/test/xmltesttools.hxx b/include/test/xmltesttools.hxx
index a23b55986b42..f69255b9b85f 100644
--- a/include/test/xmltesttools.hxx
+++ b/include/test/xmltesttools.hxx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public:
     /// Return xmlDocPtr representation of the XML stream read from pStream.
     static xmlDocUniquePtr parseXmlStream(SvStream* pStream);
 
-    static xmlDocUniquePtr dumpAndParse(MetafileXmlDump& rDumper, const GDIMetaFile& rGDIMetaFile, const OUString& rStreamName = OUString());
+    static xmlDocUniquePtr dumpAndParse(MetafileXmlDump& rDumper, const GDIMetaFile& rGDIMetaFile);
 
 protected:
     XmlTestTools();
diff --git a/sd/qa/unit/data/pptx/tdf115753.pptx b/sd/qa/unit/data/pptx/tdf115753.pptx
deleted file mode 100644
index 0350ddaad44c..000000000000
Binary files a/sd/qa/unit/data/pptx/tdf115753.pptx and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/sd/qa/unit/export-tests.cxx b/sd/qa/unit/export-tests.cxx
index 1acda7b2712f..2a0603456bee 100644
--- a/sd/qa/unit/export-tests.cxx
+++ b/sd/qa/unit/export-tests.cxx
@@ -18,16 +18,13 @@
 #include <svx/svdograf.hxx>
 #include <svx/svdomedia.hxx>
 #include <unotools/mediadescriptor.hxx>
-#include <unotools/streamwrap.hxx>
 #include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
-#include <comphelper/propertysequence.hxx>
 
 #include <vcl/opengl/OpenGLWrapper.hxx>
 #include <vcl/skia/SkiaHelper.hxx>
 
 #include <com/sun/star/drawing/XDrawPage.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/drawing/XDrawPagesSupplier.hpp>
-#include <com/sun/star/drawing/GraphicExportFilter.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/awt/XBitmap.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/graphic/XGraphic.hpp>
@@ -80,7 +77,6 @@ public:
     void testGlow();
     void testSoftEdges();
     void testShadowBlur();
-    void testTdf115753();
     void testRhbz1870501();
 
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(SdExportTest);
@@ -119,7 +115,6 @@ public:
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testGlow);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testSoftEdges);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testShadowBlur);
-    CPPUNIT_TEST(testTdf115753);
     CPPUNIT_TEST(testRhbz1870501);
 
     CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
@@ -556,46 +551,6 @@ void SdExportTest::testBnc480256()
     xDocShRef->DoClose();
 }
 
