diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 74acc074..ea916954 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
 - Column width and Row height styles in the Html Reader when the value includes a unit of measure. [Issue #2145](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/2145).
 - Data Validation flags not set correctly when reading XLSX files. [Issue #2224](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/2224) [PR #2225](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/pull/2225)
 - Reading XLSX files without styles.xml throws an exception. [Issue #2246](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/2246) 
+- Improve XLSX parsing speed if no readFilter is applied (again) - [#772](https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/issues/772)
 
 ## 1.18.0 - 2021-05-31
 
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx/ColumnAndRowAttributes.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx/ColumnAndRowAttributes.php
index 4134b2f1..2f7619f7 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx/ColumnAndRowAttributes.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx/ColumnAndRowAttributes.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\Xlsx;
 
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell\Coordinate;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\DefaultReadFilter;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader\IReadFilter;
 use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\Worksheet;
 use SimpleXMLElement;
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ class ColumnAndRowAttributes extends BaseParserClass
             $rowsAttributes = $this->readRowAttributes($this->worksheetXml->sheetData->row, $readDataOnly);
         }
 
+        if ($readFilter !== null && get_class($readFilter) === DefaultReadFilter::class) {
+            $readFilter = null;
+        }
+
         // set columns/rows attributes
         $columnsAttributesAreSet = [];
         foreach ($columnsAttributes as $columnCoordinate => $columnAttributes) {