diff --git a/src/inspect.cpp b/src/inspect.cpp
index 1cfeba2e3..9d5ce1685 100644
--- a/src/inspect.cpp
+++ b/src/inspect.cpp
@@ -519,71 +519,28 @@ namespace Sass {
   void Inspect::operator()(Number_Ptr n)
   {
 
-    std::string res;
-
     // reduce units
     n->reduce();
 
-    // check if the fractional part of the value equals to zero
-    // neat trick from http://stackoverflow.com/a/1521682/1550314
-    // double int_part; bool is_int = modf(value, &int_part) == 0.0;
-
-    // this all cannot be done with one run only, since fixed
-    // output differs from normal output and regular output
-    // can contain scientific notation which we do not want!
-
-    // first sample
     std::stringstream ss;
-    ss.precision(12);
-    ss << n->value();
-
-    // check if we got scientific notation in result
-    if (ss.str().find_first_of("e") != std::string::npos) {
-      ss.clear(); ss.str(std::string());
-      ss.precision(std::max(12, opt.precision));
-      ss << std::fixed << n->value();
-    }
-
-    std::string tmp = ss.str();
-    size_t pos_point = tmp.find_first_of(".,");
-    size_t pos_fract = tmp.find_last_not_of("0");
-    bool is_int = pos_point == pos_fract ||
-                  pos_point == std::string::npos;
+    ss.precision(opt.precision);
+    ss << std::fixed << n->value();
 
-    // reset stream for another run
-    ss.clear(); ss.str(std::string());
+    std::string res = ss.str();
+    int s = res.length();
 
-    // take a shortcut for integers
-    if (is_int)
+    // delete trailing zeros
+    for(s = s - 1; s > 0; --s)
     {
-      ss.precision(0);
-      ss << std::fixed << n->value();
-      res = std::string(ss.str());
-    }
-    // process floats
-    else
-    {
-      // do we have have too much precision?
-      if (pos_fract < opt.precision + pos_point)
-      { ss.precision((int)(pos_fract - pos_point)); }
-      else { ss.precision(opt.precision); }
-      // round value again
-      ss << std::fixed << n->value();
-      res = std::string(ss.str());
-      // maybe we truncated up to decimal point
-      size_t pos = res.find_last_not_of("0");
-      // handle case where we have a "0"
-      if (pos == std::string::npos) {
-        res = "0.0";
-      } else {
-        bool at_dec_point = res[pos] == '.' ||
-                            res[pos] == ',';
-        // don't leave a blank point
-        if (at_dec_point) ++ pos;
-        res.resize (pos + 1);
-      }
+        if(res[s] == '0') {
+          res.erase(s, 1);
+        }
+        else break;
     }
 
+    // delete trailing decimal separator
+    if(res[s] == '.') res.erase(s, 1);
+
     // some final cosmetics
     if (res == "0.0") res = "0";
     else if (res == "") res = "0";
@@ -591,10 +548,12 @@ namespace Sass {
     else if (res == "-0.0") res = "0";
     else if (opt.output_style == COMPRESSED)
     {
-      // check if handling negative nr
-      size_t off = res[0] == '-' ? 1 : 0;
-      // remove leading zero from floating point in compressed mode
-      if (n->zero() && res[off] == '0' && res[off+1] == '.') res.erase(off, 1);
+      if (n->zero()) {
+        // check if handling negative nr
+        size_t off = res[0] == '-' ? 1 : 0;
+        // remove leading zero from floating point in compressed mode
+        if (res[off] == '0' && res[off+1] == '.') res.erase(off, 1);
+      }
     }
 
     // add unit now