-void SdExportTest::testTdf115753()
-{
-    sd::DrawDocShellRef xDocShRef = loadURL(m_directories.getURLFromSrc("/sd/qa/unit/data/pptx/tdf115753.pptx"), PPTX);
-    xDocShRef = saveAndReload(xDocShRef.get(), PPTX);
-    uno::Reference< drawing::XDrawPagesSupplier > xDoc(xDocShRef->GetDoc()->getUnoModel(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
-    uno::Reference< drawing::XDrawPage > xPage(xDoc->getDrawPages()->getByIndex(0), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
-    uno::Reference< drawing::XShape > xShape(xPage->getByIndex(0), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
-
-    // Save the first shape to a metafile.
-    uno::Reference<drawing::XGraphicExportFilter> xGraphicExporter = drawing::GraphicExportFilter::create(comphelper::getProcessComponentContext());
-    uno::Reference<lang::XComponent> xSourceDoc(xShape, uno::UNO_QUERY);
-    xGraphicExporter->setSourceDocument(xSourceDoc);
-
-    SvMemoryStream aStream;
-    uno::Reference<io::XOutputStream> xOutputStream(new utl::OStreamWrapper(aStream));
-    uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue> aDescriptor(comphelper::InitPropertySequence({
-            { "OutputStream", uno::Any(xOutputStream) },
-            { "FilterName", uno::Any(OUString("SVM")) }
-        }));
-    xGraphicExporter->filter(aDescriptor);
-    aStream.Seek(STREAM_SEEK_TO_BEGIN);
-
-    // Read it back and dump it as an XML file.
-    Graphic aGraphic;
-    ReadGraphic(aStream, aGraphic);
-    const GDIMetaFile& rMetaFile = aGraphic.GetGDIMetaFile();
-    MetafileXmlDump dumper;
-
-    xmlDocUniquePtr pXmlDoc = XmlTestTools::dumpAndParse(dumper, rMetaFile);
-    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(pXmlDoc);
-    // Without the fix in place, it will print:
-    // - Expected: 21180
-    // - Actual  : 12714
-    // because without the fix, one of the border lines is missing,
-    // and the value, which is where the line ends, will be shorter
-    // than it should be.
-    assertXPath(pXmlDoc, "/metafile/push[6]/polyline/point[2]", "x", "21180");
-    xDocShRef->DoClose();
-}
-
 void SdExportTest::testUnknownAttributes()
 {
     ::sd::DrawDocShellRef xDocShRef = loadURL(m_directories.getURLFromSrc("/sd/qa/unit/data/unknown-attribute.fodp"), FODP);
diff --git a/svx/source/table/viewcontactoftableobj.cxx b/svx/source/table/viewcontactoftableobj.cxx
index d2778e333383..fe6d03f1d900 100644
--- a/svx/source/table/viewcontactoftableobj.cxx
+++ b/svx/source/table/viewcontactoftableobj.cxx
@@ -254,6 +254,20 @@ namespace sdr::contact
                                 aArray.SetCellStyleRight(aCellPos.mnCol, aCellPos.mnRow, impGetLineStyle(rTableLayouter, aCellPos.mnCol + 1, aCellPos.mnRow, false, nColCount, nRowCount, bIsRTL));
                                 aArray.SetCellStyleTop(aCellPos.mnCol, aCellPos.mnRow, impGetLineStyle(rTableLayouter, aCellPos.mnCol, aCellPos.mnRow, true, nColCount, nRowCount, bIsRTL));
                                 aArray.SetCellStyleBottom(aCellPos.mnCol, aCellPos.mnRow, impGetLineStyle(rTableLayouter, aCellPos.mnCol, aCellPos.mnRow + 1, true, nColCount, nRowCount, bIsRTL));
+
+                                // ignore merged cells (all except the top-left of a merged cell)
+                                if(!xCurrentCell->isMerged())
+                                {
+                                    // check if we are the top-left of a merged cell
+                                    const sal_Int32 nXSpan(xCurrentCell->getColumnSpan());
+                                    const sal_Int32 nYSpan(xCurrentCell->getRowSpan());
+
+                                    if(nXSpan > 1 || nYSpan > 1)
+                                    {
+                                        // if merged, set so at CellBorderArray for primitive creation
+                                        aArray.SetMergedRange(aCellPos.mnCol, aCellPos.mnRow, aCellPos.mnCol + nXSpan - 1, aCellPos.mnRow + nYSpan - 1);
+                                    }
+                                }
                             }
 
                             if(xCurrentCell.is() && !xCurrentCell->isMerged())
diff --git a/test/source/xmltesttools.cxx b/test/source/xmltesttools.cxx
index defb2ec2d096..27833af1e90d 100644
--- a/test/source/xmltesttools.cxx
+++ b/test/source/xmltesttools.cxx
@@ -59,16 +59,8 @@ xmlDocUniquePtr XmlTestTools::parseXmlStream(SvStream* pStream)
     return xmlDocUniquePtr(xmlParseDoc(pCharBuffer));
 }
 
-xmlDocUniquePtr XmlTestTools::dumpAndParse(MetafileXmlDump& rDumper, const GDIMetaFile& rGDIMetaFile, const OUString& rStreamName)
+xmlDocUniquePtr XmlTestTools::dumpAndParse(MetafileXmlDump& rDumper, const GDIMetaFile& rGDIMetaFile)
 {
-    if (!rStreamName.isEmpty())
-    {
-        SvStream *pStream = new SvFileStream(rStreamName, StreamMode::STD_READWRITE | StreamMode::TRUNC);
-        rDumper.dump(rGDIMetaFile, *pStream);
-        pStream->Seek(STREAM_SEEK_TO_BEGIN);
-        return XmlTestTools::parseXmlStream(pStream);
-    }
-
     SvMemoryStream aStream;
     rDumper.dump(rGDIMetaFile, aStream);
     aStream.Seek(STREAM_SEEK_TO_BEGIN);