diff --git a/src/display/font_loader.js b/src/display/font_loader.js
index 2c917b2a0..e25bfa311 100644
--- a/src/display/font_loader.js
+++ b/src/display/font_loader.js
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-PDFJS.disableFontFace = false;
-
 function FontLoader(docId) {
   this.docId = docId;
   this.styleElement = null;