diff --git a/src/gui/text/unix/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/unix/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
index 474644b871f..77d43f75d0a 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/unix/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/unix/qfontconfigdatabase.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <qpa/qplatformservices.h>
 
 #include <QtGui/private/qguiapplication_p.h>
-#include <QtGui/private/qhighdpiscaling_p.h>
 
 #include <QtGui/qguiapplication.h>
 
@@ -528,6 +527,11 @@ static void populateFromPattern(FcPattern *pattern, QFontDatabasePrivate::Applic
 
 }
 
+static bool isDprScaling()
+{
+    return !qFuzzyCompare(qApp->devicePixelRatio(), 1.0);
+}
+
 QFontconfigDatabase::~QFontconfigDatabase()
 {
     FcConfigDestroy(FcConfigGetCurrent());
@@ -626,7 +630,7 @@ QFontEngine::HintStyle defaultHintStyleFromMatch(QFont::HintingPreference hintin
         break;
     }
 
-    if (QHighDpiScaling::isActive())
+    if (isDprScaling())
         return QFontEngine::HintNone;
 
     int hint_style = 0;
@@ -925,7 +929,7 @@ QFont QFontconfigDatabase::defaultFont() const
 void QFontconfigDatabase::setupFontEngine(QFontEngineFT *engine, const QFontDef &fontDef) const
 {
     bool antialias = !(fontDef.styleStrategy & QFont::NoAntialias);
-    bool forcedAntialiasSetting = !antialias || QHighDpiScaling::isActive();
+    bool forcedAntialiasSetting = !antialias || isDprScaling();
 
     const QPlatformServices *services = QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->services();
     bool useXftConf = false;
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
index d2b52ceff2b..ae0ba94bfaa 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontdatabase.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 #include <QtGui/QFont>
 #include <QtGui/QGuiApplication>
-#include <QtGui/private/qhighdpiscaling_p.h>
 #include <QtGui/private/qtgui-config_p.h>
 
 #include <QtCore/qmath.h>
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ static inline bool useDirectWrite(QFont::HintingPreference hintingPreference,
 
     return hintingPreference == QFont::PreferNoHinting
         || hintingPreference == QFont::PreferVerticalHinting
-        || (QHighDpiScaling::isActive() && hintingPreference == QFont::PreferDefaultHinting);
+        || (!qFuzzyCompare(qApp->devicePixelRatio(), 1.0) && hintingPreference == QFont::PreferDefaultHinting);
 }
 #endif // !QT_NO_DIRECTWRITE
 
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
index d670d491188..f3d64e00dcd 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <QtCore/private/qwinregistry_p.h>
 #include <QtGui/private/qguiapplication_p.h>
 #include <qpa/qplatformintegration.h>
-#include <QtGui/private/qhighdpiscaling_p.h>
 #include <QtGui/qpainterpath.h>
 
 #include <dwrite_2.h>
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ static DWRITE_MEASURING_MODE renderModeToMeasureMode(DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE rende
 static DWRITE_RENDERING_MODE hintingPreferenceToRenderingMode(const QFontDef &fontDef)
 {
     QFont::HintingPreference hintingPreference = QFont::HintingPreference(fontDef.hintingPreference);
-    if (QHighDpiScaling::isActive() && hintingPreference == QFont::PreferDefaultHinting) {
+    if (!qFuzzyCompare(qApp->devicePixelRatio(), 1.0) && hintingPreference == QFont::PreferDefaultHinting) {
         // Microsoft documentation recommends using asymmetric rendering for small fonts
         // at pixel size 16 and less, and symmetric for larger fonts.
         hintingPreference = fontDef.pixelSize > 16.0