diff --git a/IPython/core/pylabtools.py b/IPython/core/pylabtools.py
index e4dad07..c0d5fb1 100644
--- a/IPython/core/pylabtools.py
+++ b/IPython/core/pylabtools.py
@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@ def print_figure(fig, fmt='png', bbox_inches='tight', **kwargs):
     if not fig.axes and not fig.lines:
         return
 
-    dpi = rcParams['savefig.dpi']
-    if dpi == 'figure':
-        dpi = fig.dpi
+    dpi = fig.dpi
     if fmt == 'retina':
         dpi = dpi * 2
         fmt = 'png'