diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBUI.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBUI.java
index 1b6b236a7d33..25f840cefa9b 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBUI.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/JBUI.java
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public class JBUI {
 
   static {
     setUserScaleFactor(UIUtil.isJreHiDPIEnabled() ? 1f : SYSTEM_SCALE_FACTOR);
-    LOG.info("System scale factor: " + String.format("%.02f", SYSTEM_SCALE_FACTOR) + " (" +
+    LOG.info("System scale factor: " + SYSTEM_SCALE_FACTOR + " (" +
              (UIUtil.isJreHiDPIEnabled() ? "JRE-managed" : "IDE-managed") + " HiDPI)");
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java
index 35a653791d9b..846f7881ff18 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java
@@ -96,15 +96,6 @@ public class UIUtil {
 
     // Applied to all JLabel instances, including subclasses. Supported in JBSDK only.
     UIManager.getDefaults().put("javax.swing.JLabel.userStyleSheet", UIUtil.JBHtmlEditorKit.createStyleSheet());
-
-    if (SystemInfo.isLinux && Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getDesktopProperty("gnome.Xft/DPI") != null) {
-      float dpi_factor = 96 / (float)72; // J2D factor
-      int gnome_base_font_size = 11;
-      DEF_SYSTEM_FONT_SIZE = gnome_base_font_size * dpi_factor;
-    }
-    else {
-      DEF_SYSTEM_FONT_SIZE = 12;
-    }
   }
 
   public static void decorateFrame(@NotNull JRootPane pane) {
@@ -343,7 +334,7 @@ public class UIUtil {
 
   private static volatile Pair<String, Integer> ourSystemFontData;
 
-  public static final float DEF_SYSTEM_FONT_SIZE;
+  public static final float DEF_SYSTEM_FONT_SIZE = 12f; // TODO: consider 12 * 1.33 to compensate JDK's 72dpi font scale
 
   @NonNls private static final String ROOT_PANE = "JRootPane.future";