diff --git a/plugins/removeViewBox.js b/plugins/removeViewBox.js
index 052642f4a..c062617a9 100644
--- a/plugins/removeViewBox.js
+++ b/plugins/removeViewBox.js
@@ -23,26 +23,27 @@ var viewBoxElems = ['svg', 'pattern', 'symbol'];
  *
  * @author Kir Belevich
  */
-exports.fn = function(item) {
+exports.fn = function (item) {
+  if (
+    item.isElem(viewBoxElems) &&
+    item.hasAttr('viewBox') &&
+    item.hasAttr('width') &&
+    item.hasAttr('height')
+  ) {
+    // TODO remove width/height for such case instead
+    if (item.isElem('svg') && item.closestElem('svg')) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    var nums = item.attr('viewBox').value.split(/[ ,]+/g);
 
     if (
-        item.isElem(viewBoxElems) &&
-        item.hasAttr('viewBox') &&
-        item.hasAttr('width') &&
-        item.hasAttr('height')
+      nums[0] === '0' &&
+      nums[1] === '0' &&
+      item.attr('width').value.replace(/px$/, '') === nums[2] && // could use parseFloat too
+      item.attr('height').value.replace(/px$/, '') === nums[3]
     ) {
-
-        var nums = item.attr('viewBox').value.split(/[ ,]+/g);
-
-        if (
-            nums[0] === '0' &&
-            nums[1] === '0' &&
-            item.attr('width').value.replace(/px$/, '') === nums[2] && // could use parseFloat too
-            item.attr('height').value.replace(/px$/, '') === nums[3]
-        ) {
-            item.removeAttr('viewBox');
-        }
-
+      item.removeAttr('viewBox');
     }
-
+  }
 };
diff --git a/test/plugins/removeViewBox.05.svg b/test/plugins/removeViewBox.05.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..798f5a3ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins/removeViewBox.05.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+ViewBox in nested <svg> should be preserved to not break scale
+
+===
+
+<svg width="480" height="360" viewBox="0 0 480 360" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+  <defs>
+    <svg id="svg-sub-root" viewBox="0 0 450 450" width="450" height="450">
+      <rect x="225" y="0" width="220" height="220" style="fill:magenta"/>
+      <rect x="0" y="225" width="220" height="220" style="fill:#f0f"/>
+      <rect x="225" y="225" width="220" height="220" fill="#f0f"/>
+    </svg>
+  </defs>
+  <use x="60" y="50" width="240" height="240" xlink:href="#svg-sub-root"/>
+  <rect x="300" y="170" width="118" height="118" fill="magenta"/>
+</svg>
+
+@@@
+
+<svg width="480" height="360" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+    <defs>
+        <svg id="svg-sub-root" viewBox="0 0 450 450" width="450" height="450">
+            <rect x="225" y="0" width="220" height="220" style="fill:magenta"/>
+            <rect x="0" y="225" width="220" height="220" style="fill:#f0f"/>
+            <rect x="225" y="225" width="220" height="220" fill="#f0f"/>
+        </svg>
+    </defs>
+    <use x="60" y="50" width="240" height="240" xlink:href="#svg-sub-root"/>
+    <rect x="300" y="170" width="118" height="118" fill="magenta"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/test/regression.js b/test/regression.js
index 61ea0f29f..34e3de6cc 100644
--- a/test/regression.js
+++ b/test/regression.js
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ const runTests = async ({ svgFiles }) => {
       name === 'styling-css-01-b' ||
       name === 'styling-css-03-b' ||
       name === 'styling-css-04-f' ||
-      // mismatched draft cases
-      name === 'struct-use-07-b'
+      // strange artifact breaks inconsistently  breaks regression tests
+      name === 'filters-conv-05-f'
     ) {
       console.info(`${name} is skipped`);
       skipped += 1;