diff --git a/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c b/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c
index 16b571fb0..257c5daa0 100644
--- a/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-quartz-surface.c
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ _cairo_quartz_surface_show_glyphs (void *abstract_surface,
     CGFontRef cgfref = NULL;
 
     cairo_bool_t isClipping = FALSE;
-    cairo_bool_t didForceFontSmoothing = TRUE;
+    cairo_bool_t didForceFontSmoothing = FALSE;
 
     if (IS_EMPTY(surface))
 	return CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS;