diff --git a/src/gui/text/freetype/qfontengine_ft.cpp b/src/gui/text/freetype/qfontengine_ft.cpp
index 50c52ef3705..958d8d12936 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/freetype/qfontengine_ft.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/freetype/qfontengine_ft.cpp
@@ -190,15 +190,10 @@ int QFreetypeFace::getPointInOutline(glyph_t glyph, int flags, quint32 point, QF
     return Err_Ok;
 }
 
-bool QFreetypeFace::isScalable() const
-{
-    return FT_IS_SCALABLE(face);
-}
-
 bool QFreetypeFace::isScalableBitmap() const
 {
 #ifdef FT_HAS_COLOR
-    return !isScalable() && FT_HAS_COLOR(face);
+    return !FT_IS_SCALABLE(face) && FT_HAS_COLOR(face);
 #else
     return false;
 #endif
@@ -1609,7 +1604,7 @@ void QFontEngineFT::getUnscaledGlyph(glyph_t glyph, QPainterPath *path, glyph_me
 
 bool QFontEngineFT::supportsTransformation(const QTransform &transform) const
 {
-    return transform.type() <= QTransform::TxRotate && (freetype->isScalable() || freetype->isScalableBitmap());
+    return transform.type() <= QTransform::TxRotate;
 }
 
 void QFontEngineFT::addOutlineToPath(qreal x, qreal y, const QGlyphLayout &glyphs, QPainterPath *path, QTextItem::RenderFlags flags)
diff --git a/src/gui/text/freetype/qfontengine_ft_p.h b/src/gui/text/freetype/qfontengine_ft_p.h
index bdd45498272..ec4164bfd82 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/freetype/qfontengine_ft_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/freetype/qfontengine_ft_p.h
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public:
 
     int getPointInOutline(glyph_t glyph, int flags, quint32 point, QFixed *xpos, QFixed *ypos, quint32 *nPoints);
 
-    bool isScalable() const;
     bool isScalableBitmap() const;
 
     static void addGlyphToPath(FT_Face face, FT_GlyphSlot g, const QFixedPoint &point, QPainterPath *path, FT_Fixed x_scale, FT_Fixed y_scale);