diff --git a/src/cairo-truetype-subset.c b/src/cairo-truetype-subset.c
index 804eaa824..7f168a535 100644
--- a/src/cairo-truetype-subset.c
+++ b/src/cairo-truetype-subset.c
@@ -712,37 +712,6 @@ cairo_truetype_font_write_maxp_table (cairo_truetype_font_t *font,
     return font->status;
 }
 
-static cairo_status_t
-cairo_truetype_font_write_post_table (cairo_truetype_font_t *font,
-				      unsigned long          tag)
-{
-    char buf[10];
-    int n;
-    unsigned i;
-
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be32 (font, 0x00020000);
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be32 (font, 0);
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be16 (font, 0);
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be16 (font, 1);
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be32 (font, 0);
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be32 (font, 0);
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be32 (font, 0);
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be32 (font, 0);
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be32 (font, 0);
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be16 (font, font->base.num_glyphs);
-    cairo_truetype_font_write_be16 (font, 0);
-    for (i = 1; i < font->base.num_glyphs; i++)
-        cairo_truetype_font_write_be16 (font, i + 257);
-
-    for (i = 1; i < font->base.num_glyphs; i++) {
-        n = snprintf(buf + 1, 9, "g%d", i - 1);
-        buf[0] = n;
-        cairo_truetype_font_write (font, buf, n + 1);
-    }
-
-    return font->status;
-}
-
 typedef struct table table_t;
 struct table {
     unsigned long tag;
@@ -769,8 +738,7 @@ static const table_t truetype_tables[] = {
     { TT_TAG_loca, cairo_truetype_font_write_loca_table,     7 },
     { TT_TAG_maxp, cairo_truetype_font_write_maxp_table,     8 },
     { TT_TAG_name, cairo_truetype_font_write_generic_table,  9 },
-    { TT_TAG_post, cairo_truetype_font_write_post_table,    10 },
-    { TT_TAG_prep, cairo_truetype_font_write_generic_table, 11 },
+    { TT_TAG_prep, cairo_truetype_font_write_generic_table, 10 },
 };
 
 static cairo_status_t