diff --git a/react-components/package.json b/react-components/package.json
index 4cc0c4105fc..a8b06f71287 100644
--- a/react-components/package.json
+++ b/react-components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cognite/reveal-react-components",
-  "version": "0.52.0",
+  "version": "0.52.1",
   "exports": {
     ".": {
       "import": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/react-components/src/hooks/useGroundPlaneFromScene.tsx b/react-components/src/hooks/useGroundPlaneFromScene.tsx
index 3a70b211dcf..fbf6650efd8 100644
--- a/react-components/src/hooks/useGroundPlaneFromScene.tsx
+++ b/react-components/src/hooks/useGroundPlaneFromScene.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import { useSDK } from '../components/RevealCanvas/SDKProvider';
 import { CDF_TO_VIEWER_TRANSFORMATION, CustomObject } from '@cognite/reveal';
 import { useReveal } from '../components/RevealCanvas/ViewerContext';
 import { clear } from '../architecture/base/utilities/extensions/arrayExtensions';
-import { transformation3dToMatrix4 } from '../utilities/transformation3dToMatrix4';
 
 export const useGroundPlaneFromScene = (sceneExternalId: string, sceneSpaceId: string): void => {
   const { data: scene } = useSceneConfig(sceneExternalId, sceneSpaceId);
@@ -84,17 +83,19 @@ export const useGroundPlaneFromScene = (sceneExternalId: string, sceneSpaceId: s
       }
       const texture = groundPlaneTextures[index];
       const material = new MeshBasicMaterial({ map: texture, side: DoubleSide });
-      const geometry = new PlaneGeometry(10000, 10000);
+      const geometry = new PlaneGeometry(10000 * groundPlane.scaleX, 10000 * groundPlane.scaleY);
 
       geometry.name = `CogniteGroundPlane`;
 
       const mesh = new Mesh(geometry, material);
-
-      const matrix4 = transformation3dToMatrix4(groundPlane).premultiply(
-        CDF_TO_VIEWER_TRANSFORMATION
+      mesh.position.set(
+        groundPlane.translationX,
+        groundPlane.translationY,
+        groundPlane.translationZ
       );
-      mesh.matrix.copy(matrix4);
-      mesh.matrixAutoUpdate = false;
+      mesh.rotation.set(-Math.PI / 2, 0, 0);
+
+      mesh.position.applyMatrix4(CDF_TO_VIEWER_TRANSFORMATION);
 
       const customObject = new CustomObject(mesh);
       customObject.isPartOfBoundingBox = false;
diff --git a/react-components/src/utilities/transformation3dToMatrix4.ts b/react-components/src/utilities/transformation3dToMatrix4.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 813be0f8972..00000000000
--- a/react-components/src/utilities/transformation3dToMatrix4.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-/*!
- * Copyright 2024 Cognite AS
- */
-
-import { Euler, MathUtils, Matrix4, Quaternion, Vector3 } from 'three';
-import { type Transformation3d } from '../hooks/types';
-
-export const transformation3dToMatrix4 = ({
-  translationX,
-  translationY,
-  translationZ,
-  eulerRotationX,
-  eulerRotationY,
-  eulerRotationZ,
-  scaleX,
-  scaleY,
-  scaleZ
-}: Transformation3d): Matrix4 => {
-  const quaternion = new Quaternion().setFromEuler(
-    new Euler(
-      MathUtils.degToRad(eulerRotationX),
-      MathUtils.degToRad(eulerRotationY),
-      MathUtils.degToRad(eulerRotationZ),
-      'XYZ'
-    )
-  );
-
-  return new Matrix4().compose(
-    new Vector3(translationX, translationY, translationZ),
-    quaternion,
-    new Vector3(scaleX, scaleY, scaleZ)
-  );
-};