diff --git a/web/app.js b/web/app.js
index bf2226b87..0dd5f1f54 100644
--- a/web/app.js
+++ b/web/app.js
@@ -1525,10 +1525,6 @@ function webViewerInitialized() {
     if ('verbosity' in hashParams) {
       PDFJS.verbosity = hashParams['verbosity'] | 0;
     }
-    if ('ignorecurrentpositiononzoom' in hashParams) {
-      PDFJS.ignoreCurrentPositionOnZoom =
-        (hashParams['ignorecurrentpositiononzoom'] === 'true');
-    }
     if (typeof PDFJSDev === 'undefined' || !PDFJSDev.test('PRODUCTION')) {
       if ('disablebcmaps' in hashParams && hashParams['disablebcmaps']) {
         PDFJS.cMapUrl = '../external/cmaps/';
diff --git a/web/base_viewer.js b/web/base_viewer.js
index bc953977e..521b193a7 100644
--- a/web/base_viewer.js
+++ b/web/base_viewer.js
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ class BaseViewer {
 
     if (!noScroll) {
       let page = this._currentPageNumber, dest;
-      if (this._location && !PDFJS.ignoreCurrentPositionOnZoom &&
+      if (this._location &&
           !(this.isInPresentationMode || this.isChangingPresentationMode)) {
         page = this._location.pageNumber;
         dest = [null, { name: 'XYZ', }, this._location.left,
diff --git a/web/ui_utils.js b/web/ui_utils.js
index dc762dfeb..455309b50 100644
--- a/web/ui_utils.js
+++ b/web/ui_utils.js
@@ -102,12 +102,6 @@ PDFJS.disableHistory = (PDFJS.disableHistory === undefined ?
 PDFJS.disableTextLayer = (PDFJS.disableTextLayer === undefined ?
                           false : PDFJS.disableTextLayer);
 
-/**
- * Disables maintaining the current position in the document when zooming.
- */
-PDFJS.ignoreCurrentPositionOnZoom = (PDFJS.ignoreCurrentPositionOnZoom ===
-  undefined ? false : PDFJS.ignoreCurrentPositionOnZoom);
-
 if (typeof PDFJSDev === 'undefined' ||
     !PDFJSDev.test('FIREFOX || MOZCENTRAL')) {
   /**