diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsdirectwritefontdatabase.cpp b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsdirectwritefontdatabase.cpp
index 5674f766de..2a6b1a53f9 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsdirectwritefontdatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsdirectwritefontdatabase.cpp
@@ -789,11 +789,6 @@ void QWindowsDirectWriteFontDatabase::populateFontDatabase()
     }
 }
 
-QFont QWindowsDirectWriteFontDatabase::defaultFont() const
-{
-    return QFont(QStringLiteral("Segoe UI"));
-}
-
 bool QWindowsDirectWriteFontDatabase::supportsVariableApplicationFonts() const
 {
     QSharedPointer<QWindowsFontEngineData> fontEngineData = data();
diff --git a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsdirectwritefontdatabase_p.h b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsdirectwritefontdatabase_p.h
index 093c629a16..3b2bba4d7b 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsdirectwritefontdatabase_p.h
+++ b/src/gui/text/windows/qwindowsdirectwritefontdatabase_p.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ public:
     QFontEngine *fontEngine(const QByteArray &fontData, qreal pixelSize, QFont::HintingPreference hintingPreference) override;
     QStringList fallbacksForFamily(const QString &family, QFont::Style style, QFont::StyleHint styleHint, QChar::Script script) const override;
     QStringList addApplicationFont(const QByteArray &fontData, const QString &fileName, QFontDatabasePrivate::ApplicationFont *font = nullptr) override;
-    QFont defaultFont() const override;
 
     bool isPrivateFontFamily(const QString &family) const override;
     bool supportsVariableApplicationFonts() const override;