diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index a93b1946c9..5de9bcef8b 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ Deprecated methods and their replacements
   the static box itself.
 - wxMouseState::{Left,Middle,Right}Down() were renamed to XXXIsDown() for
   consistency with wxMouseEvent and the old names were deprecated.
+- wxFont::SetNoAntiAliasing() was deprecated, it never really worked in most
+  ports and was always marked as "experimental" API. It will be replaced with
+  wxDC-level anti-aliasing control in the future.
 
 
 Major new features in this release
diff --git a/include/wx/dfb/font.h b/include/wx/dfb/font.h
index 4b485d7f39..f3c6c485b1 100644
--- a/include/wx/dfb/font.h
+++ b/include/wx/dfb/font.h
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ public:
 
     wxDECLARE_COMMON_FONT_METHODS();
 
-    // Unofficial API, don't use
-    virtual void SetNoAntiAliasing(bool no = true);
-    virtual bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const;
-
     // implementation from now on:
     wxIDirectFBFontPtr GetDirectFBFont(bool antialiased) const;
 
diff --git a/include/wx/font.h b/include/wx/font.h
index 225460cda8..96efd04965 100644
--- a/include/wx/font.h
+++ b/include/wx/font.h
@@ -249,15 +249,17 @@ public:
     wxString GetStyleString() const;
     wxString GetWeightString() const;
 
-    // Unofficial API, don't use
-    virtual void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool WXUNUSED(no) = true ) {  }
-    virtual bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const { return false; }
-
     // the default encoding is used for creating all fonts with default
     // encoding parameter
     static wxFontEncoding GetDefaultEncoding() { return ms_encodingDefault; }
     static void SetDefaultEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding);
 
+    // this doesn't do anything and is kept for compatibility only
+#ifdef WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
+    wxDEPRECATED_INLINE(void SetNoAntiAliasing(bool no = true), wxUnusedVar(no););
+    wxDEPRECATED_INLINE(bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const, return false;)
+#endif // WXWIN_COMPATIBILITY_2_8
+
 protected:
     // the function called by both overloads of SetNativeFontInfo()
     virtual void DoSetNativeFontInfo(const wxNativeFontInfo& info);
diff --git a/include/wx/gtk/font.h b/include/wx/gtk/font.h
index 0f446d745c..adbecdadee 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk/font.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk/font.h
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ public:
 
     wxDECLARE_COMMON_FONT_METHODS();
 
-    virtual void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no = true );
-    virtual bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const ;
-
     // implementation from now on
     void Unshare();
 
diff --git a/include/wx/gtk1/font.h b/include/wx/gtk1/font.h
index 068bb1a342..c619aad35e 100644
--- a/include/wx/gtk1/font.h
+++ b/include/wx/gtk1/font.h
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ public:
 
     wxDECLARE_COMMON_FONT_METHODS();
 
-    virtual void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no = true );
-    virtual bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const ;
-
     // implementation from now on
     void Unshare();
 
diff --git a/include/wx/mgl/font.h b/include/wx/mgl/font.h
index 93802a8dd8..6ef7f521df 100644
--- a/include/wx/mgl/font.h
+++ b/include/wx/mgl/font.h
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ public:
 
     wxDECLARE_COMMON_FONT_METHODS();
 
-    // Unofficial API, don't use
-    virtual void SetNoAntiAliasing(bool no = true);
-    virtual bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const;
-
     struct font_t *GetMGLfont_t(float scale, bool antialiased);
 
 protected:
diff --git a/include/wx/osx/font.h b/include/wx/osx/font.h
index 6f379089c0..625a079c0b 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/font.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/font.h
@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool RealizeResource();
 
-    // Unofficial API, don't use
-    virtual void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool noAA = TRUE ) ;
-    virtual bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const  ;
-
     // Mac-specific, risks to change, don't use in portable code
 
