diff --git a/oox/source/drawingml/textparagraph.cxx b/oox/source/drawingml/textparagraph.cxx
index a47a5d57f4d4..1b599a6668e0 100644
--- a/oox/source/drawingml/textparagraph.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/drawingml/textparagraph.cxx
@@ -125,12 +125,6 @@ void TextParagraph::insertAt(
             const OUString sNumberingLevel( CREATE_OUSTRING( "NumberingLevel" ) );
             xProps->setPropertyValue( sNumberingLevel, Any( static_cast< sal_Int16 >( -1 ) ) );
         }
-        else if ( nLevel > 1 )
-        {
-            // Even more UGLY HACK
-            const OUString sNumberingLevel( CREATE_OUSTRING( "NumberingLevel" ) );
-            xProps->setPropertyValue( sNumberingLevel, Any( static_cast< sal_Int16 >( nLevel-1 ) ) );
-        }
 
 // FIXME this is causing a lot of dispruption (ie does not work). I wonder what to do -- Hub
 //          Reference< XTextRange > xEnd( xAt, UNO_QUERY );