diff --git a/src/gtk/gnome/gprint.cpp b/src/gtk/gnome/gprint.cpp
index 3d8aa99240..927aa1afc3 100644
--- a/src/gtk/gnome/gprint.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/gnome/gprint.cpp
@@ -1849,10 +1849,6 @@ void wxGnomePrintDC::DoGetTextExtent(const wxString& string, wxCoord *width, wxC
         return;
     }
 
-    // Set new font description
-    if (theFont)
-        pango_layout_set_font_description( m_layout, theFont->GetNativeFontInfo()->description );
-
     // Set layout's text
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
     const wxCharBuffer data = wxConvUTF8.cWC2MB( string );