 #if wxOSX_USE_CARBON && wxOSX_USE_ATSU_TEXT
diff --git a/include/wx/private/fontmgr.h b/include/wx/private/fontmgr.h
index c9f4395487..389e4d5abc 100644
--- a/include/wx/private/fontmgr.h
+++ b/include/wx/private/fontmgr.h
@@ -237,15 +237,10 @@ public:
     void SetUnderlined(bool underlined);
     void SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding);
 
-    // Unofficial API, don't use
-    void SetNoAntiAliasing(bool no);
-    bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const { return m_noAA; }
-
 private:
     void EnsureValidFont();
 
     wxNativeFontInfo  m_info;
-    bool              m_noAA;
 
     wxFontFace       *m_fontFace;
     wxFontBundle     *m_fontBundle;
diff --git a/include/wx/x11/font.h b/include/wx/x11/font.h
index ac9710472d..a7197b878b 100644
--- a/include/wx/x11/font.h
+++ b/include/wx/x11/font.h
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ public:
 
     wxDECLARE_COMMON_FONT_METHODS();
 
-    virtual void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no = TRUE );
-    virtual bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const ;
-
     // Implementation
 
 #if wxUSE_PANGO
diff --git a/src/common/dcgraph.cpp b/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
index 8de2da6817..94a541d21c 100644
--- a/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
@@ -450,12 +450,6 @@ void wxGCDCImpl::SetFont( const wxFont &font )
         if ( f.IsOk() )
             f.SetPointSize( /*LogicalToDeviceYRel*/(font.GetPointSize()));
         m_graphicContext->SetFont( f, m_textForegroundColour );
-#if defined(__WXGTK__) || defined(__WXOSX__)
-        if ( m_font.IsOk() && m_font.GetNoAntiAliasing() )
-        {
-            m_graphicContext->SetAntialiasMode(wxANTIALIAS_NONE);
-        }
-#endif
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/fontmgrcmn.cpp b/src/common/fontmgrcmn.cpp
index f942d736e8..6ecd7e610e 100644
--- a/src/common/fontmgrcmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fontmgrcmn.cpp
@@ -245,8 +245,6 @@ wxFontMgrFontRefData::wxFontMgrFontRefData(int size,
     m_info.underlined = underlined;
     m_info.encoding = encoding;
 
-    m_noAA = false;
-
     m_fontFace = NULL;
     m_fontBundle = NULL;
     m_fontValid = false;
@@ -255,7 +253,6 @@ wxFontMgrFontRefData::wxFontMgrFontRefData(int size,
 wxFontMgrFontRefData::wxFontMgrFontRefData(const wxFontMgrFontRefData& data)
 {
     m_info = data.m_info;
-    m_noAA = data.m_noAA;
 
     m_fontFace = data.m_fontFace;
     m_fontBundle = data.m_fontBundle;
@@ -281,7 +278,7 @@ wxFontMgrFontRefData::GetFontInstance(float scale, bool antialiased) const
 {
     wxConstCast(this, wxFontMgrFontRefData)->EnsureValidFont();
     return m_fontFace->GetFontInstance(m_info.pointSize * scale,
-                                       antialiased && !m_noAA);
+                                       antialiased);
 }
 
 void wxFontMgrFontRefData::SetPointSize(int pointSize)
@@ -326,12 +323,6 @@ void wxFontMgrFontRefData::SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding)
     m_fontValid = false;
 }
 
-void wxFontMgrFontRefData::SetNoAntiAliasing(bool no)
-{
-    m_noAA = no;
-}
-
-
 void wxFontMgrFontRefData::EnsureValidFont()
 {
     if ( !m_fontValid )
diff --git a/src/dfb/font.cpp b/src/dfb/font.cpp
index 83fc2138a6..05a83676f0 100644
--- a/src/dfb/font.cpp
+++ b/src/dfb/font.cpp
@@ -148,13 +148,6 @@ const wxNativeFontInfo *wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() const
     return M_FONTDATA->GetNativeFontInfo();
 }
 
