diff --git a/col.go b/col.go
index 72db4be907..5af4302c75 100644
--- a/col.go
+++ b/col.go
@@ -556,26 +556,7 @@ func flatCols(col xlsxCol, cols []xlsxCol, replacer func(fc, c xlsxCol) xlsxCol)
 //    width           # Width of object frame.
 //    height          # Height of object frame.
 //
-//    xAbs            # Absolute distance to left side of object.
-//    yAbs            # Absolute distance to top side of object.
-//
-func (f *File) positionObjectPixels(sheet string, col, row, x1, y1, width, height int) (int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int) {
-	xAbs := 0
-	yAbs := 0
-
-	// Calculate the absolute x offset of the top-left vertex.
-	for colID := 1; colID <= col; colID++ {
-		xAbs += f.getColWidth(sheet, colID)
-	}
-	xAbs += x1
-
-	// Calculate the absolute y offset of the top-left vertex.
-	// Store the column change to allow optimisations.
-	for rowID := 1; rowID <= row; rowID++ {
-		yAbs += f.getRowHeight(sheet, rowID)
-	}
-	yAbs += y1
-
+func (f *File) positionObjectPixels(sheet string, col, row, x1, y1, width, height int) (int, int, int, int, int, int) {
 	// Adjust start column for offsets that are greater than the col width.
 	for x1 >= f.getColWidth(sheet, col) {
 		x1 -= f.getColWidth(sheet, col)
@@ -610,7 +591,7 @@ func (f *File) positionObjectPixels(sheet string, col, row, x1, y1, width, heigh
 	// The end vertices are whatever is left from the width and height.
 	x2 := width
 	y2 := height
-	return col, row, xAbs, yAbs, colEnd, rowEnd, x2, y2
+	return col, row, colEnd, rowEnd, x2, y2
 }
 
 // getColWidth provides a function to get column width in pixels by given
diff --git a/drawing.go b/drawing.go
index 6c2f6357f5..913a7456d2 100644
--- a/drawing.go
+++ b/drawing.go
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ func (f *File) addDrawingChart(sheet, drawingXML, cell string, width, height, rI
 
 	width = int(float64(width) * formatSet.XScale)
 	height = int(float64(height) * formatSet.YScale)
-	colStart, rowStart, _, _, colEnd, rowEnd, x2, y2 :=
+	colStart, rowStart, colEnd, rowEnd, x2, y2 :=
 		f.positionObjectPixels(sheet, colIdx, rowIdx, formatSet.OffsetX, formatSet.OffsetY, width, height)
 	content, cNvPrID := f.drawingParser(drawingXML)
 	twoCellAnchor := xdrCellAnchor{}
diff --git a/picture.go b/picture.go
index 9a646379c3..2f685ffa6e 100644
--- a/picture.go
+++ b/picture.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func (f *File) addDrawingPicture(sheet, drawingXML, cell, file string, width, he
 	}
 	col--
 	row--
-	colStart, rowStart, _, _, colEnd, rowEnd, x2, y2 :=
+	colStart, rowStart, colEnd, rowEnd, x2, y2 :=
 		f.positionObjectPixels(sheet, col, row, formatSet.OffsetX, formatSet.OffsetY, width, height)
 	content, cNvPrID := f.drawingParser(drawingXML)
 	twoCellAnchor := xdrCellAnchor{}
diff --git a/shape.go b/shape.go
index 0a5164b4a1..2600e901f6 100644
--- a/shape.go
+++ b/shape.go
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ func (f *File) addDrawingShape(sheet, drawingXML, cell string, formatSet *format
 	width := int(float64(formatSet.Width) * formatSet.Format.XScale)
 	height := int(float64(formatSet.Height) * formatSet.Format.YScale)
 
-	colStart, rowStart, _, _, colEnd, rowEnd, x2, y2 :=
+	colStart, rowStart, colEnd, rowEnd, x2, y2 :=
 		f.positionObjectPixels(sheet, colIdx, rowIdx, formatSet.Format.OffsetX, formatSet.Format.OffsetY,
 			width, height)
 	content, cNvPrID := f.drawingParser(drawingXML)