diff --git a/src/servo/text/font.rs b/src/servo/text/font.rs
index c381322b934..2073161ec85 100644
--- a/src/servo/text/font.rs
+++ b/src/servo/text/font.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ pub impl Font : FontMethods {
                                   ascent: em_size.scale_by(em_ascent),
                                   descent: em_size.scale_by(em_descent),
                                  };
+
         return metrics;
     }
 
@@ -96,7 +97,9 @@ pub impl Font : FontMethods {
 
 // TODO: font should compute its own metrics using native_font.
 // TODO: who should own fontbuf?
-fn Font(lib: @FontCache, fontbuf: @~[u8], native_font: NativeFont, metrics: FontMetrics) -> Font {
+fn Font(lib: @FontCache, fontbuf: @~[u8], native_font: NativeFont) -> Font {
+    let metrics = native_font.get_metrics();
+
     Font {
         lib: lib,
         fontbuf : fontbuf,
diff --git a/src/servo/text/font_cache.rs b/src/servo/text/font_cache.rs
index 075a5cc66cf..a1d877bb8b0 100644
--- a/src/servo/text/font_cache.rs
+++ b/src/servo/text/font_cache.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ fn create_font(lib: @FontCache, native_lib: &native::NativeFontCache) -> Result<
     } else {
         return Err(native_font.get_err());
     };
-    let metrics = native_font.get_metrics();
-    return Ok(@Font(lib, font_bin, native_font, metrics));
+    return Ok(@Font(lib, font_bin, native_font));
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]