diff --git a/lisp/term/mac-win.el b/lisp/term/mac-win.el
index 6f87f098f0b..a2b509f071c 100644
--- a/lisp/term/mac-win.el
+++ b/lisp/term/mac-win.el
@@ -1639,31 +1639,6 @@ It returns a name of the created fontset."
 ;; Create fontset specified in X resources "Fontset-N" (N is 0, 1, ...).
 (create-fontset-from-x-resource)
 
-;; Try to create a fontset from a font specification which comes
-;; from initial-frame-alist, default-frame-alist, or X resource.
-;; A font specification in command line argument (i.e. -fn XXXX)
-;; should be already in default-frame-alist as a `font'
-;; parameter.  However, any font specifications in site-start
-;; library, user's init file (.emacs), and default.el are not
-;; yet handled here.
-
-(let ((font (or (cdr (assq 'font initial-frame-alist))
-		(cdr (assq 'font default-frame-alist))
-		(x-get-resource "font" "Font")))
-      xlfd-fields resolved-name)
-  (if (and font
-	   (not (query-fontset font))
-	   (setq resolved-name (x-resolve-font-name font))
-	   (setq xlfd-fields (x-decompose-font-name font)))
-      (if (string= "fontset" (aref xlfd-fields xlfd-regexp-registry-subnum))
-	  (new-fontset font (x-complement-fontset-spec xlfd-fields nil))
-	;; Create a fontset from FONT.  The fontset name is
-	;; generated from FONT.
-	(if (and (string= "mac" (aref xlfd-fields xlfd-regexp-registry-subnum))
-		 (string= "roman" (aref xlfd-fields xlfd-regexp-encoding-subnum)))
-	    (create-fontset-from-mac-roman-font font resolved-name "startup")
-	  (create-fontset-from-ascii-font font resolved-name "startup")))))
-
 ;; Apply a geometry resource to the initial frame.  Put it at the end
 ;; of the alist, so that anything specified on the command line takes
 ;; precedence.