diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/StyleManager.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/StyleManager.java
index 6c2d3f12d68c7eb35b49209fa9bfd2a052011e20..2673c0828ea7a6931c661d77a9ed8dbef70c7410 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/StyleManager.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/StyleManager.java
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ public class StyleManager {
   private TextAlignment xAxisLabelAlignment = TextAlignment.Centre;
   private TextAlignment yAxisLabelAlignment = TextAlignment.Left;
   private int xAxisLabelRotation = 0;
-  private int yAxisLabelRotation = 0;
 
   // Chart Plot Area ///////////////////////////////
   private boolean isPlotGridLinesVisible;
@@ -918,16 +917,6 @@ public class StyleManager {
     this.xAxisLabelRotation = xAxisLabelRotation;
   }
 
-  public int getYAxisLabelRotation() {
-
-    return yAxisLabelRotation;
-  }
-
-  public void setYAxisLabelRotation(int yAxisLabelRotation) {
-
-    this.yAxisLabelRotation = yAxisLabelRotation;
-  }
-
   // Chart Plot Area ///////////////////////////////
 
   /**
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/Axis.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/Axis.java
index 68de6dd23a66274bce8f1b6ff7029084933e5351..c65cc272bb9a0de2c162733e656269ef5e852af0 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/Axis.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/Axis.java
@@ -158,23 +158,23 @@ public class Axis implements ChartPart {
 
           getChartPainter().getWidth()
 
-          - width // y-axis approx. width
+              - width // y-axis approx. width
 
-          - chartLegendWidth
+              - chartLegendWidth
 
-          - 2
-              * getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding()
+              - 2
+          * getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding()
 
-          - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isYAxisTicksVisible() ? (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding()) : 0)
+              - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isYAxisTicksVisible() ? (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding()) : 0)
 
-          - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getLegendPosition() == LegendPosition.OutsideE && getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isLegendVisible() ? getChartPainter().getStyleManager()
-              .getChartPadding() : 0)
+              - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getLegendPosition() == LegendPosition.OutsideE && getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isLegendVisible() ? getChartPainter().getStyleManager()
+                  .getChartPadding() : 0)
 
-              ;
+      ;
 
       double height =
           getChartPainter().getHeight() - yOffset - axisPair.getXAxis().getXAxisHeightHint(approximateXAxisWidth) - getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding()
-              - getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding();
+          - getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding();
       Rectangle2D yAxisRectangle = new Rectangle2D.Double(xOffset, yOffset, width, height);
       this.paintZone = yAxisRectangle;
       // g.setColor(Color.green);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public class Axis implements ChartPart {
 
       double xOffset =
           axisPair.getYAxis().getBounds().getWidth() + (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isYAxisTicksVisible() ? getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding() : 0)
-          + getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding();
+              + getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding();
       double yOffset = axisPair.getYAxis().getBounds().getY() + axisPair.getYAxis().getBounds().getHeight() + getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding();
 
       double chartLegendWidth = 0;
@@ -213,19 +213,19 @@ public class Axis implements ChartPart {
 
           getChartPainter().getWidth()
 
-          - axisPair.getYAxis().getBounds().getWidth() // y-axis was already painted
+              - axisPair.getYAxis().getBounds().getWidth() // y-axis was already painted
 
-          - chartLegendWidth
+              - chartLegendWidth
 
-          - 2
-              * getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding()
+              - 2
+          * getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getChartPadding()
 
-          - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isYAxisTicksVisible() ? (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding()) : 0)
+              - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isYAxisTicksVisible() ? (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getPlotPadding()) : 0)
 
-          - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getLegendPosition() == LegendPosition.OutsideE && getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isLegendVisible() ? getChartPainter().getStyleManager()
-              .getChartPadding() : 0)
+              - (getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getLegendPosition() == LegendPosition.OutsideE && getChartPainter().getStyleManager().isLegendVisible() ? getChartPainter().getStyleManager()
+                  .getChartPadding() : 0)
 
-              ;
+      ;
 
       double height = this.getXAxisHeightHint(width);
       Rectangle2D xAxisRectangle = new Rectangle2D.Double(xOffset, yOffset, width, height);
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ public class Axis implements ChartPart {
   }
 
   /**
+   * The vertical Y-Axis is drawn first, but to know the lower bounds of it, we need to know how high the X-Axis paint zone is going to be. Since the tick labels could be rotated, we need to actually
+   * determine the tick labels first to get an idea of how tall thew X-Axis tick labels will be.
+   * 
    * @return
    */
   private double getXAxisHeightHint(double workingSpace) {
diff --git a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java
index cd59f6904f039558662e42aa7722e592193bf061..d22f8635f076cfd3a3477754ed26637e71f949ac 100644
--- a/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java
+++ b/xchart/src/main/java/com/xeiam/xchart/internal/chartpart/AxisTickLabels.java
@@ -89,9 +89,7 @@ public class AxisTickLabels implements ChartPart {
       for (Double tickLocation : axisLabelTextLayouts.keySet()) {
 
         TextLayout axisLabelTextLayout = axisLabelTextLayouts.get(tickLocation);
-        AffineTransform rot =
-            getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getYAxisLabelRotation() == 0 ? null : AffineTransform.getRotateInstance(-Math.toRadians(getChartPainter().getStyleManager().getYAxisLabelRotation()));
-        Shape shape = axisLabelTextLayout.getOutline(rot);
+        Shape shape = axisLabelTextLayout.getOutline(null);
         Rectangle2D tickLabelBounds = shape.getBounds();
 
         double flippedTickLocation = yOffset + height - tickLocation;