diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.cc
index a6d5bdfccb0..7d27882eebf 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.cc
@@ -262,9 +262,7 @@ static void object_copy_data(Main *bmain,
   ob_dst->avs = ob_src->avs;
   ob_dst->mpath = animviz_copy_motionpath(ob_src->mpath);
 
-  /* Do not copy object's preview
-   * (mostly due to the fact renderers create temp copy of objects). */
-  if ((flag & LIB_ID_COPY_NO_PREVIEW) == 0 && false) { /* XXX TODO: temp hack. */
+  if ((flag & LIB_ID_COPY_NO_PREVIEW) == 0) {
     BKE_previewimg_id_copy(&ob_dst->id, &ob_src->id);
   }
   else {