diff --git a/src/freetype/cffdrivr.c b/src/freetype/cffdrivr.c
index 81f7ee7b5..db84e24ce 100644
--- a/src/freetype/cffdrivr.c
+++ b/src/freetype/cffdrivr.c
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@
 #include "cffparse.h"
 #include "cffobjs.h"
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-#include FT_SERVICE_MULTIPLE_MASTERS_H
-#include FT_SERVICE_METRICS_VARIATIONS_H
-#endif
-
 #include "cfferrs.h"
 
 #include FT_SERVICE_FONT_FORMAT_H
@@ -893,20 +888,6 @@
     FT_SERVICE_ID_PROPERTIES,           &cff_service_properties,
     FT_SERVICE_ID_CFF_LOAD,             &cff_service_cff_load
   )
-#elif defined TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-  FT_DEFINE_SERVICEDESCREC9(
-    cff_services,
-
-    FT_SERVICE_ID_FONT_FORMAT,          FT_FONT_FORMAT_CFF,
-    FT_SERVICE_ID_MULTI_MASTERS,        &cff_service_multi_masters,
-    FT_SERVICE_ID_METRICS_VARIATIONS,   &cff_service_metrics_variations,
-    FT_SERVICE_ID_POSTSCRIPT_INFO,      &cff_service_ps_info,
-    FT_SERVICE_ID_POSTSCRIPT_FONT_NAME, &cff_service_ps_name,
-    FT_SERVICE_ID_TT_CMAP,              &cff_service_get_cmap_info,
-    FT_SERVICE_ID_CID,                  &cff_service_cid_info,
-    FT_SERVICE_ID_PROPERTIES,           &cff_service_properties,
-    FT_SERVICE_ID_CFF_LOAD,             &cff_service_cff_load
-  )
 #else
   FT_DEFINE_SERVICEDESCREC7(
     cff_services,
diff --git a/src/freetype/cffload.h b/src/freetype/cffload.h
index 58143782a..39330cb75 100644
--- a/src/freetype/cffload.h
+++ b/src/freetype/cffload.h
@@ -104,18 +104,6 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
                      CFF_Parser   parser,
                      FT_UInt      numBlends );
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-  FT_LOCAL( FT_Error )
-  cff_get_var_blend( CFF_Face     face,
-                     FT_UInt     *num_coords,
-                     FT_Fixed*   *coords,
-                     FT_Fixed*   *normalizedcoords,
-                     FT_MM_Var*  *mm_var );
-
-  FT_LOCAL( void )
-  cff_done_blend( CFF_Face  face );
-#endif
-
 
 FT_END_HEADER
 
diff --git a/src/freetype/cffobjs.c b/src/freetype/cffobjs.c
index ef97289a6..8fdeb90b5 100644
--- a/src/freetype/cffobjs.c
+++ b/src/freetype/cffobjs.c
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
 #include FT_INTERNAL_SFNT_H
 #include FT_DRIVER_H
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-#include FT_MULTIPLE_MASTERS_H
-#include FT_SERVICE_MULTIPLE_MASTERS_H
-#include FT_SERVICE_METRICS_VARIATIONS_H
-#endif
-
 #include FT_INTERNAL_CFF_OBJECTS_TYPES_H
 #include "cffobjs.h"
 #include "cffload.h"
@@ -1065,11 +1059,6 @@
         FT_FREE( face->extra.data );
       }
     }
-
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-    cff_done_blend( face );
-    face->blend = NULL;
-#endif
   }
 
 
diff --git a/src/freetype/psft.c b/src/freetype/psft.c
index 1f750174a..cd74adafe 100644
--- a/src/freetype/psft.c
+++ b/src/freetype/psft.c
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@
 #include "psobjs.h"
 #include "cffdecode.h"
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-#include FT_MULTIPLE_MASTERS_H
-#include FT_SERVICE_MULTIPLE_MASTERS_H
-#endif
-
 #include FT_SERVICE_CFF_TABLE_LOAD_H
 
