diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
index bc046d922c0..09853114f7a 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
@@ -1529,6 +1529,7 @@ void QTextEngine::shapeText(int item) const
         QGlyphLayout g = availableGlyphs(&si);
         g.glyphs[0] = 0;
         g.attributes[0].clusterStart = true;
+        g.attributes[0].dontPrint = true;
 
         ushort *log_clusters = logClusters(&si);
         for (int i = 0; i < itemLength; ++i)
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qglyphrun/tst_qglyphrun.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/text/qglyphrun/tst_qglyphrun.cpp
index 1569a4bf84f..8abb37b7454 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qglyphrun/tst_qglyphrun.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qglyphrun/tst_qglyphrun.cpp
@@ -613,9 +613,7 @@ void tst_QGlyphRun::defaultIgnorables()
     layout.endLayout();
 
     QList<QGlyphRun> runs = layout.glyphRuns();
-    QCOMPARE(runs.size(), 1);
-    QCOMPARE(runs.at(0).glyphIndexes().size(), 1);
-    QCOMPARE(runs.at(0).glyphIndexes()[0], uint(0));
+    QCOMPARE(runs.size(), 0);
 }
 
 #endif // QT_NO_RAWFONT