diff --git a/processing/post/vtk_pointCloud.py b/processing/post/vtk_pointCloud.py
index 2aad22479..93b4f61bf 100755
--- a/processing/post/vtk_pointCloud.py
+++ b/processing/post/vtk_pointCloud.py
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ for name in filenames:
 
   writer.Write()
 
-  if name is None: sys.stdout.write(writer.GetOutputString()[:writer.GetOutputStringLength()])      # limiting of outputString is fix for vtk <7.0
+  if name is None: sys.stdout.write(writer.GetOutputString())
 
   table.close()
diff --git a/processing/post/vtk_rectilinearGrid.py b/processing/post/vtk_rectilinearGrid.py
index 2e7c66ad5..295df2714 100755
--- a/processing/post/vtk_rectilinearGrid.py
+++ b/processing/post/vtk_rectilinearGrid.py
@@ -129,6 +129,6 @@ for name in filenames:
 
   writer.Write()
 
-  if name is None: sys.stdout.write(writer.GetOutputString()[:writer.GetOutputStringLength()])      # limiting of outputString is fix for vtk <7.0
+  if name is None: sys.stdout.write(writer.GetOutputString())
 
   table.close()