diff --git a/mod/forum/lib.php b/mod/forum/lib.php
index dbe3afef11f..07d0a13e2d6 100644
--- a/mod/forum/lib.php
+++ b/mod/forum/lib.php
@@ -3557,13 +3557,7 @@ function forum_get_ratings_count($postid, $scale, $ratings=NULL) {
         }
     }
 
-    $count = count($ratings);
-    $scalecount = count($scale)-1; //this should give us the last element of the scale aka the max grade with  $scale[$scalecount]
-
-    if ($count > $scale[$scalecount]) { //if the count exceeds the forum scale (i.e. max grade then set the score to the max grade
-        $count = $scale[$scalecount];
-    }
-    return $scale[$count];
+    return count($ratings);
 }
 
 /**