diff --git drw.c drw.c
index 4cdbcbe..7a5bc0d 100644
--- drw.c
+++ drw.c
@@ -133,19 +133,6 @@ xfont_create(Drw *drw, const char *fontname, FcPattern *fontpattern)
die("no font specified.");
}
- /* Do not allow using color fonts. This is a workaround for a BadLength
- * error from Xft with color glyphs. Modelled on the Xterm workaround. See
- * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498269
- * https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1701/30932.html
- * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916349
- * and lots more all over the internet.
- */
- FcBool iscol;
- if(FcPatternGetBool(xfont->pattern, FC_COLOR, 0, &iscol) == FcResultMatch && iscol) {
- XftFontClose(drw->dpy, xfont);
- return NULL;
- }
-
font = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Fnt));
font->xfont = xfont;
font->pattern = pattern;
@@ -351,7 +338,6 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
fcpattern = FcPatternDuplicate(drw->fonts->pattern);
FcPatternAddCharSet(fcpattern, FC_CHARSET, fccharset);
FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_SCALABLE, FcTrue);
- FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_COLOR, FcFalse);
FcConfigSubstitute(NULL, fcpattern, FcMatchPattern);
FcDefaultSubstitute(fcpattern);
