diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
index 1322a088e0..645d86c0fe 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ struct QtFontDesc
 
 static int match(int script, const QFontDef &request,
                  const QString &family_name, const QString &foundry_name, int force_encoding_id,
-                 QtFontDesc *desc, const QList<int> &blacklisted, bool fallback);
+                 QtFontDesc *desc, const QList<int> &blacklisted);
 
 static void initFontDef(const QtFontDesc &desc, const QFontDef &request, QFontDef *fontDef, bool multi)
 {
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ static bool matchFamilyName(const QString &familyName, QtFontFamily *f)
 */
 static int match(int script, const QFontDef &request,
                  const QString &family_name, const QString &foundry_name, int force_encoding_id,
-                 QtFontDesc *desc, const QList<int> &blacklistedFamilies, bool fallback = false)
+                 QtFontDesc *desc, const QList<int> &blacklistedFamilies)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(force_encoding_id);
     int result = -1;
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ static int match(int script, const QFontDef &request,
             load(test.family->name, script);
 
         // Check if family is supported in the script we want
-        if (!fallback && script != QChar::Script_Common && !(test.family->writingSystems[writingSystem] & QtFontFamily::Supported))
+        if (script != QChar::Script_Common && !(test.family->writingSystems[writingSystem] & QtFontFamily::Supported))
             continue;
 
         // as we know the script is supported, we can be sure
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ bool QFontDatabase::supportsThreadedFontRendering()
 */
 QFontEngine *
 QFontDatabase::findFont(int script, const QFontPrivate *fp,
-                        const QFontDef &request, bool multi, bool fallback)
+                        const QFontDef &request, bool multi)
 {
     QMutexLocker locker(fontDatabaseMutex());
 
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@ QFontDatabase::findFont(int script, const QFontPrivate *fp,
 
     QtFontDesc desc;
     QList<int> blackListed;
-    int index = match(script, request, family_name, foundry_name, force_encoding_id, &desc, blackListed, fallback);
+    int index = match(script, request, family_name, foundry_name, force_encoding_id, &desc, blackListed);
     if (index >= 0) {
         engine = loadEngine(script, request, desc.family, desc.foundry, desc.style, desc.size);
         if (!engine)
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.h b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.h
index f1c479d0bb..d7d8745f12 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.h
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ private:
     static void createDatabase();
     static void parseFontName(const QString &name, QString &foundry, QString &family);
     static QString resolveFontFamilyAlias(const QString &family);
-    static QFontEngine *findFont(int script, const QFontPrivate *fp, const QFontDef &request, bool multi = false, bool fallback = false);
+    static QFontEngine *findFont(int script, const QFontPrivate *fp, const QFontDef &request, bool multi = false);
     static void load(const QFontPrivate *d, int script);
 
     friend struct QFontDef;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontengine.cpp
index 6a34a4c117..52e10bd717 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine.cpp
@@ -2037,7 +2037,7 @@ void QFontEngineMultiBasicImpl::loadEngine(int at)
     request.family = fallbackFamilies.at(at-1);
     engines[at] = QFontDatabase::findFont(script,
                                           /*fontprivate = */0,
-                                          request, /*multi = */false, true);
+                                          request, /*multi = */false);
     Q_ASSERT(engines[at]);
     engines[at]->ref.ref();
     engines[at]->fontDef = request;