diff --git a/lib/data.h b/lib/data.h
index 82afd0e0..cd1b6806 100644
--- a/lib/data.h
+++ b/lib/data.h
@@ -131,12 +131,9 @@ typedef struct sensors_bus {
      fan_div)
    flags is a bitfield, its value is a combination of SENSORS_MODE_R (readable),
      SENSORS_MODE_W (writable) and SENSORS_COMPUTE_MAPPING (affected by the
-     computation rules of the main feature).
-   scaling is the number of decimal points to scale by.
-     Divide the read value by 10**scaling to get the real value. */
+     computation rules of the main feature). */
 typedef struct sensors_chip_feature {
 	sensors_feature_data data;
-	int scaling;
 } sensors_chip_feature;
 
 /* Internal data about all features of a type of chip */
diff --git a/lib/sysfs.c b/lib/sysfs.c
index f9d28eb3..dfbc4882 100644
--- a/lib/sysfs.c
+++ b/lib/sysfs.c
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ int get_type_scaling(int type)
 	switch (type & 0xFF10) {
 	case SENSORS_FEATURE_IN:
 	case SENSORS_FEATURE_TEMP:
-		return 3;
+		return 1000;
 	case SENSORS_FEATURE_FAN:
-		return 0;
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case SENSORS_FEATURE_VID:
-		return 3;
+		return 1000;
 	default:
-		return 0;
+		return 1;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ static int sensors_read_dynamic_chip(sensors_chip_features *chip,
 		if (attr->method & SYSFS_METHOD_STORE)
 			feature.data.flags |= SENSORS_MODE_W;
 
-		feature.scaling = get_type_scaling(type);
-
 		features[i] = feature;
 		fnum++;
 	}
@@ -422,7 +420,6 @@ int sensors_read_sysfs_attr(const sensors_chip_name *name, int feature,
 			    double *value)
 {
 	const sensors_chip_feature *the_feature;
-	int mag;
 	char n[NAME_MAX];
 	FILE *f;
 	const char *suffix = "";
@@ -443,8 +440,7 @@ int sensors_read_sysfs_attr(const sensors_chip_name *name, int feature,
 		fclose(f);
 		if (res != 1)
 			return -SENSORS_ERR_PROC;
-		for (mag = the_feature->scaling; mag > 0; mag --)
-			*value /= 10.0;
+		*value /= get_type_scaling(the_feature->data.type);
 	} else
 		return -SENSORS_ERR_PROC;
 
@@ -455,7 +451,6 @@ int sensors_write_sysfs_attr(const sensors_chip_name *name, int feature,
 			     double value)
 {
 	const sensors_chip_feature *the_feature;
-	int mag;
 	char n[NAME_MAX];
 	FILE *f;
 	const char *suffix = "";
@@ -472,8 +467,7 @@ int sensors_write_sysfs_attr(const sensors_chip_name *name, int feature,
 	snprintf(n, NAME_MAX, "%s/%s%s", name->path, the_feature->data.name,
 		 suffix);
 	if ((f = fopen(n, "w"))) {
-		for (mag = the_feature->scaling; mag > 0; mag --)
-			value *= 10.0;
+		value *= get_type_scaling(the_feature->data.type);
 		fprintf(f, "%d", (int) value);
 		fclose(f);
 	} else