diff --git a/editeng/source/editeng/impedit2.cxx b/editeng/source/editeng/impedit2.cxx
index 8cf1d7492ea8..3140c16a22ab 100644
--- a/editeng/source/editeng/impedit2.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/editeng/impedit2.cxx
@@ -4028,9 +4028,7 @@ void ImpEditEngine::CalcHeight( ParaPortion* pPortion )
     {
         OSL_ENSURE( pPortion->GetLines().Count(), "Paragraph with no lines in ParaPortion::CalcHeight" );
         for (sal_Int32 nLine = 0; nLine < pPortion->GetLines().Count(); ++nLine)
-            // Use GetTxtHeight() for first line, otherwise height is small
-            // if the paragraph has proportional line spacing less than 100%.
-            pPortion->nHeight += nLine ? pPortion->GetLines()[nLine]->GetHeight() : pPortion->GetLines()[nLine]->GetTxtHeight();
+            pPortion->nHeight += pPortion->GetLines()[nLine]->GetHeight();
 
         if ( !aStatus.IsOutliner() )
         {
@@ -4173,7 +4171,7 @@ Rectangle ImpEditEngine::GetEditCursor( ParaPortion* pPortion, sal_Int32 nIndex,
     Rectangle aEditCursor;
 
     aEditCursor.Top() = nY;
-    nY += pLine->GetTxtHeight();
+    nY += pLine->GetHeight();
     aEditCursor.Bottom() = nY-1;
 
     // Search within the line...
diff --git a/editeng/source/editeng/impedit3.cxx b/editeng/source/editeng/impedit3.cxx
index 7678ef1ff89b..2881a81cae52 100644
--- a/editeng/source/editeng/impedit3.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/editeng/impedit3.cxx
@@ -2924,13 +2924,6 @@ void ImpEditEngine::Paint( OutputDevice* pOutDev, Rectangle aClipRect, Point aSt
                     aTmpPos.X() += pLine->GetStartPosX();
                     aTmpPos.Y() += pLine->GetMaxAscent();
                     aStartPos.Y() += pLine->GetHeight();
-                    if (nLine == 0)
-                    {
-                        // First line needs to be visible, so add more space if text height is bigger.
-                        const sal_Int32 nDiff = pLine->GetTxtHeight() - pLine->GetHeight();
-                        aTmpPos.Y() += nDiff;
-                        aStartPos.Y() += nDiff;
-                    }
                     if (nLine != nLastLine)
                         aStartPos.Y() += nVertLineSpacing;
                 }
diff --git a/sd/qa/unit/data/xml/n593612_0.xml b/sd/qa/unit/data/xml/n593612_0.xml
index b55385b0e502..5d5189b94099 100644
--- a/sd/qa/unit/data/xml/n593612_0.xml
+++ b/sd/qa/unit/data/xml/n593612_0.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <XShapes>
- <XShape positionX="11429" positionY="1324" sizeX="2259" sizeY="15821" type="com.sun.star.drawing.CustomShape" name="Rectangle 52" text="&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;" fontHeight="24.000000" fontColor="ffffffff" textAutoGrowHeight="true" textAutoGrowWidth="false" textContourFrame="false" textFitToSize="NONE" textHorizontalAdjust="CENTER" textVerticalAdjust="TOP" textLeftDistance="254" textRightDistance="254" textUpperDistance="127" textLowerDistance="127" textMaximumFrameHeight="0" textMaximumFrameWidth="0" textMinimumFrameHeight="0" textMinimumFrameWidth="0" textAnimationAmount="0" textAnimationCount="0" textAnimationDelay="0" textAnimationDirection="LEFT" textAnimationKind="NONE" textAnimationStartInside="false" textAnimationStopInside="false" textWritingMode="LR_TB" fillStyle="SOLID" fillColor="3c8c93" fillTransparence="0" fillTransparenceGradientName="">
+ <XShape positionX="11429" positionY="1324" sizeX="2259" sizeY="15192" type="com.sun.star.drawing.CustomShape" name="Rectangle 52" text="&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;" fontHeight="24.000000" fontColor="ffffffff" textAutoGrowHeight="true" textAutoGrowWidth="false" textContourFrame="false" textFitToSize="NONE" textHorizontalAdjust="CENTER" textVerticalAdjust="TOP" textLeftDistance="254" textRightDistance="254" textUpperDistance="127" textLowerDistance="127" textMaximumFrameHeight="0" textMaximumFrameWidth="0" textMinimumFrameHeight="0" textMinimumFrameWidth="0" textAnimationAmount="0" textAnimationCount="0" textAnimationDelay="0" textAnimationDirection="LEFT" textAnimationKind="NONE" textAnimationStartInside="false" textAnimationStopInside="false" textWritingMode="LR_TB" fillStyle="SOLID" fillColor="3c8c93" fillTransparence="0" fillTransparenceGradientName="">
   <FillTransparenceGradient style="LINEAR" startColor="000000" endColor="ffffff" angle="0" border="0" xOffset="50" yOffset="50" startIntensity="100" endIntensity="100" stepCount="0"/>
   <FillGradient style="LINEAR" startColor="3465a4" endColor="ffffff" angle="0" border="0" xOffset="50" yOffset="50" startIntensity="100" endIntensity="100" stepCount="0"/>
   <FillHatch style="SINGLE" color="3465a4" distance="20" angle="0"/>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <LineEnd/>
   <Transformation>
    <Line1 column1="2260.000000" column2="0.000000" column3="11429.000000"/>
-   <Line2 column1="0.000000" column2="15822.000000" column3="1324.000000"/>
+   <Line2 column1="0.000000" column2="15193.000000" column3="1324.000000"/>
    <Line3 column1="0.000000" column2="0.000000" column3="1.000000"/>
   </Transformation>
   <CustomShapeGeometry>