diff --git a/crates/usvg-tree/src/lib.rs b/crates/usvg-tree/src/lib.rs
index 230d0c259..d162e4980 100644
--- a/crates/usvg-tree/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/usvg-tree/src/lib.rs
@@ -732,16 +732,6 @@ impl NodeKind {
             NodeKind::Text(ref e) => e.id.as_str(),
         }
     }
-
-    /// Returns node's transform.
-    pub fn transform(&self) -> Transform {
-        match self {
-            NodeKind::Group(ref e) => e.transform,
-            NodeKind::Path(_) => Transform::default(),
-            NodeKind::Image(_) => Transform::default(),
-            NodeKind::Text(_) => Transform::default(),
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 /// A group container.
@@ -1209,12 +1199,6 @@ pub trait NodeExt {
     /// will be returned.
     fn id(&self) -> std::cell::Ref<str>;
 
-    /// Returns node's transform.
-    ///
-    /// If a current node doesn't support transformation - a default
-    /// transform will be returned.
-    fn transform(&self) -> Transform;
-
     /// Returns node's absolute transform.
     ///
     /// If a current node doesn't support transformation - a default
@@ -1263,15 +1247,12 @@ impl NodeExt for Node {
         std::cell::Ref::map(self.borrow(), |v| v.id())
     }
 
-    #[inline]
-    fn transform(&self) -> Transform {
-        self.borrow().transform()
-    }
-
     fn abs_transform(&self) -> Transform {
         let mut ts_list = Vec::new();
         for p in self.ancestors() {
-            ts_list.push(p.transform());
+            if let NodeKind::Group(ref group) = *p.borrow() {
+                ts_list.push(group.transform);
+            }
         }
 
         let mut abs_ts = Transform::default();
@@ -1307,7 +1288,11 @@ fn calc_node_bbox(node: &Node, ts: Transform) -> Option<BBox> {
             let mut bbox = BBox::default();
 
             for child in node.children() {
-                let child_transform = ts.pre_concat(child.transform());
+                let child_transform = if let NodeKind::Group(ref group) = *child.borrow() {
+                    ts.pre_concat(group.transform)
+                }   else {
+                    ts
+                };
                 if let Some(c_bbox) = calc_node_bbox(&child, child_transform) {
                     bbox = bbox.expand(c_bbox);
                 }