-bool wxFont::GetNoAntiAliasing() const
-{
-    wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), false, wxT("invalid font") );
-
-    return M_FONTDATA->GetNoAntiAliasing();
-}
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // change font attributes
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -202,8 +195,3 @@ void wxFont::SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding)
     M_FONTDATA->SetEncoding(encoding);
 }
 
-void wxFont::SetNoAntiAliasing(bool no)
-{
-    AllocExclusive();
-    M_FONTDATA->SetNoAntiAliasing(no);
-}
diff --git a/src/gtk/font.cpp b/src/gtk/font.cpp
index 72b651732c..d011c26b35 100644
--- a/src/gtk/font.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/font.cpp
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ public:
     bool SetFaceName(const wxString& facename);
     void SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding);
 
-    void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no = true ) { m_noAA = no; }
-    bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const { return m_noAA; }
-
     // and this one also modifies all the other font data fields
     void SetNativeFontInfo(const wxNativeFontInfo& info);
 
@@ -94,7 +91,6 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     bool            m_underlined;
-    bool            m_noAA;      // No anti-aliasing
 
     // The native font info: basically a PangoFontDescription
     wxNativeFontInfo m_nativeFontInfo;
@@ -120,7 +116,6 @@ void wxFontRefData::Init(int pointSize,
         family = wxFONTFAMILY_SWISS;
 
     m_underlined = underlined;
-    m_noAA = false;
 
     // Create native font info
     m_nativeFontInfo.description = pango_font_description_new();
@@ -145,8 +140,6 @@ void wxFontRefData::Init(int pointSize,
 
 void wxFontRefData::InitFromNative()
 {
-    m_noAA = false;
-
     // Get native info
     PangoFontDescription *desc = m_nativeFontInfo.description;
 
@@ -163,7 +156,6 @@ wxFontRefData::wxFontRefData( const wxFontRefData& data )
              : wxGDIRefData()
 {
     m_underlined = data.m_underlined;
-    m_noAA = data.m_noAA;
 
     // Forces a copy of the internal data.  wxNativeFontInfo should probably
     // have a copy ctor and assignment operator to fix this properly but that
@@ -377,13 +369,6 @@ wxFontEncoding wxFont::GetEncoding() const
         // Pango always uses UTF8... see also SetEncoding()
 }
 
-bool wxFont::GetNoAntiAliasing() const
-{
-    wxCHECK_MSG( IsOk(), false, wxT("invalid font") );
-
-    return M_FONTDATA->m_noAA;
-}
-
 const wxNativeFontInfo *wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() const
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( IsOk(), NULL, wxT("invalid font") );
@@ -459,13 +444,6 @@ void wxFont::DoSetNativeFontInfo( const wxNativeFontInfo& info )
     M_FONTDATA->SetNativeFontInfo( info );
 }
 
-void wxFont::SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no )
-{
-    AllocExclusive();
-
-    M_FONTDATA->SetNoAntiAliasing( no );
-}
-
 wxGDIRefData* wxFont::CreateGDIRefData() const
 {
     return new wxFontRefData;
diff --git a/src/gtk1/font.cpp b/src/gtk1/font.cpp
index d04f27e413..176dde8d15 100644
--- a/src/gtk1/font.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk1/font.cpp
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ public:
     bool SetFaceName(const wxString& facename);
     void SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding);
 
-    void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no = true ) { m_noAA = no; }
-    bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const { return m_noAA; }
-
     // and this one also modifies all the other font data fields
     void SetNativeFontInfo(const wxNativeFontInfo& info);
 
@@ -124,7 +121,6 @@ private:
     bool            m_underlined;
     wxString        m_faceName;
     wxFontEncoding  m_encoding;  // Unused under GTK 2.0
-    bool            m_noAA;      // No anti-aliasing
 
     // The native font info, basicly an XFLD under GTK 1.2 and
     // the pango font description under GTK 2.0.
@@ -163,14 +159,10 @@ void wxFontRefData::Init(int pointSize,
 
     m_underlined = underlined;
     m_encoding = encoding;
-
-    m_noAA = false;
 }
 
 void wxFontRefData::InitFromNative()
 {
-    m_noAA = false;
-
     // get the font parameters from the XLFD
     // -------------------------------------
 
