diff --git a/startkde/startplasma-waylandsession.cpp b/startkde/startplasma-waylandsession.cpp
index f59654d18..ae7e49663 100644
--- a/startkde/startplasma-waylandsession.cpp
+++ b/startkde/startplasma-waylandsession.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     } else {
         qWarning() << "running kwin without Xwayland support";
     }
-    setupGSLib();
 
     if (!syncDBusEnvironment()) {
         out << "Could not sync environment to dbus.\n";
diff --git a/startkde/startplasma.cpp b/startkde/startplasma.cpp
index a055d5635..b3b1185f9 100644
--- a/startkde/startplasma.cpp
+++ b/startkde/startplasma.cpp
@@ -334,17 +334,6 @@ QProcess* setupKSplash()
     return p;
 }
 
-void setupGSLib()
-// Get Ghostscript to look into user's KDE fonts dir for additional Fontmap
-{
-    const QByteArray usr_fdir = QFile::encodeName(QDir::home().absoluteFilePath(QStringLiteral(".fonts")));
-    if (qEnvironmentVariableIsSet("GS_LIB")) {
-        qputenv("GS_LIB", usr_fdir + ':' + qgetenv("GS_LIB"));
-    } else {
-        qputenv("GS_LIB", usr_fdir);
-    }
-}
-
 bool startPlasmaSession(bool wayland)
 {
     OrgKdeKSplashInterface iface(QStringLiteral("org.kde.KSplash"), QStringLiteral("/KSplash"), QDBusConnection::sessionBus());
diff --git a/startkde/startplasma.h b/startkde/startplasma.h
index d46008e78..e37322724 100644
--- a/startkde/startplasma.h
+++ b/startkde/startplasma.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ void cleanupX11();
 bool syncDBusEnvironment();
 void setupFontDpi();
 QProcess* setupKSplash();
-void setupGSLib();
 void setupX11();
 
 bool startKDEInit();