diff --git a/src/db/db/dbPath.cc b/src/db/db/dbPath.cc
index 59bcdb451..6136a0ee1 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbPath.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbPath.cc
@@ -372,14 +372,7 @@ void path<C>::create_shifted_points (C start, C end, C width, bool forward, Iter
         double l1 = db::vprod (nnd - nd, eed) / dv;
         double l2 = db::vprod (nd - nnd, ed) / dv;
 
-        if ((l1 < -db::epsilon) != (l2 < -db::epsilon)) {
-
-          //  No well-formed intersection (reflecting edge) ->
-          //  create a direct connection
-          *pts++ = *pp + vector<C> (nd);
-          *pts++ = *pp + vector<C> (nnd);
-
-        } else if (l1 < l1min - db::epsilon || l2 < l2min - db::epsilon) {
+        if (l1 < l1min - db::epsilon || l2 < l2min - db::epsilon) {
 
           //  Segments are too short - the won't intersect: In this case we create a loop of three 
           //  points which define the area in self-overlapping way but confined to the path within
diff --git a/src/db/unit_tests/dbPathTests.cc b/src/db/unit_tests/dbPathTests.cc
index 10a8be0f1..deb3fe22e 100644
--- a/src/db/unit_tests/dbPathTests.cc
+++ b/src/db/unit_tests/dbPathTests.cc
@@ -362,3 +362,20 @@ TEST(11)
   EXPECT_EQ (to_string (pts), "(-100,10;1010,10;1010,-10;0,-10;0,10;1010,10;1010,-10;-100,-10)");
 }
 
+//  issue #2002
+TEST(12)
+{
+  db::Path path;
+  db::Path::pointlist_type pts;
+
+  tl::Extractor ("(143,381;262,260;381,141) w=400 bx=0 ex=0 r=false").read (path);
+
+  path.hull (pts, 4);
+  EXPECT_EQ (to_string (pts), "(286,521;454,350;522,282;240,0;70,170;0,241)");
+
+  tl::Extractor ("(143,381;262,260;381,141) w=1000 bx=0 ex=0 r=false").read (path);
+
+  path.hull (pts, 4);
+  EXPECT_EQ (to_string (pts), "(286,521;454,350;522,282;240,0;70,170;0,241;499,732;564,666;735,495;27,-213;-40,-146;-213,30)");
+}
+