diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 320adb4d..43ee10fa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1558,7 +1558,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "subsetter",
  "tiny-skia",
  "ttf-parser",
- "unicode-properties",
  "usvg",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ff0b1470..2bb798db 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ pdfium-render = "0.8.6"
 termcolor = "1.2"
 usvg = { version = "0.42.0", default-features = false }
 tiny-skia = "0.11.4"
-unicode-properties = "0.1.1"
 resvg = { version = "0.42.0", default-features = false }
 subsetter = {git = "https://github.com/typst/subsetter", rev = "4e0058b"}
 ttf-parser = { version = "0.21.1" }
@@ -50,13 +49,12 @@ bench = false
 [features]
 default = ["image", "filters", "text"]
 text = ["usvg/text", "resvg/text", "dep:siphasher",
-    "dep:subsetter", "dep:ttf-parser", "dep:unicode-properties",
+    "dep:subsetter", "dep:ttf-parser",
     "dep:fontdb"]
 image = ["dep:image"]
 filters = ["image", "dep:tiny-skia", "resvg/raster-images"]
 
 [dependencies]
-unicode-properties = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 miniz_oxide = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = { workspace = true }
 pdf-writer = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b8f0f700..701e0715 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ Among the unsupported features are currently:
 - The `spreadMethod` attribute of gradients
 - Raster images are not color managed but use PDF's DeviceRGB color space
 - A number of features that were added in SVG2, See
-[here](https://github.com/RazrFalcon/resvg/blob/master/docs/svg2-changelog.md) for a more
-comprehensive list.
+    [here](https://github.com/RazrFalcon/resvg/blob/master/docs/svg2-changelog.md) for a more
+    comprehensive list.
  */
 
 mod render;
diff --git a/src/render/text.rs b/src/render/text.rs
index 6626287b..45c79263 100644
--- a/src/render/text.rs
+++ b/src/render/text.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use std::hash::Hash;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use subsetter::GlyphRemapper;
 use ttf_parser::{name_id, Face, GlyphId, PlatformId, Tag};
-use unicode_properties::{GeneralCategory, UnicodeGeneralCategory};
 use usvg::{Fill, Group, ImageKind, Node, PaintOrder, Stroke, Transform};
 
 const CFF: Tag = Tag::from_bytes(b"CFF ");
@@ -154,8 +153,7 @@ pub fn write_font(
 
     font_descriptor.finish();
 
-    let cmap =
-        create_cmap(&ttf, glyph_set, glyph_remapper).ok_or(SubsetError(font.id))?;
+    let cmap = create_cmap(glyph_set, glyph_remapper).ok_or(SubsetError(font.id))?;
     chunk.cmap(cmap_ref, &cmap.finish());
 
     // Subset and write the font's bytes.
@@ -173,33 +171,9 @@ pub fn write_font(
 
 /// Create a /ToUnicode CMap.
 fn create_cmap(
-    ttf: &Face,
     glyph_set: &mut BTreeMap<u16, String>,
     glyph_remapper: &GlyphRemapper,
 ) -> Option<UnicodeCmap> {
-    // For glyphs that have codepoints mapping to them in the font's cmap table,
-    // we prefer them over pre-existing text mappings from the document. Only
-    // things that don't have a corresponding codepoint (or only a private-use
-    // one) like the "Th" in Linux Libertine get the text of their first
-    // occurrences in the document instead.
-    for subtable in ttf.tables().cmap.into_iter().flat_map(|table| table.subtables) {
-        if !subtable.is_unicode() {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        subtable.codepoints(|n| {
-            let Some(c) = std::char::from_u32(n) else { return };
-            if c.general_category() == GeneralCategory::PrivateUse {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            let Some(GlyphId(g)) = ttf.glyph_index(c) else { return };
-            if glyph_set.contains_key(&g) {
-                glyph_set.insert(g, c.into());
-            }
-        });
-    }
-
     // Produce a reverse mapping from glyphs' CIDs to unicode strings.
     let mut cmap = UnicodeCmap::new(CMAP_NAME, SYSTEM_INFO);
     for (&g, text) in glyph_set.iter() {