diff --git a/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
index f6df385597..b2dd647085 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ private:
             Handle(TDocStd_Document) hDoc;
             hApp->NewDocument(TCollection_ExtendedString("MDTV-CAF"), hDoc);
 
-            bool keepExplicitPlacement = list.size() > 1;
-            keepExplicitPlacement = Standard_True;
+            //bool keepExplicitPlacement = list.size() > 1;
+            bool keepExplicitPlacement = Standard_True;
             Import::ExportOCAFCmd ocaf(hDoc, keepExplicitPlacement);
 
             std::map<Part::Feature*, std::vector<App::Color> > partColors;
diff --git a/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
index 60af16d8af..8f9ace29c7 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Import/Gui/AppImportGuiPy.cpp
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ private:
             Handle(TDocStd_Document) hDoc;
             hApp->NewDocument(TCollection_ExtendedString("MDTV-CAF"), hDoc);
 
-            bool keepExplicitPlacement = list.size() > 1;
-            keepExplicitPlacement = Standard_True;
+            //bool keepExplicitPlacement = list.size() > 1;
+            bool keepExplicitPlacement = Standard_True;
             ExportOCAFGui ocaf(hDoc, keepExplicitPlacement);
 
             // That stuff is exporting a list of selected objects into FreeCAD Tree