diff --git a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
index bb2b0e3057..7f658152ec 100644
--- a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
+++ b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType.cpp
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ bool SkScalerContext_FreeType::getCBoxForLetter(char letter, FT_BBox* bbox) {
     if (!glyph_id) {
         return false;
     }
-    if (FT_Load_Glyph(fFace, glyph_id, fLoadGlyphFlags) != 0) {
+    if (FT_Load_Glyph(fFace, glyph_id, fLoadGlyphFlags)) {
         return false;
     }
     if (fFace->glyph->format != FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_OUTLINE) {
@@ -1209,13 +1209,16 @@ void SkScalerContext_FreeType::generateMetrics(SkGlyph* glyph, SkArenaAlloc* all
             FT_LayerIterator layerIterator = { 0, 0, nullptr };
             FT_UInt layerGlyphIndex;
             FT_UInt layerColorIndex;
+            FT_Int32 flags = fLoadGlyphFlags;
+            flags |= FT_LOAD_BITMAP_METRICS_ONLY;  // Don't decode any bitmaps.
+            flags |= FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP; // Ignore embedded bitmaps.
+            flags &= ~FT_LOAD_RENDER;  // Don't scan convert.
+            flags &= ~FT_LOAD_COLOR;  // Ignore SVG.
             // For COLRv0 compute the glyph bounding box from the union of layer bounding boxes.
             while (FT_Get_Color_Glyph_Layer(fFace, glyph->getGlyphID(), &layerGlyphIndex,
                                             &layerColorIndex, &layerIterator)) {
                 haveLayers = true;
-                if (FT_Load_Glyph(fFace, layerGlyphIndex,
-                                  fLoadGlyphFlags | FT_LOAD_BITMAP_METRICS_ONLY))
-                {
+                if (FT_Load_Glyph(fFace, layerGlyphIndex, flags)) {
                     glyph->zeroMetrics();
                     return;
                 }
diff --git a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.cpp b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.cpp
index 720cb8e894..5d8cd5779f 100644
--- a/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.cpp
+++ b/src/ports/SkFontHost_FreeType_common.cpp
@@ -1660,8 +1660,10 @@ bool generateGlyphPathStatic(FT_Face face, SkPath* path) {
 }
 
 bool generateFacePathStatic(FT_Face face, SkGlyphID glyphID, uint32_t loadGlyphFlags, SkPath* path){
-    loadGlyphFlags |= FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP; // ignore embedded bitmaps so we're sure to get the outline
-    loadGlyphFlags &= ~FT_LOAD_RENDER;   // don't scan convert (we just want the outline)
+    loadGlyphFlags |= FT_LOAD_BITMAP_METRICS_ONLY;  // Don't decode any bitmaps.
+    loadGlyphFlags |= FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP; // Ignore embedded bitmaps.
+    loadGlyphFlags &= ~FT_LOAD_RENDER;  // Don't scan convert.
+    loadGlyphFlags &= ~FT_LOAD_COLOR;  // Ignore SVG.
     if (FT_Load_Glyph(face, glyphID, loadGlyphFlags)) {
         path->reset();
         return false;
@@ -1672,8 +1674,10 @@ bool generateFacePathStatic(FT_Face face, SkGlyphID glyphID, uint32_t loadGlyphF
 #ifdef TT_SUPPORT_COLRV1
 bool generateFacePathCOLRv1(FT_Face face, SkGlyphID glyphID, SkPath* path) {
     uint32_t flags = 0;
-    flags |= FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP; // ignore embedded bitmaps so we're sure to get the outline
-    flags &= ~FT_LOAD_RENDER;   // don't scan convert (we just want the outline)
+    flags |= FT_LOAD_BITMAP_METRICS_ONLY;  // Don't decode any bitmaps.
+    flags |= FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP; // Ignore embedded bitmaps.
+    flags &= ~FT_LOAD_RENDER;  // Don't scan convert.
+    flags &= ~FT_LOAD_COLOR;  // Ignore SVG.
     flags |= FT_LOAD_NO_HINTING;
     flags |= FT_LOAD_NO_AUTOHINT;
     flags |= FT_LOAD_IGNORE_TRANSFORM;