diff --git a/plug-ins/file-tiff/file-tiff-save.c b/plug-ins/file-tiff/file-tiff-save.c
index e287256ef9..8a17bd6c9e 100644
--- a/plug-ins/file-tiff/file-tiff-save.c
+++ b/plug-ins/file-tiff/file-tiff-save.c
@@ -989,8 +989,6 @@ save_image (GFile         *file,
       goto out;
     }
 
-  TIFFSetField (tif, TIFFTAG_DOCUMENTNAME, g_file_get_path (file));
-
   if (config_comment && *config_comment)
     {
       const gchar *c = config_comment;