diff --git a/src/io/readWriteImage.ts b/src/io/readWriteImage.ts
index 41132c70..09a48dc5 100644
--- a/src/io/readWriteImage.ts
+++ b/src/io/readWriteImage.ts
@@ -23,17 +23,6 @@ export const writeImage = async (format: string, image: vtkImageData) => {
   // copyImage so writeImage does not detach live data when passing to worker
   const itkImage = copyImage(vtkITKHelper.convertVtkToItkImage(image));
 
-  // Transpose the direction matrix to fix bug in @itk-wasm/image-io.writeImage
-  // Remove when @itk-wasm/image-io version is above 0.5.0 https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/itk-wasm/commit/ad9ca85eedc47c9d3444cf36859569c529886bde
-  const oldDirection = [...itkImage.direction];
-  const { dimension } = itkImage.imageType;
-  for (let idx = 0; idx < dimension; ++idx) {
-    for (let idy = 0; idy < dimension; ++idy) {
-      itkImage.direction[idx + idy * dimension] =
-        oldDirection[idy + idx * dimension];
-    }
-  }
-
   const result = await writeImageItk(itkImage, `image.${format}`, {
     webWorker: getWorker(),
   });