diff --git a/Modules/DICOM/src/mitkDICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo.cpp b/Modules/DICOM/src/mitkDICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo.cpp
index 0d1e7bc67e..3eafed8c32 100644
--- a/Modules/DICOM/src/mitkDICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo.cpp
+++ b/Modules/DICOM/src/mitkDICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo.cpp
@@ -1,109 +1,89 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkDICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo.h"
 
 mitk::DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo
 ::DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo(const std::string& filename, unsigned int frameNo)
 :DICOMDatasetAccessingImageFrameInfo(filename, frameNo)
 ,m_TagForValue()
 {
 }
 
 mitk::DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo
 ::DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo(const DICOMImageFrameInfo::Pointer& frameinfo)
 :DICOMDatasetAccessingImageFrameInfo(frameinfo->Filename, frameinfo->FrameNo)
 ,m_TagForValue()
 {
 }
 
 mitk::DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo
 ::DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo(const DICOMImageFrameInfo::Pointer& frameinfo, gdcm::Scanner::TagToValue const& tagToValueMapping)
 :DICOMDatasetAccessingImageFrameInfo(frameinfo->Filename, frameinfo->FrameNo)
 ,m_TagForValue(tagToValueMapping)
 {
 }
 
 mitk::DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo::
 ~DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo()
 {
 }
 
 mitk::DICOMDatasetFinding
 mitk::DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo
 ::GetTagValueAsString(const DICOMTag& tag) const
 {
   const auto mappedValue = m_TagForValue.find( gdcm::Tag(tag.GetGroup(), tag.GetElement()) );
   DICOMDatasetFinding result;
 
   if (mappedValue != m_TagForValue.cend())
   {
     result.isValid = true;
 
     if (mappedValue->second != nullptr)
     {
       std::string s(mappedValue->second);
       try
       {
         result.value = s.erase(s.find_last_not_of(" \n\r\t")+1);
       }
       catch(...)
       {
         result.value = s;
       }
     }
     else
     {
       result.value = "";
     }
   }
-  else
-  {
-    const DICOMTag tagImagePositionPatient = DICOMTag(0x0020,0x0032); // Image Position (Patient)
-    const DICOMTag    tagImageOrientation = DICOMTag(0x0020, 0x0037); // Image Orientation
 
-    if (tag == tagImagePositionPatient)
-    {
-      result.isValid = true;
-      result.value = std::string("0\\0\\0");
-    }
-    else if (tag == tagImageOrientation)
-    {
-      result.isValid = true;
-      result.value = std::string("1\\0\\0\\0\\1\\0");
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      result.isValid = false;
-      result.value = "";
-    }
-  }
   return result;
 }
 
 mitk::DICOMDatasetAccess::FindingsListType
 mitk::DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo::GetTagValueAsString(const DICOMTagPath& path) const
 {
   FindingsListType result;
   if (path.Size() == 1 && path.IsExplicit())
   {
     result.push_back(this->GetTagValueAsString(path.GetFirstNode().tag));
   }
   return result;
 }
 
 std::string
 mitk::DICOMGDCMImageFrameInfo
 ::GetFilenameIfAvailable() const
 {
   return this->Filename;
 }