 
@@ -473,32 +468,6 @@
   }
 
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-  /* Get normalized design vector for current render request; */
-  /* return pointer and length.                               */
-  /*                                                          */
-  /* Note: Uses FT_Fixed not CF2_Fixed for the vector.        */
-  FT_LOCAL_DEF( FT_Error )
-  cf2_getNormalizedVector( PS_Decoder*  decoder,
-                           CF2_UInt     *len,
-                           FT_Fixed*    *vec )
-  {
-    TT_Face                  face;
-    FT_Service_MultiMasters  mm;
-
-
-    FT_ASSERT( decoder && decoder->builder.face );
-    FT_ASSERT( vec && len );
-    FT_ASSERT( !decoder->builder.is_t1 );
-
-    face = (TT_Face)decoder->builder.face;
-    mm   = (FT_Service_MultiMasters)face->mm;
-
-    return mm->get_var_blend( FT_FACE( face ), len, NULL, vec, NULL );
-  }
-#endif
-
-
   /* get `y_ppem' from `CFF_Size' */
   FT_LOCAL_DEF( CF2_Fixed )
   cf2_getPpemY( PS_Decoder*  decoder )
diff --git a/src/freetype/sfdriver.c b/src/freetype/sfdriver.c
index bf39b24ef..aa7d78212 100644
--- a/src/freetype/sfdriver.c
+++ b/src/freetype/sfdriver.c
@@ -612,406 +612,6 @@
   }
 
