diff --git a/src/font.c b/src/font.c
index 58ff1a7981b..266e5bc75c6 100644
--- a/src/font.c
+++ b/src/font.c
@@ -2768,6 +2768,7 @@ font_delete_unmatched (Lisp_Object vec, Lisp_Object spec, int size)
 	      int candidate = XFIXNUM (AREF (entity, prop)) >> 8;
 
 	      if (candidate != required
+#ifdef HAVE_NTGUI
 		  /* A kludge for w32 font search, where listing a
 		     family returns only 4 standard weights: regular,
 		     italic, bold, bold-italic.  For other values one
@@ -2777,14 +2778,10 @@ font_delete_unmatched (Lisp_Object vec, Lisp_Object spec, int size)
 		     weight, so if we require exact match, the
 		     non-regular font will be rejected.  So we relax
 		     the accuracy of the match here, and let
-		     font_sort_entities find the best match.
-
-		     Similar things happen on Posix platforms, when
-		     people use font families that don't have the
-		     regular weight, only the medium weight: these
-		     families get rejected if we require an exact match.  */
+		     font_sort_entities find the best match.  */
 		  && (prop != FONT_WEIGHT_INDEX
 		      || eabs (candidate - required) > 100)
+#endif
 		  )
 		prop = FONT_SPEC_MAX;
 	    }