diff --git a/gtk/gtkcssshorthandpropertyimpl.c b/gtk/gtkcssshorthandpropertyimpl.c
index 252ed2fa4b..748fb8b1c5 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcssshorthandpropertyimpl.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcssshorthandpropertyimpl.c
@@ -416,54 +416,6 @@ parse_border (GtkCssShorthandProperty  *shorthand,
   return TRUE;
 }
 
-static gboolean
-parse_font_with_pango (GtkCssShorthandProperty  *shorthand,
-                       GtkCssValue             **values,
-                       GtkCssParser             *parser)
-{
-  PangoFontDescription *desc;
-  guint mask;
-  char *str;
-
-  str = _gtk_css_parser_read_value (parser);
-  if (str == NULL)
-    return FALSE;
-
-  desc = pango_font_description_from_string (str);
-  g_free (str);
-
-  mask = pango_font_description_get_set_fields (desc);
-
-  if (mask & PANGO_FONT_MASK_FAMILY)
-    {
-      values[0] = _gtk_css_array_value_new (_gtk_css_string_value_new (pango_font_description_get_family (desc)));
-    }
-  if (mask & PANGO_FONT_MASK_STYLE)
-    {
-      values[1] = _gtk_css_font_style_value_new (pango_font_description_get_style (desc));
-    }
-  if (mask & PANGO_FONT_MASK_VARIANT)
-    {
-      values[2] = _gtk_css_font_variant_value_new (pango_font_description_get_variant (desc));
-    }
-  if (mask & PANGO_FONT_MASK_WEIGHT)
-    {
-      values[3] = _gtk_css_font_weight_value_new (pango_font_description_get_weight (desc));
-    }
-  if (mask & PANGO_FONT_MASK_STRETCH)
-    {
-      values[4] = _gtk_css_font_stretch_value_new (pango_font_description_get_stretch (desc));
-    }
-  if (mask & PANGO_FONT_MASK_SIZE)
-    {
-      values[5] = _gtk_css_number_value_new ((double) pango_font_description_get_size (desc) / PANGO_SCALE, GTK_CSS_PX);
-    }
-
-  pango_font_description_free (desc);
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 static gboolean
 parse_font (GtkCssShorthandProperty  *shorthand,
             GtkCssValue             **values,
@@ -503,18 +455,6 @@ parse_font (GtkCssShorthandProperty  *shorthand,
 
   values[5] = gtk_css_font_size_value_parse (parser);
 
-  if (values[1] == NULL && values[2] == NULL && values[3] == NULL &&
-      values[4] == NULL && values[5] == NULL)
-    {
-      if (parse_font_with_pango (shorthand, values, parser))
-        {
-          _gtk_css_parser_error_full (parser,
-                                      GTK_CSS_PROVIDER_ERROR_DEPRECATED,
-                                      "Using Pango syntax for the font: style property is deprecated; please use CSS syntax");
-          return TRUE;
-        }
-    }
-
   values[0] = gtk_css_font_family_value_parse (parser);
 
   return values[0] != NULL && values[5] != NULL;