diff --git a/core/jni/android/graphics/Paint.cpp b/core/jni/android/graphics/Paint.cpp
index 46654867b05b9..2b0d68ce92166 100644
--- a/core/jni/android/graphics/Paint.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android/graphics/Paint.cpp
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ static JMetricsID gFontMetricsInt_fieldID;
 static void defaultSettingsForAndroid(Paint* paint) {
     // GlyphID encoding is required because we are using Harfbuzz shaping
     paint->setTextEncoding(Paint::kGlyphID_TextEncoding);
-
-    SkPaintOptionsAndroid paintOpts = paint->getPaintOptionsAndroid();
-    paintOpts.setUseFontFallbacks(true);
-    paint->setPaintOptionsAndroid(paintOpts);
 }
 
 class PaintGlue {