diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6836851921..acc8f87701 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -160,43 +160,36 @@ AM_LDFLAGS = $(OUR_LDFLAGS)
 if TARGET_GENTOO
 AM_CPPFLAGS += \
 	-DKBD_LOADKEYS=\"/usr/bin/loadkeys\" \
-	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/usr/bin/setfont\" \
-	-DDEFAULT_FONT=\"LatArCyrHeb-16\"
+	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/usr/bin/setfont\"
 else
 if TARGET_ARCH
 AM_CPPFLAGS += \
 	-DKBD_LOADKEYS=\"/usr/bin/loadkeys\" \
-	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/usr/bin/setfont\" \
-	-DDEFAULT_FONT=\"LatArCyrHeb-16\"
+	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/usr/bin/setfont\"
 else
 if TARGET_FRUGALWARE
 AM_CPPFLAGS += \
 	-DKBD_LOADKEYS=\"/usr/bin/loadkeys\" \
-	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/usr/bin/setfont\" \
-	-DDEFAULT_FONT=\"LatArCyrHeb-16\"
+	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/usr/bin/setfont\"
 else
 if TARGET_MANDRIVA
 AM_CPPFLAGS += \
 	-DKBD_LOADKEYS=\"/bin/loadkeys\" \
-	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/bin/setfont\" \
-	-DDEFAULT_FONT=\"LatArCyrHeb-16\"
+	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/bin/setfont\"
 else
 if TARGET_ANGSTROM
 AM_CPPFLAGS += \
 	-DKBD_LOADKEYS=\"/usr/bin/loadkeys\" \
-	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/usr/bin/setfont\" \
-	-DDEFAULT_FONT=\"LatArCyrHeb-16\"
+	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/usr/bin/setfont\"
 else
 if TARGET_MAGEIA
 AM_CPPFLAGS += \
 	-DKBD_LOADKEYS=\"/bin/loadkeys\" \
-	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/bin/setfont\" \
-	-DDEFAULT_FONT=\"LatArCyrHeb-16\"
+	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/bin/setfont\"
 else
 AM_CPPFLAGS += \
 	-DKBD_LOADKEYS=\"/bin/loadkeys\" \
-	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/bin/setfont\" \
-	-DDEFAULT_FONT=\"latarcyrheb-sun16\"
+	-DKBD_SETFONT=\"/bin/setfont\"
 endif
 endif
 endif
diff --git a/man/vconsole.conf.xml b/man/vconsole.conf.xml
index e23a980232..258c82bc62 100644
--- a/man/vconsole.conf.xml
+++ b/man/vconsole.conf.xml
@@ -112,9 +112,7 @@
 
                                 <listitem><para>Configures the console
                                 font, the console map and the unicode
-                                font map. <varname>FONT=</varname>
-                                defaults to
-                                <literal>latarcyrheb-sun16</literal>.</para></listitem>
+                                font map.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                 </variablelist>
diff --git a/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c b/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
index 62d9c8d7b5..1227b041d3 100644
--- a/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
+++ b/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
@@ -215,10 +215,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         utf8 = is_locale_utf8();
 
         vc_keymap = strdup("us");
-        vc_font = strdup(DEFAULT_FONT);
 
-        if (!vc_keymap || !vc_font) {
-                log_error("Failed to allocate strings.");
+        if (!vc_keymap) {
+                log_error("Failed to allocate string.");
                 goto finish;
         }