diff --git a/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp b/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp
index 7e18250087..f92e4ab457 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ bool QFontDef::exactMatch(const QFontDef &other) const
     QFontDatabase::parseFontName(family, this_foundry, this_family);
     QFontDatabase::parseFontName(other.family, other_foundry, other_family);
 
-    this_family = QFontDatabase::resolveFontFamilyAlias(this_family);
-    other_family = QFontDatabase::resolveFontFamilyAlias(other_family);
-
     return (styleHint     == other.styleHint
             && styleStrategy == other.styleStrategy
             && weight        == other.weight
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/text/qfont/tst_qfont.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/text/qfont/tst_qfont.cpp
index 57530653c1..da1e4aa225 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/text/qfont/tst_qfont.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/text/qfont/tst_qfont.cpp
@@ -115,13 +115,10 @@ void tst_QFont::exactMatch()
     QSKIP("Exact matching on windows misses a lot because of the sample chars");
 #endif
 
-
-    if (!QGuiApplication::platformName().compare("xcb", Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
-        QVERIFY(QFont("sans").exactMatch());
-        QVERIFY(QFont("sans-serif").exactMatch());
-        QVERIFY(QFont("serif").exactMatch());
-        QVERIFY(QFont("monospace").exactMatch());
-    }
+    QVERIFY(!QFont("sans").exactMatch());
+    QVERIFY(!QFont("sans-serif").exactMatch());
+    QVERIFY(!QFont("serif").exactMatch());
+    QVERIFY(!QFont("monospace").exactMatch());
 
     QSKIP("This test is bogus on Unix with support for font aliases in fontconfig");