diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp
index bd664c825..bedf62bd0 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp
@@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ QFontEngineFT::QFontEngineFT(const QFontDef &fd)
     matrix.yx = 0;
     cache_cost = 100;
     kerning_pairs_loaded = false;
-    transform = false;
     embolden = false;
     antialias = true;
     freetype = 0;
@@ -600,8 +599,6 @@ bool QFontEngineFT::init(FaceId faceId, bool antialias, GlyphFormat format)
             matrix.xy = 0x10000*3/10;
         FT_Set_Transform(face, &matrix, 0);
         freetype->matrix = matrix;
-        if (fake_oblique)
-            transform = true;
         // fake bold
         if ((fontDef.weight == QFont::Bold) && !(face->style_flags & FT_STYLE_FLAG_BOLD) && !FT_IS_FIXED_WIDTH(face))
             embolden = true;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft_p.h b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft_p.h
index aa3189661..5ab44e524 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft_p.h
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ protected:
     HintStyle default_hint_style;
 
     bool antialias;
-    bool transform;
     bool embolden;
     SubpixelAntialiasingType subpixelType;
     int lcdFilterType;