diff --git a/plug-ins/file-tiff/file-tiff-save.c b/plug-ins/file-tiff/file-tiff-save.c
index 03c3ac64985b17f47480e3334637d09fb6d025cd..96ed2862b7851a4c4d849f9c01830b6915e599a9 100644
--- a/plug-ins/file-tiff/file-tiff-save.c
+++ b/plug-ins/file-tiff/file-tiff-save.c
@@ -973,8 +973,6 @@ save_image (GFile                  *file,
       goto out;
     }
 
-  TIFFSetField (tif, TIFFTAG_DOCUMENTNAME, g_file_get_path (file));
-
   /* The TIFF spec explicitly says ASCII for the image description. */
   if (image_comment)
     {