diff --git a/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p-2d-panel.xml b/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p-2d-panel.xml
index 31993f6f3..85bbf5be0 100644
--- a/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p-2d-panel.xml
+++ b/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p-2d-panel.xml
@@ -270,14 +270,6 @@ Legacy 2D instruments and actions for the 3D C172P cockpit.
 
 <!-- end radio stack -->
 
-  <instrument include="../../Instruments/magcompass.xml">
-   <name>Magnetic Compass</name>
-   <x>712</x>
-   <y>412</y>
-   <w>85</w>
-   <h>50</h>
-  </instrument>
-
   <instrument>
    <name>3D Action Placeholder</name>
    <x>712</x>
diff --git a/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p.xml b/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p.xml
index 5022ba001..b73debbce 100644
--- a/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p.xml
+++ b/Aircraft/c172p/Models/c172p.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
   </top-left>
  </panel>
 
+ <model>
+  <path>Aircraft/Instruments-3d/mag-compass.xml</path>
+  <offsets>
+   <x-m>-0.35</x-m>
+   <y-m>0.00</y-m>
+   <z-m>0.18</z-m>
+  </offsets>
+ </model>
+
  <!-- LOD for the model as a whole -->
 
  <animation>