diff --git a/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/Bone.java b/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/Bone.java
index 124a83ef0..f0e61f622 100644
--- a/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/Bone.java
+++ b/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/Bone.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class Bone implements Updatable {
 	final Bone parent;
 	final Array<Bone> children = new Array();
 	float x, y, rotation, scaleX, scaleY, shearX, shearY;
-	float appliedRotation, appliedScaleX, appliedScaleY;
+	float appliedRotation;
 
 	float a, b, worldX;
 	float c, d, worldY;
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ public class Bone implements Updatable {
 	/** Computes the world transform using the parent bone and the specified local transform. */
 	public void updateWorldTransform (float x, float y, float rotation, float scaleX, float scaleY, float shearX, float shearY) {
 		appliedRotation = rotation;
-		appliedScaleX = scaleX;
-		appliedScaleY = scaleY;
 
 		float rotationY = rotation + 90 + shearY;
 		float la = cosDeg(rotation + shearX) * scaleX, lb = cosDeg(rotationY) * scaleY;
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ public class Bone implements Updatable {
 				pd = 1;
 				do {
 					float cos = cosDeg(parent.appliedRotation), sin = sinDeg(parent.appliedRotation);
-					float psx = parent.appliedScaleX, psy = parent.appliedScaleY;
+					float psx = parent.scaleX, psy = parent.scaleY;
 					float za = cos * psx, zb = sin * psy, zc = sin * psx, zd = cos * psy;
 					float temp = pa * za + pb * zc;
 					pb = pb * zd - pa * zb;
@@ -418,8 +416,6 @@ public class Bone implements Updatable {
 			rotation = 90 - atan2(rd, rb) * radDeg;
 		}
 		appliedRotation = rotation;
-		appliedScaleX = scaleX;
-		appliedScaleY = scaleY;
 	}
 
 	public Matrix3 getWorldTransform (Matrix3 worldTransform) {
diff --git a/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/IkConstraint.java b/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/IkConstraint.java
index 4b50b5055..4b929b9f7 100644
--- a/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/IkConstraint.java
+++ b/spine-libgdx/spine-libgdx/src/com/esotericsoftware/spine/IkConstraint.java
@@ -135,12 +135,8 @@ public class IkConstraint implements Updatable {
 		if (rotationIK > 180)
 			rotationIK -= 360;
 		else if (rotationIK < -180) rotationIK += 360;
-		bone.updateWorldTransform(bone.x, bone.y, bone.rotation + (rotationIK - bone.rotation) * alpha, bone.appliedScaleX,
-			bone.appliedScaleY, bone.shearX, bone.shearY);
-		/*
-		 * parents of this thing this thing (bone) ik constraint
-		 */
-
+		bone.updateWorldTransform(bone.x, bone.y, bone.rotation + (rotationIK - bone.rotation) * alpha, bone.scaleX, bone.scaleY,
+			bone.shearX, bone.shearY);
 	}
 
 	/** Adjusts the parent and child bone rotations so the tip of the child is as close to the target position as possible. The
@@ -148,7 +144,7 @@ public class IkConstraint implements Updatable {
 	 * @param child A direct descendant of the parent bone. */
 	static public void apply (Bone parent, Bone child, float targetX, float targetY, int bendDir, float alpha) {
 		if (alpha == 0) return;
-		float px = parent.x, py = parent.y, psx = parent.appliedScaleX, psy = parent.appliedScaleY, csx = child.appliedScaleX;
+		float px = parent.x, py = parent.y, psx = parent.scaleX, psy = parent.scaleY, csx = child.scaleX;
 		int os1, os2, s2;
 		if (psx < 0) {
 			psx = -psx;
@@ -266,13 +262,12 @@ public class IkConstraint implements Updatable {
 		if (a1 > 180)
 			a1 -= 360;
 		else if (a1 < -180) a1 += 360;
-		parent.updateWorldTransform(px, py, rotation + a1 * alpha, parent.appliedScaleX, parent.appliedScaleY, 0, 0);
+		parent.updateWorldTransform(px, py, rotation + a1 * alpha, parent.scaleX, parent.scaleY, 0, 0);
 		rotation = child.rotation;
 		a2 = ((a2 + os) * radDeg - child.shearX) * s2 + os2 - rotation;
 		if (a2 > 180)
 			a2 -= 360;
 		else if (a2 < -180) a2 += 360;
-		child.updateWorldTransform(cx, cy, rotation + a2 * alpha, child.appliedScaleX, child.appliedScaleY, child.shearX,
-			child.shearY);
+		child.updateWorldTransform(cx, cy, rotation + a2 * alpha, child.scaleX, child.scaleY, child.shearX, child.shearY);
 	}
 }