diff --git a/win32ss/gdi/eng/engobjects.h b/win32ss/gdi/eng/engobjects.h
index 98af01af982..f601e6cdda5 100644
--- a/win32ss/gdi/eng/engobjects.h
+++ b/win32ss/gdi/eng/engobjects.h
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ typedef struct _FONTGDI {
   BYTE          RequestUnderline;
   BYTE          RequestStrikeOut;
   BYTE          RequestItalic;
-  LONG          RequestWeight;
   BYTE          OriginalItalic;
   LONG          OriginalWeight;
   BYTE          CharSet;
diff --git a/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c b/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c
index 5100c20dc76..4737fbcb66f 100644
--- a/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c
+++ b/win32ss/gdi/ntgdi/freetype.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,6 @@ IntGdiLoadFontsFromMemory(PGDI_LOAD_FONT pLoadFont,
     FontGDI->OriginalItalic = FALSE;
     FontGDI->RequestItalic = FALSE;
     FontGDI->OriginalWeight = FALSE;
-    FontGDI->RequestWeight = FW_NORMAL;
 
     IntLockFreeType();
     pOS2 = (TT_OS2 *)FT_Get_Sfnt_Table(Face, FT_SFNT_OS2);
@@ -2129,7 +2128,7 @@ FillTM(TEXTMETRICW *TM, PFONTGDI FontGDI,
         TM->tmDefaultChar      = pFNT->default_char + pFNT->first_char;
         TM->tmBreakChar        = pFNT->break_char + pFNT->first_char;
         TM->tmPitchAndFamily   = pFNT->pitch_and_family;
-        TM->tmWeight       = FontGDI->RequestWeight;
+        TM->tmWeight           = pFNT->weight;
         TM->tmItalic       = FontGDI->RequestItalic;
         TM->tmUnderlined   = FontGDI->RequestUnderline;
         TM->tmStruckOut    = FontGDI->RequestStrikeOut;
@@ -2175,15 +2174,7 @@ FillTM(TEXTMETRICW *TM, PFONTGDI FontGDI,
     /* Correct forumla to get the maxcharwidth from unicode and ansi font */
     TM->tmMaxCharWidth = (FT_MulFix(Face->max_advance_width, XScale) + 32) >> 6;
 
-    if (FontGDI->OriginalWeight != FW_DONTCARE &&
-        FontGDI->OriginalWeight != FW_NORMAL)
-    {
-        TM->tmWeight = FontGDI->OriginalWeight;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        TM->tmWeight = FontGDI->RequestWeight;
-    }
+    TM->tmWeight = FontGDI->OriginalWeight;
 
     TM->tmOverhang = 0;
     TM->tmDigitizedAspectX = 96;
@@ -5280,10 +5271,6 @@ TextIntRealizeFont(HFONT FontHandle, PTEXTOBJ pTextObj)
         FontGdi->RequestUnderline = pLogFont->lfUnderline ? 0xFF : 0;
         FontGdi->RequestStrikeOut = pLogFont->lfStrikeOut ? 0xFF : 0;
         FontGdi->RequestItalic = pLogFont->lfItalic ? 0xFF : 0;
-        if (pLogFont->lfWeight != FW_DONTCARE)
-            FontGdi->RequestWeight = pLogFont->lfWeight;
-        else
-            FontGdi->RequestWeight = FW_NORMAL;
 
         TextObj->fl |= TEXTOBJECT_INIT;
         Status = STATUS_SUCCESS;