diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp
index 380892552..4f12829c3 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfontengine_ft.cpp
@@ -564,14 +564,8 @@ QFontEngineFT::Glyph *QFontEngineFT::loadGlyph(glyph_t glyph,
                                                GlyphFormat format,
                                                bool fetchMetricsOnly) const
 {
-//     Q_ASSERT(freetype->lock == 1);
-
     if (format == Format_None) {
-        if (defaultFormat != Format_None) {
-            format = defaultFormat;
-        } else {
-            format = Format_Mono;
-        }
+        format = defaultFormat;
     }
 
     Glyph *g = defaultGlyphSet.getGlyph(glyph);