diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxooxmlchart.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxooxmlchart.pas
index b1f76ea1d..e175043b1 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxooxmlchart.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/xlsxooxmlchart.pas
@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@ begin
               AChartAxis.DateTime := true;
               AChartAxis.LabelFormatDateTime := s;
             end else
+            if s = 'General' then
+              AChartAxis.LabelFormat := ''
+            else
               AChartAxis.LabelFormat := s;
           end;
         end;