diff --git a/src/kibana/components/vislib/lib/x_axis.js b/src/kibana/components/vislib/lib/x_axis.js
index 5b0a56169c009..fabd00c4d3e15 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/vislib/lib/x_axis.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/vislib/lib/x_axis.js
@@ -232,24 +232,13 @@ define(function (require) {
       var text;
       var barWidth = self.xScale.rangeBand();
       var maxRotatedLength = 180;
-      var textWidth = 0;
       var xAxisPadding = 15;
       var svg;
-      var xAxisLabelHt = 15;
       var lengths = [];
       var length;
       self._attr.isRotated = false;
 
       return function (selection) {
-
-        // maxRotatedLength = min of 60% chart height or maxRotatedLength
-        var chtWrap = d3.select(this.node().parentNode.parentNode.parentNode).select('.chart-wrapper');
-        if (chtWrap) {
-          var chtWrapHt = chtWrap.style('height');
-          chtWrapHt = 0.6 * +chtWrapHt.substring(0, chtWrapHt.length - 2);
-          maxRotatedLength = _.min([maxRotatedLength, chtWrapHt]);
-        }
-
         text = selection.selectAll('.tick text');
 
         text.each(function textWidths() {