@@ -283,8 +275,6 @@ wxFontRefData::wxFontRefData( const wxFontRefData& data )
     m_faceName = data.m_faceName;
     m_encoding = data.m_encoding;
 
-    m_noAA = data.m_noAA;
-
     // Forces a copy of the internal data.  wxNativeFontInfo should probably
     // have a copy ctor and assignment operator to fix this properly but that
     // would break binary compatibility...
@@ -580,13 +570,6 @@ wxFontEncoding wxFont::GetEncoding() const
     return M_FONTDATA->m_encoding;
 }
 
-bool wxFont::GetNoAntiAliasing() const
-{
-    wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT, wxT("invalid font") );
-
-    return M_FONTDATA->m_noAA;
-}
-
 const wxNativeFontInfo *wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() const
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), NULL, wxT("invalid font") );
@@ -679,13 +662,6 @@ void wxFont::DoSetNativeFontInfo( const wxNativeFontInfo& info )
     M_FONTDATA->SetNativeFontInfo( info );
 }
 
-void wxFont::SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no )
-{
-    Unshare();
-
-    M_FONTDATA->SetNoAntiAliasing( no );
-}
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // get internal representation of font
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/mgl/font.cpp b/src/mgl/font.cpp
index fb72e2d45c..e322af0f80 100644
--- a/src/mgl/font.cpp
+++ b/src/mgl/font.cpp
@@ -145,13 +145,6 @@ const wxNativeFontInfo *wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() const
     return M_FONTDATA->GetNativeFontInfo();
 }
 
-bool wxFont::GetNoAntiAliasing() const
-{
-    wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), false, wxT("invalid font") );
-
-    return M_FONTDATA->GetNoAntiAliasing();
-}
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // change font attributes
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -199,8 +192,3 @@ void wxFont::SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding)
     M_FONTDATA->SetEncoding(encoding);
 }
 
-void wxFont::SetNoAntiAliasing(bool no)
-{
-    AllocExclusive();
-    M_FONTDATA->SetNoAntiAliasing(no);
-}
diff --git a/src/osx/carbon/font.cpp b/src/osx/carbon/font.cpp
index 9ac75bbfbd..f8c6f5f347 100644
--- a/src/osx/carbon/font.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/carbon/font.cpp
@@ -61,10 +61,6 @@ public:
 
     virtual ~wxFontRefData();
 
-    void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no = true ) { m_noAA = no; }
-
-    bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const { return m_noAA; }
-
     void SetPointSize( int size )
     {
         if( GetPointSize() != size )
@@ -154,7 +150,6 @@ protected:
 #if wxOSX_USE_CORE_TEXT
     // void Init( CTFontRef font );
 #endif
-    bool            m_noAA;      // No anti-aliasing
 public:
     bool            m_fontValid;
 #if wxOSX_USE_CARBON && wxOSX_USE_ATSU_TEXT
@@ -184,7 +179,6 @@ wxFontRefData::wxFontRefData(const wxFontRefData& data)
 {
     Init();
     m_info = data.m_info;
-    m_noAA = data.m_noAA;
     m_fontValid = data.m_fontValid;
 #if wxOSX_USE_CARBON && wxOSX_USE_ATSU_TEXT
     m_macThemeFontID = data.m_macThemeFontID;
@@ -219,7 +213,6 @@ wxFontRefData::wxFontRefData(const wxFontRefData& data)
 
 void wxFontRefData::Init()
 {
-    m_noAA = false;
 #if wxOSX_USE_CARBON && wxOSX_USE_ATSU_TEXT
     m_macThemeFontID = kThemeCurrentPortFont ;
 #endif
@@ -656,13 +649,6 @@ void wxFont::SetUnderlined(bool underlined)
     M_FONTDATA->SetUnderlined( underlined );
 }
 
