diff --git a/src/kibana/components/vislib/components/XAxis/_x_axis.js b/src/kibana/components/vislib/components/XAxis/_x_axis.js
index d9ca405eb1ef..e9416d0e3df8 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/vislib/components/XAxis/_x_axis.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/vislib/components/XAxis/_x_axis.js
@@ -31,17 +31,13 @@ define(function (require) {
           // check widths to apply rotate
           var bbox = selection.selectAll('.tick text').node().getBBox();
           var tickN = selection.selectAll('.tick text')[0].length;
-          var ticksLength = bbox.width * 1.05 * tickN;
-          if (ticksLength > width) {
-            self.rotateAxisLabels(selection);
-          }
-          
           var lbls = selection.selectAll('.tick text')[0];
-          console.log('ticks n', tickN, lbls);
+          var maxW = width / tickN;
           for (var i = 0; i < tickN; i++) {
-            console.log(i, lbls[i]);
-            //if (bbox[i]) {
-            //}
+            if (lbls[i].clientWidth > maxW) {
+              self.rotateAxisLabels(selection);
+              break;
+            }
           }
 
           // check widths to apply filter
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/vislib/modules/YAxis.js b/src/kibana/components/vislib/modules/YAxis.js
index 0659fd8241a1..20a8519f664b 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/vislib/modules/YAxis.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/vislib/modules/YAxis.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ define(function (require) {
     };
 
     YAxis.prototype.appendSVG = function (self) {
-      console.log(self);
       return function (selection) {
         selection.each(function () {
           var div = d3.select(this);
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/vislib/vis.js b/src/kibana/components/vislib/vis.js
index ae10ab34dfd9..e1409fe8ae7e 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/vislib/vis.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/vislib/vis.js
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ define(function (require) {
           }
         });
 
-      console.log(this);
-
       this.checkSize('.chart');
     };