diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiScene.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiScene.cpp
index 813c24edf..57dad63e8 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiScene.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiScene.cpp
@@ -3916,12 +3916,6 @@ namespace wi::scene
 			// Serialize it from file:
 			scene.Serialize(archive);
 
-			if (!attached && XMMatrixIsIdentity(transformMatrix))
-			{
-				// fast path: no attaching, no tansformation, scene is loaded as-is
-				return INVALID_ENTITY;
-			}
-
 			// First, create new root:
 			Entity root = CreateEntity();
 			scene.transforms.Create(root);