diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
index 071273408ec..0dac9769ef4 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsfontenginedirectwrite.cpp
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ void QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite::recalcAdvances(QGlyphLayout *glyphs, QFontEn
 void QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite::addGlyphsToPath(glyph_t *glyphs, QFixedPoint *positions, int nglyphs,
                                              QPainterPath *path, QTextItem::RenderFlags flags)
 {
+    Q_UNUSED(flags);
     QVarLengthArray<UINT16> glyphIndices(nglyphs);
     QVarLengthArray<DWRITE_GLYPH_OFFSET> glyphOffsets(nglyphs);
     QVarLengthArray<FLOAT> glyphAdvances(nglyphs);
@@ -536,7 +537,7 @@ void QWindowsFontEngineDirectWrite::addGlyphsToPath(glyph_t *glyphs, QFixedPoint
                 glyphOffsets.data(),
                 nglyphs,
                 false,
-                flags & QTextItem::RightToLeft,
+                false,
                 &geometrySink
                 );