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-
-  /*
-      The maximum length of an axis value descriptor.
-
-      We need 65536 different values for the decimal fraction; this fits
-      nicely into five decimal places.  Consequently, it consists of
-
-        . the minus sign if the number is negative,
-        . up to five characters for the digits before the decimal point,
-        . the decimal point if there is a fractional part, and
-        . up to five characters for the digits after the decimal point.
-
-      We also need one byte for the leading `_' character and up to four
-      bytes for the axis tag.
-   */
-#define MAX_VALUE_DESCRIPTOR_LEN  ( 1 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 )
-
-
-  /* the maximum length of PostScript font names */
-#define MAX_PS_NAME_LEN  127
-
-
-  /*
-   *  Find the shortest decimal representation of a 16.16 fixed point
-   *  number.  The function fills `buf' with the result, returning a pointer
-   *  to the position after the representation's last byte.
-   */
-
-  static char*
-  fixed2float( FT_Int  fixed,
-               char*   buf )
-  {
-    char*  p;
-    char*  q;
-    char   tmp[5];
-
-    FT_Int  int_part;
-    FT_Int  frac_part;
-
-    FT_Int  i;
-
-
-    p = buf;
-
-    if ( fixed == 0 )
-    {
-      *p++ = '0';
-      return p;
-    }
-
-    if ( fixed < 0 )
-    {
-      *p++ = '-';
-      fixed = -fixed;
-    }
-
-    int_part  = ( fixed >> 16 ) & 0xFFFF;
-    frac_part = fixed & 0xFFFF;
-
-    /* get digits of integer part (in reverse order) */
-    q = tmp;
-    while ( int_part > 0 )
-    {
-      *q++      = '0' + int_part % 10;
-      int_part /= 10;
-    }
-
-    /* copy digits in correct order to buffer */
-    while ( q > tmp )
-      *p++ = *--q;
-
-    if ( !frac_part )
-      return p;
-
-    /* save position of point */
-    q    = p;
-    *p++ = '.';
-
-    /* apply rounding */
-    frac_part = frac_part * 10 + 5;
-
-    /* get digits of fractional part */
-    for ( i = 0; i < 5; i++ )
-    {
-      *p++ = '0' + (char)( frac_part / 0x10000L );
-
-      frac_part %= 0x10000L;
-      if ( !frac_part )
-        break;
-
-      frac_part *= 10;
-    }
-
-    /*
-        If the remainder stored in `frac_part' (after the last FOR loop) is
-        smaller than 34480*10, the resulting decimal value minus 0.00001 is
-        an equivalent representation of `fixed'.
-
-        The above FOR loop always finds the larger of the two values; I
-        verified this by iterating over all possible fixed point numbers.
-
-        If the remainder is 17232*10, both values are equally good, and we
-        take the next even number (following IEEE 754's `round to nearest,
-        ties to even' rounding rule).
-
-        If the remainder is smaller than 17232*10, the lower of the two
-        numbers is nearer to the exact result (values 17232 and 34480 were
-        also found by testing all possible fixed point values).
-
-        We use this to find a shorter decimal representation.  If not ending
-        with digit zero, we take the representation with less error.
-     */
-    p--;
-    if ( p - q == 5 )  /* five digits? */
-    {
-      /* take the representation that has zero as the last digit */
-      if ( frac_part < 34480 * 10 &&
-           *p == '1'              )
-        *p = '0';
-
-      /* otherwise use the one with less error */
-      else if ( frac_part == 17232 * 10 &&
-                *p & 1                  )
-        *p -= 1;
-
-      else if ( frac_part < 17232 * 10 &&
-                *p != '0'              )
-        *p -= 1;
-    }
-
-    /* remove trailing zeros */
-    while ( *p == '0' )
-      *p-- = '\0';
-
-    return p + 1;
-  }
-
-
-  static const char  hexdigits[16] =
-  {
-    '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7',
-    '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'
-  };
-
-
-  static const char*
-  sfnt_get_var_ps_name( TT_Face  face )
-  {
-    FT_Error   error;
-    FT_Memory  memory = face->root.memory;
-
-    FT_Service_MultiMasters  mm = (FT_Service_MultiMasters)face->mm;
-
-    FT_UInt     num_coords;
-    FT_Fixed*   coords;
-    FT_MM_Var*  mm_var;
-
-    FT_Int   found, win, apple;
-    FT_UInt  i, j;
-
-    char*  result = NULL;
-    char*  p;
-
-
-    if ( !face->var_postscript_prefix )
-    {
-      FT_UInt  len;
-
-
-      /* check whether we have a Variations PostScript Name Prefix */
-      found = sfnt_get_name_id( face,
-                                TT_NAME_ID_VARIATIONS_PREFIX,
-                                &win,
-                                &apple );
-      if ( !found )
-      {
-        /* otherwise use the typographic family name */
-        found = sfnt_get_name_id( face,
-                                  TT_NAME_ID_TYPOGRAPHIC_FAMILY,
-                                  &win,
-                                  &apple );
-      }
-
-      if ( !found )
-      {
-        /* as a last resort we try the family name; note that this is */
-        /* not in the Adobe TechNote, but GX fonts (which predate the */
-        /* TechNote) benefit from this behaviour                      */
-        found = sfnt_get_name_id( face,
-                                  TT_NAME_ID_FONT_FAMILY,
-                                  &win,
-                                  &apple );
-      }
-
-      if ( !found )
-      {
-        FT_TRACE0(( "sfnt_get_var_ps_name:"
-                    " Can't construct PS name prefix for font instances\n" ));
-        return NULL;
-      }
-
-      /* prefer Windows entries over Apple */
-      if ( win != -1 )
-        result = get_win_string( face->root.memory,
-                                 face->name_table.stream,
-                                 face->name_table.names + win,
-                                 sfnt_is_alphanumeric,
-                                 0 );
-      else
-        result = get_apple_string( face->root.memory,
-                                   face->name_table.stream,
-                                   face->name_table.names + apple,
-                                   sfnt_is_alphanumeric,
-                                   0 );
-
-      len = ft_strlen( result );
-
-      /* sanitize if necessary; we reserve space for 36 bytes (a 128bit  */
