diff --git a/src/svgcanvas/recalculate.js b/src/svgcanvas/recalculate.js
index 343f9a36..e218e920 100644
--- a/src/svgcanvas/recalculate.js
+++ b/src/svgcanvas/recalculate.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { getRotationAngle, getHref, getBBox, getRefElem } from './utilities.js'
 import { BatchCommand, ChangeElementCommand } from './history.js'
 import { remapElement } from './coords.js'
 import {
-  isIdentity, matrixMultiply, transformPoint, transformListToTransform,
+  matrixMultiply, transformPoint, transformListToTransform,
   hasMatrixTransform
 } from './math.js'
 import {
@@ -19,28 +19,6 @@ import {
 
 let svgCanvas
 
-/**
-* @interface module:recalculate.EditorContext
-*/
-/**
- * @function module:recalculate.EditorContext#getSvgRoot
- * @returns {SVGSVGElement} The root DOM element
- */
-/**
- * @function module:recalculate.EditorContext#getStartTransform
- * @returns {string}
-*/
-/**
- * @function module:recalculate.EditorContext#setStartTransform
- * @param {string} transform
- * @returns {void}
- */
-
-/**
-* @function module:recalculate.init
-* @param {module:recalculate.EditorContext} editorContext
-* @returns {void}
-*/
 export const init = (canvas) => {
   svgCanvas = canvas
 }
@@ -76,96 +54,15 @@ export const recalculateDimensions = (selected) => {
   const svgroot = svgCanvas.getSvgRoot()
   const dataStorage = svgCanvas.getDataStorage()
   const tlist = selected.transform?.baseVal
-  // remove any unnecessary transforms
-  if (tlist && tlist.numberOfItems > 0) {
-    let k = tlist.numberOfItems
-    const noi = k
-    while (k--) {
-      const xform = tlist.getItem(k)
-      if (xform.type === 0) {
-        tlist.removeItem(k)
-        // remove identity matrices
-      } else if (xform.type === 1) {
-        if (isIdentity(xform.matrix)) {
-          if (noi === 1) {
-            // Overcome Chrome bug (though only when noi is 1) with
-            //    `removeItem` preventing `removeAttribute` from
-            //    subsequently working
-            // See https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=843901
-            selected.removeAttribute('transform')
-            return null
-          }
-          tlist.removeItem(k)
-        }
-        // remove zero-degree rotations
-      } else if (xform.type === 4 && xform.angle === 0) {
-        tlist.removeItem(k)
-      }
-    }
-    // End here if all it has is a rotation
-    if (tlist.numberOfItems === 1 &&
-      getRotationAngle(selected)) { return null }
-  }
 
   // if this element had no transforms, we are done
   if (!tlist || tlist.numberOfItems === 0) {
-    // Chrome apparently had a bug that requires clearing the attribute first.
-    selected.setAttribute('transform', '')
-    // However, this still next line currently doesn't work at all in Chrome
-    selected.removeAttribute('transform')
-    // selected.transform.baseVal.clear(); // Didn't help for Chrome bug
     return null
   }
 
-  // TODO: Make this work for more than 2
-  if (tlist) {
-    let mxs = []
-    let k = tlist.numberOfItems
-    while (k--) {
-      const xform = tlist.getItem(k)
-      if (xform.type === 1) {
-        mxs.push([xform.matrix, k])
-      } else if (mxs.length) {
-        mxs = []
-      }
-    }
-    if (mxs.length === 2) {
-      const mNew = svgroot.createSVGTransformFromMatrix(matrixMultiply(mxs[1][0], mxs[0][0]))
-      tlist.removeItem(mxs[0][1])
-      tlist.removeItem(mxs[1][1])
-      tlist.insertItemBefore(mNew, mxs[1][1])
-    }
+  // consolidate transforms using standard SVG
+  tlist.consolidate()
 
-    // combine matrix + translate
-    k = tlist.numberOfItems
-    if (k >= 2 && tlist.getItem(k - 2).type === 1 && tlist.getItem(k - 1).type === 2) {
-      const mt = svgroot.createSVGTransform()
-
-      const m = matrixMultiply(
-        tlist.getItem(k - 2).matrix,
-        tlist.getItem(k - 1).matrix
-      )
-      mt.setMatrix(m)
-      tlist.removeItem(k - 2)
-      tlist.removeItem(k - 2)
-      tlist.appendItem(mt)
-    }
-  }
-
-  // If it still has a single [M] or [R][M], return null too (prevents BatchCommand from being returned).
-  switch (selected.tagName) {
-    // Ignore these elements, as they can absorb the [M]
-    case 'line':
-    case 'polyline':
-    case 'polygon':
-    case 'path':
-      break
-    default:
-      if ((tlist.numberOfItems === 1 && tlist.getItem(0).type === 1) ||
-        (tlist.numberOfItems === 2 && tlist.getItem(0).type === 1 && tlist.getItem(0).type === 4)) {
-        return null
-      }
-  }
   // Grouped SVG element
   const gsvg = (dataStorage.has(selected, 'gsvg')) ? dataStorage.get(selected, 'gsvg') : undefined
   // we know we have some transforms, so set up return variable
@@ -305,22 +202,6 @@ export const recalculateDimensions = (selected) => {
 
           const m = transformListToTransform(childTlist).matrix
 
-          // Convert a matrix to a scale if applicable
-          // if (hasMatrixTransform(childTlist) && childTlist.numberOfItems == 1) {
-          //   if (m.b==0 && m.c==0 && m.e==0 && m.f==0) {
-          //     childTlist.removeItem(0);
-          //     const translateOrigin = svgroot.createSVGTransform(),
-          //       scale = svgroot.createSVGTransform(),
-          //       translateBack = svgroot.createSVGTransform();
-          //     translateOrigin.setTranslate(0, 0);
-          //     scale.setScale(m.a, m.d);
-          //     translateBack.setTranslate(0, 0);
-          //     childTlist.appendItem(translateBack);
-          //     childTlist.appendItem(scale);
-          //     childTlist.appendItem(translateOrigin);
-          //   }
-          // }
-
           const angle = getRotationAngle(child)
           oldStartTransform = svgCanvas.getStartTransform()
           // const childxforms = [];
diff --git a/src/svgcanvas/svgcanvas.js b/src/svgcanvas/svgcanvas.js
index ad78176a..03d8896b 100644
--- a/src/svgcanvas/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/src/svgcanvas/svgcanvas.js
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class SvgCanvas {
   getSelectedElements () { return this.selectedElements }
   setSelectedElements (key, value) { this.selectedElements[key] = value }
   setEmptySelectedElements () { this.selectedElements = [] }
-  getSvgRoot () { return this.svgroot }
+  getSvgRoot () { return this.svgroot } // @returns {SVGSVGElement} The root DOM element
   getDOMDocument () { return this.svgdoc }
   getDOMContainer () { return this.container }
   getCurConfig () { return this.curConfig }