diff --git a/lisp/ob-core.el b/lisp/ob-core.el
index 060b0e827..1259909a0 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-core.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-core.el
@@ -3208,9 +3208,7 @@ If the table is trivial, then return it as a scalar."
 		   ;; If the file was empty, don't bother trying to
 		   ;; convert the table.
 		   (when (> pmax 1)
-                     ;; Convert tables of arbitrary size.
-                     (let ((org-table-convert-region-max-lines most-positive-fixnum))
-		       (org-table-convert-region (point-min) pmax separator))
+		     (org-table-convert-region (point-min) pmax separator)
 		     (delq nil
 			   (mapcar (lambda (row)
 				     (and (not (eq row 'hline))