diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 1dd5a9b..2cd740a 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
 static char *font = "Liberation Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true";
-/* Spare fonts */
-static char *font2[] = {
-/*	"Inconsolata for Powerline:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true", */
-/*	"Hack Nerd Font Mono:pixelsize=11:antialias=true:autohint=true", */
-};
-
 static int borderpx = 2;
 
 /*
diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index b251400..bd23686 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ static void xhints(void);
 static int xloadcolor(int, const char *, Color *);
 static int xloadfont(Font *, FcPattern *);
 static void xloadfonts(const char *, double);
-static int xloadsparefont(FcPattern *, int);
-static void xloadsparefonts(void);
 static void xunloadfont(Font *);
 static void xunloadfonts(void);
 static void xsetenv(void);
@@ -308,7 +306,6 @@ zoomabs(const Arg *arg)
 {
 	xunloadfonts();
 	xloadfonts(usedfont, arg->f);
-	xloadsparefonts();
 	cresize(0, 0);
 	redraw();
 	xhints();
@@ -1053,101 +1050,6 @@ xloadfonts(const char *fontstr, double fontsize)
 	FcPatternDestroy(pattern);
 }
 
-int
-xloadsparefont(FcPattern *pattern, int flags)
-{
-	FcPattern *match;
-	FcResult result;
-
-	match = FcFontMatch(NULL, pattern, &result);
-	if (!match) {
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	if (!(frc[frclen].font = XftFontOpenPattern(xw.dpy, match))) {
-		FcPatternDestroy(match);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	frc[frclen].flags = flags;
-	/* Believe U+0000 glyph will present in each default font */
-	frc[frclen].unicodep = 0;
-	frclen++;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void
-xloadsparefonts(void)
-{
-	FcPattern *pattern;
-	double sizeshift, fontval;
-	int fc;
-	char **fp;
-
-	if (frclen != 0)
-		die("can't embed spare fonts. cache isn't empty");
-
-	/* Calculate count of spare fonts */
-	fc = sizeof(font2) / sizeof(*font2);
-	if (fc == 0)
-		return;
-
-	/* Allocate memory for cache entries. */
-	if (frccap < 4 * fc) {
-		frccap += 4 * fc - frccap;
-		frc = xrealloc(frc, frccap * sizeof(Fontcache));
-	}
-
-	for (fp = font2; fp - font2 < fc; ++fp) {
-
-		if (**fp == '-')
-			pattern = XftXlfdParse(*fp, False, False);
-		else
-			pattern = FcNameParse((FcChar8 *)*fp);
-
-		if (!pattern)
-			die("can't open spare font %s\n", *fp);
-
-		if (defaultfontsize > 0) {
-			sizeshift = usedfontsize - defaultfontsize;
-			if (sizeshift != 0 &&
-					FcPatternGetDouble(pattern, FC_PIXEL_SIZE, 0, &fontval) ==
-					FcResultMatch) {
-				fontval += sizeshift;
-				FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_PIXEL_SIZE);
-				FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_SIZE);
-				FcPatternAddDouble(pattern, FC_PIXEL_SIZE, fontval);
-			}
-		}
-
-		FcPatternAddBool(pattern, FC_SCALABLE, 1);
-
-		FcConfigSubstitute(NULL, pattern, FcMatchPattern);
-		XftDefaultSubstitute(xw.dpy, xw.scr, pattern);
-
-		if (xloadsparefont(pattern, FRC_NORMAL))
-			die("can't open spare font %s\n", *fp);
-
-		FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_SLANT);
-		FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_SLANT, FC_SLANT_ITALIC);
-		if (xloadsparefont(pattern, FRC_ITALIC))
-			die("can't open spare font %s\n", *fp);
-
-		FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_WEIGHT);
-		FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_WEIGHT, FC_WEIGHT_BOLD);
-		if (xloadsparefont(pattern, FRC_ITALICBOLD))
-			die("can't open spare font %s\n", *fp);
-
-		FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_SLANT);
-		FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_SLANT, FC_SLANT_ROMAN);
-		if (xloadsparefont(pattern, FRC_BOLD))
-			die("can't open spare font %s\n", *fp);
-
-		FcPatternDestroy(pattern);
-	}
-}
-
 void
 xunloadfont(Font *f)
 {
@@ -1245,9 +1147,6 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 	usedfont = (opt_font == NULL)? font : opt_font;
 	xloadfonts(usedfont, 0);
 
-	/* spare fonts */
-	xloadsparefonts();
-
 	/* colors */
 	xw.cmap = XDefaultColormap(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
 	xloadcols();