diff --git a/common/font/fontconfig.cpp b/common/font/fontconfig.cpp
index ceb6bc2a43..3fc02e8cb7 100644
--- a/common/font/fontconfig.cpp
+++ b/common/font/fontconfig.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ wxString FONTCONFIG::Version()
 
 FONTCONFIG::FONTCONFIG()
 {
-    (void) FcInitLoadConfigAndFonts();
 };