-      /* checksum as a hex number, preceded by `-' and followed by three */
-      /* ASCII dots, to be used if the constructed PS name would be too  */
-      /* long); this is also sufficient for a single instance            */
-      if ( len > MAX_PS_NAME_LEN - ( 1 + 32 + 3 ) )
-      {
-        len         = MAX_PS_NAME_LEN - ( 1 + 32 + 3 );
-        result[len] = '\0';
-
-        FT_TRACE0(( "sfnt_get_var_ps_name:"
-                    " Shortening variation PS name prefix\n"
-                    "                     "
-                    " to %d characters\n", len ));
-      }
-
-      face->var_postscript_prefix     = result;
-      face->var_postscript_prefix_len = len;
-    }
-
-    mm->get_var_blend( FT_FACE( face ),
-                       &num_coords,
-                       &coords,
-                       NULL,
-                       &mm_var );
-
-    if ( FT_IS_NAMED_INSTANCE( FT_FACE( face ) ) &&
-         !FT_IS_VARIATION( FT_FACE( face ) )     )
-    {
-      SFNT_Service  sfnt = (SFNT_Service)face->sfnt;
-
-      FT_Long  instance = ( ( face->root.face_index & 0x7FFF0000L ) >> 16 ) - 1;
-      FT_UInt  psid     = mm_var->namedstyle[instance].psid;
-
-      char*  ps_name = NULL;
-
-
-      /* try first to load the name string with index `postScriptNameID' */
-      if ( psid == 6                      ||
-           ( psid > 255 && psid < 32768 ) )
-        (void)sfnt->get_name( face, (FT_UShort)psid, &ps_name );
-
-      if ( ps_name )
-      {
-        result = ps_name;
-        p      = result + ft_strlen( result ) + 1;
-
-        goto check_length;
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        /* otherwise construct a name using `subfamilyNameID' */
-        FT_UInt  strid = mm_var->namedstyle[instance].strid;
-
-        char*  subfamily_name;
-        char*  s;
-
-
-        (void)sfnt->get_name( face, (FT_UShort)strid, &subfamily_name );
-
-        if ( !subfamily_name )
-        {
-          FT_TRACE1(( "sfnt_get_var_ps_name:"
-                      " can't construct named instance PS name;\n"
-                      "                     "
-                      " trying to construct normal instance PS name\n" ));
-          goto construct_instance_name;
-        }
-
-        /* after the prefix we have character `-' followed by the   */
-        /* subfamily name (using only characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9) */
-        if ( FT_ALLOC( result, face->var_postscript_prefix_len +
-                               1 + ft_strlen( subfamily_name ) + 1 ) )
-          return NULL;
-
-        ft_strcpy( result, face->var_postscript_prefix );
-
-        p = result + face->var_postscript_prefix_len;
-        *p++ = '-';
-
-        s = subfamily_name;
-        while ( *s )
-        {
-          if ( ft_isalnum( *s ) )
-            *p++ = *s;
-          s++;
-        }
-        *p++ = '\0';
-
-        FT_FREE( subfamily_name );
-      }
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      FT_Var_Axis*  axis;
-
-
-    construct_instance_name:
-      axis = mm_var->axis;
-
-      if ( FT_ALLOC( result,
-                     face->var_postscript_prefix_len +
-                       num_coords * MAX_VALUE_DESCRIPTOR_LEN + 1 ) )
-        return NULL;
-
-      p = result;
-
-      ft_strcpy( p, face->var_postscript_prefix );
-      p += face->var_postscript_prefix_len;
-
-      for ( i = 0; i < num_coords; i++, coords++, axis++ )
-      {
-        char  t;
-
-
-        /* omit axis value descriptor if it is identical */
-        /* to the default axis value                     */
-        if ( *coords == axis->def )
-          continue;
-
-        *p++ = '_';
-        p    = fixed2float( *coords, p );
-
-        t = (char)( axis->tag >> 24 );
-        if ( t != ' ' && ft_isalnum( t ) )
-          *p++ = t;
-        t = (char)( axis->tag >> 16 );
-        if ( t != ' ' && ft_isalnum( t ) )
-          *p++ = t;
-        t = (char)( axis->tag >> 8 );
-        if ( t != ' ' && ft_isalnum( t ) )
-          *p++ = t;
-        t = (char)axis->tag;
-        if ( t != ' ' && ft_isalnum( t ) )
-          *p++ = t;
-      }
-    }
-
-  check_length:
-    if ( p - result > MAX_PS_NAME_LEN )
-    {
-      /* the PS name is too long; replace the part after the prefix with */
-      /* a checksum; we use MurmurHash 3 with a hash length of 128 bit   */
-
-      FT_UInt32  seed = 123456789;
-
-      FT_UInt32   hash[4];
-      FT_UInt32*  h;
-
-
-      murmur_hash_3_128( result, p - result, seed, hash );
-
-      p = result + face->var_postscript_prefix_len;
-      *p++ = '-';
-
-      /* we convert the hash value to hex digits from back to front */
-      p += 32 + 3;
-      h  = hash + 3;
-
-      *p-- = '\0';
-      *p-- = '.';
-      *p-- = '.';
-      *p-- = '.';
-
-      for ( i = 0; i < 4; i++, h-- )
-      {
-        FT_UInt32  v = *h;
-
-
-        for ( j = 0; j < 8; j++ )
-        {
-          *p--   = hexdigits[v & 0xF];
-          v    >>= 4;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    return result;
-  }
-
-#endif /* TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT */
-
-
   static const char*
   sfnt_get_ps_name( TT_Face  face )
   {
@@ -1022,16 +622,6 @@
     if ( face->postscript_name )
       return face->postscript_name;
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-    if ( face->blend                                 &&
-         ( FT_IS_NAMED_INSTANCE( FT_FACE( face ) ) ||
-           FT_IS_VARIATION( FT_FACE( face ) )      ) )
-    {
-      face->postscript_name = sfnt_get_var_ps_name( face );
-      return face->postscript_name;
-    }
-#endif
-
     /* scan the name table to see whether we have a Postscript name here, */
     /* either in Macintosh or Windows platform encodings                  */
     found = sfnt_get_name_id( face, TT_NAME_ID_PS_NAME, &win, &apple );
diff --git a/src/freetype/ttmtx.c b/src/freetype/ttmtx.c
index 9454d9540..7eaeba8a9 100644
--- a/src/freetype/ttmtx.c
+++ b/src/freetype/ttmtx.c
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 #include FT_INTERNAL_STREAM_H
 #include FT_TRUETYPE_TAGS_H
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-#include FT_SERVICE_METRICS_VARIATIONS_H
-#endif
-
 #include "ttmtx.h"
 
