diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
index f063541249..04081a5ca7 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -1657,9 +1657,6 @@ bool QFontDatabase::isFixedPitch(const QString &family,
 bool QFontDatabase::isBitmapScalable(const QString &family,
                                       const QString &style) const
 {
-    if (QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->fontDatabase()->fontsAlwaysScalable())
-        return true;
-
     bool bitmapScalable = false;
     QString familyName, foundryName;
     parseFontName(family, foundryName, familyName);
@@ -1700,9 +1697,6 @@ bool QFontDatabase::isBitmapScalable(const QString &family,
 */
 bool QFontDatabase::isSmoothlyScalable(const QString &family, const QString &style) const
 {
-    if (QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->fontDatabase()->fontsAlwaysScalable())
-        return true;
-
     bool smoothScalable = false;
     QString familyName, foundryName;
     parseFontName(family, foundryName, familyName);