diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/helpers/_typography.scss b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/helpers/_typography.scss
index 276de07966..f546eee62e 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/helpers/_typography.scss
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/helpers/_typography.scss
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@
   // deprecated sizes used internally, for example `govuk-font($size: "_14")`
   $size-internal-use-only: str-slice(#{$size}, 1, 1) == "_";
 
+  // Remove underscore from font sizes flagged for internal use
+  @if $size-internal-use-only {
+    $size: str-slice(#{$size}, 2);
+  }
+
   // Check for a font map exactly matching the given size
   $font-map: map-get($govuk-typography-scale, $size);
 
diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/overrides/_typography.scss b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/overrides/_typography.scss
index 9a02349cdd..836ca3f39c 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/overrides/_typography.scss
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/overrides/_typography.scss
@@ -6,19 +6,15 @@
   //
   // govuk-!-font-size-14 is deprecated
   @each $size, $font-map in $govuk-typography-scale {
-    // Suppress class if the map key is a string with an underscore eg: _14 to
-    // avoid classes like govuk-!-font-size-_14 getting generated
-    @if type-of($size) == "number" or str-slice(#{$size}, 1, 1) != "_" {
-      .govuk-\!-font-size-#{$size} {
-        $font-map: map-get($govuk-typography-scale, $size);
+    .govuk-\!-font-size-#{$size} {
+      $font-map: map-get($govuk-typography-scale, $size);
 
-        // Add underscore to deprecated typography scale keys
-        @if map-has-key($font-map, "deprecation") {
-          $size: _#{$size};
-        }
-
-        @include govuk-font-size($size, $important: true);
+      // Add underscore to deprecated typography scale keys
+      @if map-has-key($font-map, "deprecation") {
+        $size: _#{$size};
       }
+
+      @include govuk-font-size($size, $important: true);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/settings/_typography-responsive.scss b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/settings/_typography-responsive.scss
index c096e66bfc..42e54aa4bc 100644
--- a/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/settings/_typography-responsive.scss
+++ b/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/settings/_typography-responsive.scss
@@ -157,19 +157,5 @@ $govuk-typography-scale: (
       message: "14 on the type scale is deprecated and will be removed as " +
         "a possible option in the next major version."
     )
-  ),
-  _14: (
-    null: (
-      font-size: 12px,
-      line-height: 15px
-    ),
-    tablet: (
-      font-size: 14px,
-      line-height: 20px
-    ),
-    print: (
-      font-size: 12pt,
-      line-height: 1.2
-    )
   )
 ) !default;