--- a/src/ov-re-mat.cc
+++ b/src/ov-re-mat.cc
@@ -255,21 +255,15 @@
 }
 
 bool 
-octave_matrix::save_ascii (std::ostream& os, bool& infnan_warned, 
-			   int strip_nan_and_inf)
+octave_matrix::save_ascii (std::ostream& os, bool& infnan_warned)
 {
   dim_vector d = dims ();
+
   if (d.length () > 2)
     {
       NDArray tmp = array_value ();
 
-      if (strip_nan_and_inf)
-	{
-	  warning ("save: Can not strip Inf or NaN values");
-	  warning ("save: Inf or NaN values may not be reloadable");
-	  infnan_warned = true;
-	}
-      else if (! infnan_warned && tmp.any_element_is_inf_or_nan ())
+      if (! infnan_warned && tmp.any_element_is_inf_or_nan ())
 	{
 	  warning ("save: Inf or NaN values may not be reloadable");
 	  infnan_warned = true;
@@ -289,9 +283,7 @@
       os << "# rows: " << rows () << "\n"
 	 << "# columns: " << columns () << "\n";
 
-      Matrix tmp = matrix_value ();
-
-      tmp.save_ascii (os, infnan_warned, strip_nan_and_inf);
+      os << matrix_value ();
     }
 
   return true;