diff --git a/src/training/pango_font_info.cpp b/src/training/pango_font_info.cpp
index 092044a00a..881f54e5a8 100644
--- a/src/training/pango_font_info.cpp
+++ b/src/training/pango_font_info.cpp
@@ -120,20 +120,11 @@ void PangoFontInfo::SoftInitFontConfig() {
 PangoFontMap* PangoFontInfo::get_font_map() {
   PangoFontMap* font_map =
       pango_cairo_font_map_new_for_font_type(CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_FT);
-  if (!font_map)  // cairo  without support of Freetype?
+  if (!font_map)  // cairo  withtout support of Freetype?
     font_map = pango_cairo_font_map_get_default();
   return font_map;
 }
 
-// PangoFontMap created with pango_cairo_font_map_new_for_font_type should() be freed
-// PangoFontMap created with pango_cairo_font_map_get_default() must not be freed
-void PangoFontInfo::free_font_map(PangoFontMap* font_map) {
-  if (pango_cairo_font_map_get_font_type((PangoCairoFontMap*)(font_map)) == CAIRO_FONT_TYPE_FT) {
-    g_object_unref(font_map);
-    font_map = nullptr;
-  }
-}
-
 // Re-initializes font config, whether or not already initialized.
 // If already initialized, any existing cache is deleted, just to be sure.
 /* static */
@@ -183,7 +174,6 @@ static void ListFontFamilies(PangoFontFamily*** families,
   PangoFontMap* font_map = PangoFontInfo::get_font_map();
   DISABLE_HEAP_LEAK_CHECK;
   pango_font_map_list_families(font_map, families, n_families);
-  PangoFontInfo::free_font_map(font_map);
 }
 
 bool PangoFontInfo::ParseFontDescription(const PangoFontDescription *desc) {
@@ -230,7 +220,6 @@ PangoFont* PangoFontInfo::ToPangoFont() const {
     font = pango_font_map_load_font(font_map, context, desc_);
   }
   g_object_unref(context);
-  PangoFontInfo::free_font_map(font_map);
   return font;
 }
 
@@ -247,8 +236,6 @@ bool PangoFontInfo::CoversUTF8Text(const char* utf8_text, int byte_length) const
       int len = it.get_utf8(tmp);
       tmp[len] = '\0';
       tlog(2, "'%s' (U+%x) not covered by font\n", tmp, *it);
-      pango_coverage_unref(coverage);
-      g_object_unref(font);
       return false;
     }
   }
@@ -342,7 +329,6 @@ bool PangoFontInfo::GetSpacingProperties(const std::string& utf8_char,
     if (!glyph_index) {
       // Glyph for given unicode character doesn't exist in font.
       g_object_unref(font);
-      font = nullptr;
       return false;
     }
     // Find the ink glyph extents for the glyph
@@ -360,7 +346,6 @@ bool PangoFontInfo::GetSpacingProperties(const std::string& utf8_char,
   *x_bearing = min_bearing;
   *x_advance = total_advance;
   g_object_unref(font);
-  font = nullptr;
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -480,7 +465,6 @@ bool PangoFontInfo::CanRenderString(const char* utf8_word, int len,
   pango_layout_iter_free(run_iter);
   g_object_unref(context);
   g_object_unref(layout);
-  free_font_map(font_map);
   if (bad_glyph && graphemes) graphemes->clear();
   return !bad_glyph;
 }
@@ -515,7 +499,6 @@ bool FontUtils::IsAvailableFont(const char* input_query_desc,
       selected_font = pango_font_map_load_font(font_map, context, desc);
     }
     g_object_unref(context);
-    PangoFontInfo::free_font_map(font_map);
   }
   if (selected_font == nullptr) {
     pango_font_description_free(desc);
diff --git a/src/training/pango_font_info.h b/src/training/pango_font_info.h
index 7743b5841a..1f13634ff6 100644
--- a/src/training/pango_font_info.h
+++ b/src/training/pango_font_info.h
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ class PangoFontInfo {
   // FLAGS_fonts_dir and the cache to FLAGS_fontconfig_tmpdir.
   static void SoftInitFontConfig();
   static PangoFontMap* get_font_map();
-  static void free_font_map(PangoFontMap* font_map);
   // Re-initializes font config, whether or not already initialized.
   // If already initialized, any existing cache is deleted, just to be sure.
   static void HardInitFontConfig(const std::string& fonts_dir,