 #include "sferrors.h"
@@ -227,11 +223,6 @@
     FT_ULong        table_pos, table_size, table_end;
     FT_UShort       k;
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-    FT_Service_MetricsVariations  var =
-      (FT_Service_MetricsVariations)face->var;
-#endif
-
 
     if ( vertical )
     {
@@ -292,34 +283,6 @@
       *abearing = 0;
       *aadvance = 0;
     }
-
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-    if ( var )
-    {
-      FT_Face  f = FT_FACE( face );
-      FT_Int   a = (FT_Int)*aadvance;
-      FT_Int   b = (FT_Int)*abearing;
-
-
-      if ( vertical )
-      {
-        if ( var->vadvance_adjust )
-          var->vadvance_adjust( f, gindex, &a );
-        if ( var->tsb_adjust )
-          var->tsb_adjust( f, gindex, &b );
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        if ( var->hadvance_adjust )
-          var->hadvance_adjust( f, gindex, &a );
-        if ( var->lsb_adjust )
-          var->lsb_adjust( f, gindex, &b );
-      }
-
-      *aadvance = (FT_UShort)a;
-      *abearing = (FT_Short)b;
-    }
-#endif
   }
 
 
diff --git a/src/freetype/ttobjs.c b/src/freetype/ttobjs.c
index 1a14ba9b0..8ff0883a2 100644
--- a/src/freetype/ttobjs.c
+++ b/src/freetype/ttobjs.c
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
 