-void wxFont::SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no )
-{
-    AllocExclusive();
-
-    M_FONTDATA->SetNoAntiAliasing( no );
-}
-
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // accessors
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -733,13 +719,6 @@ wxFontEncoding wxFont::GetEncoding() const
     return M_FONTDATA->GetEncoding() ;
 }
 
-bool wxFont::GetNoAntiAliasing() const
-{
-    wxCHECK_MSG( M_FONTDATA != NULL , false, wxT("invalid font") );
-
-    return M_FONTDATA->GetNoAntiAliasing();
-}
-
 #if wxOSX_USE_ATSU_TEXT && wxOSX_USE_CARBON
 
 short wxFont::MacGetFontNum() const
diff --git a/src/stc/PlatWX.cpp b/src/stc/PlatWX.cpp
index a58a60d8f5..8149bfbf5c 100644
--- a/src/stc/PlatWX.cpp
+++ b/src/stc/PlatWX.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Font::~Font() {
 
 void Font::Create(const char *faceName, int characterSet,
                   int size, bool bold, bool italic,
-                  bool extraFontFlag) {
+                  bool WXUNUSED(extraFontFlag)) {
     Release();
 
     // The minus one is done because since Scintilla uses SC_SHARSET_DEFAULT
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ void Font::Create(const char *faceName, int characterSet,
                     false,
                     stc2wx(faceName),
                     encoding);
-    font->SetNoAntiAliasing(!extraFontFlag);
     id = font;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/x11/font.cpp b/src/x11/font.cpp
index 49a2b7dfd5..32aa7d6a56 100644
--- a/src/x11/font.cpp
+++ b/src/x11/font.cpp
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ public:
     bool SetFaceName(const wxString& facename);
     void SetEncoding(wxFontEncoding encoding);
 
-    void SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no = true ) { m_noAA = no; }
-    bool GetNoAntiAliasing() const { return m_noAA; }
-
     // and this one also modifies all the other font data fields
     void SetNativeFontInfo(const wxNativeFontInfo& info);
 
@@ -152,7 +149,6 @@ protected:
     bool          m_underlined;
     wxString      m_faceName;
     wxFontEncoding m_encoding;   // Unused in Unicode mode
-    bool            m_noAA;      // No anti-aliasing
 
     wxNativeFontInfo m_nativeFontInfo;
 
@@ -232,8 +228,6 @@ void wxFontRefData::Init(int pointSize,
 
 void wxFontRefData::InitFromNative()
 {
-    m_noAA = false;
-
 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
     // Get native info
     PangoFontDescription *desc = m_nativeFontInfo.description;
@@ -414,8 +408,6 @@ wxFontRefData::wxFontRefData( const wxFontRefData& data )
     m_faceName = data.m_faceName;
     m_encoding = data.m_encoding;
 
-    m_noAA = data.m_noAA;
-
     m_nativeFontInfo = data.m_nativeFontInfo;
 }
 
@@ -768,13 +760,6 @@ wxFontEncoding wxFont::GetEncoding() const
     return M_FONTDATA->m_encoding;
 }
 
-bool wxFont::GetNoAntiAliasing() const
-{
-    wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT, wxT("invalid font") );
-
-    return M_FONTDATA->m_noAA;
-}
-
 const wxNativeFontInfo *wxFont::GetNativeFontInfo() const
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( Ok(), NULL, wxT("invalid font") );
@@ -872,15 +857,7 @@ void wxFont::DoSetNativeFontInfo( const wxNativeFontInfo& info )
     M_FONTDATA->SetNativeFontInfo( info );
 }
 
-void wxFont::SetNoAntiAliasing( bool no )
-{
-    Unshare();
-
-    M_FONTDATA->SetNoAntiAliasing( no );
-}
-
-#if wxUSE_UNICODE
-#else
+#if !wxUSE_UNICODE
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // X11 implementation
@@ -946,4 +923,4 @@ WXFontStructPtr wxFont::GetFontStruct(double scale, WXDisplay* display) const
     return (f ? f->m_fontStruct : (WXFontStructPtr) 0);
 }
 
-#endif
+#endif // !wxUSE_UNICODE