diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/basic/qbasicfontdatabase.cpp b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/basic/qbasicfontdatabase.cpp
index 329a1176c61..9c5d3be637d 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/basic/qbasicfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/basic/qbasicfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ static inline bool scriptRequiresOpenType(int script)
 
 void QBasicFontDatabase::populateFontDatabase()
 {
-    QPlatformFontDatabase::populateFontDatabase();
     QString fontpath = fontDir();
 
     if(!QFile::exists(fontpath)) {