 #ifdef TT_USE_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER
 #include "ttinterp.h"
-#endif
-
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-#include "ttgxvar.h"
 #endif
 
   /*************************************************************************/
@@ -772,11 +768,6 @@
     FT_FRAME_RELEASE( face->cvt_program );
     face->font_program_size = 0;
     face->cvt_program_size  = 0;
-
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-    tt_done_blend( face );
-    face->blend = NULL;
-#endif
   }
 
 
diff --git a/src/freetype/ttpload.c b/src/freetype/ttpload.c
index 340a8c4bc..94f026b59 100644
--- a/src/freetype/ttpload.c
+++ b/src/freetype/ttpload.c
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 
 #include "ttpload.h"
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-#include "ttgxvar.h"
-#endif
-
 #include "tterrors.h"
 
 
@@ -359,11 +355,6 @@
     FT_FRAME_EXIT();
     FT_TRACE2(( "loaded\n" ));
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-    if ( face->doblend )
-      error = tt_face_vary_cvt( face, stream );
-#endif
-
   Exit:
     return error;
 
diff --git a/src/freetype/tttypes.h b/src/freetype/tttypes.h
index 522a6f6ac..5233776fc 100644
--- a/src/freetype/tttypes.h
+++ b/src/freetype/tttypes.h
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
 #include FT_TRUETYPE_TABLES_H
 #include FT_INTERNAL_OBJECTS_H
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-#include FT_MULTIPLE_MASTERS_H
-#endif
-
 
 FT_BEGIN_HEADER
 
@@ -847,24 +843,6 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
 
   } TT_Post_NamesRec, *TT_Post_Names;
 
-
-  /*************************************************************************/
-  /*************************************************************************/
-  /*************************************************************************/
-  /***                                                                   ***/
-  /***                                                                   ***/
-  /***                    GX VARIATION TABLE SUPPORT                     ***/
-  /***                                                                   ***/
-  /***                                                                   ***/
-  /*************************************************************************/
-  /*************************************************************************/
-  /*************************************************************************/
-
-
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-  typedef struct GX_BlendRec_  *GX_Blend;
-#endif
-
   /*************************************************************************/
   /*************************************************************************/
   /*************************************************************************/
@@ -1417,16 +1395,6 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
     /* handle glyph names <-> unicode & Mac values                   */
     void*                 psnames;
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-    /* a typeless pointer to the FT_Service_MultiMasters table used to */
-    /* handle variation fonts                                          */
-    void*                 mm;
-
-    /* a typeless pointer to the FT_Service_MetricsVariationsRec table */
-    /* used to handle the HVAR, VVAR, and MVAR OpenType tables         */
-    void*                 var;
-#endif
-
     /* a typeless pointer to the PostScript Aux service */
     void*                 psaux;
 
@@ -1490,17 +1458,6 @@ FT_BEGIN_HEADER
 
     FT_Bool               is_cff2;        /* since 2.7.1 */
 
-#ifdef TT_CONFIG_OPTION_GX_VAR_SUPPORT
-    FT_Bool               doblend;
-    GX_Blend              blend;
-
-    FT_UInt32             variation_support;     /* since 2.7.1 */
-
-    const char*           var_postscript_prefix;     /* since 2.7.2 */
-    FT_UInt               var_postscript_prefix_len; /* since 2.7.2 */
-
-#endif
-
     /* since version 2.2 */
 
     FT_ULong              horz_metrics_size;