diff --git a/examples/mobile-wmts-vienna.css b/examples/mobile-wmts-vienna.css
index a8ccc14a97..ac3d1cb5e6 100644
--- a/examples/mobile-wmts-vienna.css
+++ b/examples/mobile-wmts-vienna.css
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ html, body, #map {
     -moz-transition: opacity 0.2s linear;
     -o-transition: opacity 0.2s linear;
     transition: opacity 0.2s linear;
-    /* workaround for strange border tile squeezing on Android 4.x */
-    -webkit-transform: scale(1.001);
 }
 div.olControlAttribution {
     position: absolute;
diff --git a/theme/default/style.css b/theme/default/style.css
index ed8cef75ce..dddea0e163 100644
--- a/theme/default/style.css
+++ b/theme/default/style.css
@@ -487,6 +487,13 @@ a.olControlZoomOut {
     transition: opacity 0.2s linear;
 }
 
+.olTileImage, .olLayerDiv {
+    -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
+    -moz-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
+    -o-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
+    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
+}
+
 /* override any max-width image settings (e.g. bootstrap.css) */
 img.olTileImage {
     max-width: none;