diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
index 03af84913..06511bb01 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -1058,25 +1058,6 @@ void QFontDatabasePrivate::parseFontName(const QString &name, QString &foundry,
         foundry.clear();
         family = name;
     }
-
-    // capitalize the family/foundry names
-    bool space = true;
-    QChar *s = family.data();
-    int len = family.length();
-    while(len--) {
-        if (space) *s = s->toUpper();
-        space = s->isSpace();
-        ++s;
-    }
-
-    space = true;
-    s = foundry.data();
-    len = foundry.length();
-    while(len--) {
-        if (space) *s = s->toUpper();
-        space = s->isSpace();
-        ++s;
-    }
 }
 
 /*!