diff --git a/src/extension/internal/cairo-render-context.cpp b/src/extension/internal/cairo-render-context.cpp
index db4b3a20c1eb73acc912898d473865d14570eb8d..306423f983d0fd636633361d67841abaacb614f9 100644
--- a/src/extension/internal/cairo-render-context.cpp
+++ b/src/extension/internal/cairo-render-context.cpp
@@ -625,8 +625,14 @@ CairoRenderContext::popLayer(cairo_operator_t composite)
                 // If a mask won't be applied set opacity too. (The clip is represented by a solid Cairo mask.)
                 cairo_set_source_rgba(clip_ctx->_cr, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, mask ? 1.0 : opacity);
 
-                // It must be copied before pushState and stored after.
-                auto item_transform = getItemTransform();
+                // copy over the correct CTM
+                // It must be stored in item_transform of current state after pushState.
+                Geom::Affine item_transform;
+                if (_state->parent_has_userspace)
+                    item_transform = getParentState()->transform * _state->item_transform;
+                else
+                    item_transform = _state->item_transform;
+
                 // apply the clip path
                 clip_ctx->pushState();
                 clip_ctx->getCurrentState()->item_transform = item_transform;
@@ -669,7 +675,6 @@ CairoRenderContext::popLayer(cairo_operator_t composite)
             // copy the correct CTM to mask context
             mask_ctx->setTransform(_state->parent_has_userspace ? _state->item_transform * getParentState()->transform
                                                                 : _state->transform);
-
             // render mask contents to mask_ctx
             _renderer->applyMask(mask_ctx, mask);
 
@@ -1072,13 +1077,6 @@ Geom::Affine CairoRenderContext::getTransform() const
     return ret;
 }
 
-Geom::Affine CairoRenderContext::getItemTransform() const
-{
-    if (_state->parent_has_userspace)
-        return getParentTransform() * _state->item_transform;
-    return _state->item_transform;
-}
-
 Geom::Affine CairoRenderContext::getParentTransform() const
 {
     g_assert( _is_valid );
diff --git a/src/extension/internal/cairo-render-context.h b/src/extension/internal/cairo-render-context.h
index dd63316de00a62d3fb387a102ff175e621581e8f..eedebc4e5258a85a09e7459209fe7d285d3564e0 100644
--- a/src/extension/internal/cairo-render-context.h
+++ b/src/extension/internal/cairo-render-context.h
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ public:
     void transform(Geom::Affine const &transform);
     void setTransform(Geom::Affine const &transform);
     Geom::Affine getTransform() const;
-    Geom::Affine getItemTransform() const;
     Geom::Affine getParentTransform() const;
 
     /* Clipping methods */
diff --git a/src/extension/internal/cairo-renderer.cpp b/src/extension/internal/cairo-renderer.cpp
index fd401b1cfce4f9e69c544f1815694f6a7d8c1b80..6e3e49288adc7af74448c5a2a1cf4239cfc99f3d 100644
--- a/src/extension/internal/cairo-renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/extension/internal/cairo-renderer.cpp
@@ -477,9 +477,8 @@ static void sp_anchor_render(SPAnchor const *a, CairoRenderContext *ctx, SPItem
         }
         // Write a box for this hyperlink so it's contained and positioned correctly.
         if (auto vbox = a->visualBounds()) {
-            // Convert from 92dpi (svg) to 72dpi (pdf) and apply item transforms as we are writing out the box directly.
-            auto static doc_scale = Geom::Scale(72.0 / 96.0);
-            auto bbox = *vbox * ctx->getItemTransform() * doc_scale;
+            // Apply transforms as we are writing out the box directly.
+            auto bbox = *vbox * ctx->getTransform();
             link += Glib::ustring::compose(" rect=[%1 %2 %3 %4]", bbox.left(), bbox.top(), bbox.width(), bbox.height());
         }
         ctx->tagBegin(link.c_str());