diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
index 45e50b1ce44a..0e19fcd60109 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlexport/ooxmlexport.cxx
@@ -1393,6 +1393,11 @@ void Test::testStyleInheritance()
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(OUString("Standard"), getProperty<OUString>(properties, "FollowStyle"));
     properties = uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet >(paragraphStyles->getByName("Heading 11"), uno::UNO_QUERY);
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(OUString("Heading 1"), getProperty<OUString>(properties, "FollowStyle"));
+
+    // Make sure style #2 is Heading 1.
+    assertXPath(pXmlStyles, "/w:styles/w:style[2]", "styleId", "Heading1");
+    // w:ind was copied from the parent (Normal) style without a good reason.
+    assertXPath(pXmlStyles, "/w:styles/w:style[2]/w:pPr/w:ind", 0);
 }
 
 void Test::testSmartart()
diff --git a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/StyleSheetTable.cxx b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/StyleSheetTable.cxx
index 9a419a66b1f8..44828b79b7ea 100644
--- a/writerfilter/source/dmapper/StyleSheetTable.cxx
+++ b/writerfilter/source/dmapper/StyleSheetTable.cxx
@@ -814,15 +814,6 @@ void StyleSheetTable::ApplyStyleSheets( FontTablePtr rFontTable )
                                     uno::makeAny( sal_Int16( pStyleSheetProperties->GetOutlineLevel( ) + 1 ) ),
                                     beans::PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE );
                             aPropValues[ aPropValues.getLength( ) - 1 ] = aLvlVal;
-
-                            if ( pStyleSheetProperties->GetOutlineLevel( ) == 0 )
-                            {
-                                aPropValues.realloc( aPropValues.getLength( ) + 1 );
-                                beans::PropertyValue aStyleVal( rPropNameSupplier.GetName( PROP_NUMBERING_STYLE_NAME ), 0,
-                                        uno::makeAny( OUString() ),
-                                        beans::PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE );
-                                aPropValues[ aPropValues.getLength( ) - 1 ] = aStyleVal;
-                            }
                         }
 
                         uno::Reference< beans::XPropertyState >xState( xStyle, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );