x.c | 7 +------

diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index d73152b5f07f811af386c183329f59d495300ab4..7b2a51868f199333c0b343c27c20759497fbbe93 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -1384,12 +1384,7 @@ 	Color *fg, *bg, *temp, revfg, revbg, truefg, truebg;
 	XRenderColor colfg, colbg;
 	XRectangle r;
 
-	/* Fallback on color display for attributes not supported by the font */
-	if (base.mode & ATTR_ITALIC && base.mode & ATTR_BOLD) {
-		if (dc.ibfont.badslant || dc.ibfont.badweight)
-			base.fg = defaultattr;
-	} else if ((base.mode & ATTR_ITALIC && dc.ifont.badslant) ||
-	    (base.mode & ATTR_BOLD && dc.bfont.badweight)) {
+	if (base.mode & ATTR_ITALIC) {
 		base.fg = defaultattr;
 	}