diff --git a/src/components/gfx/font.rs b/src/components/gfx/font.rs
index f6dbd5063a1..36503e33960 100644
--- a/src/components/gfx/font.rs
+++ b/src/components/gfx/font.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ pub trait FontHandleMethods {
     fn is_italic(&self) -> bool;
     fn boldness(&self) -> font_weight::T;
 
-    fn clone_with_style(&self, fctx: &FontContextHandle, style: &UsedFontStyle)
-                     -> Result<FontHandle, ()>;
     fn glyph_index(&self, codepoint: char) -> Option<GlyphId>;
     fn glyph_h_advance(&self, GlyphId) -> Option<FractionalPixel>;
     fn get_metrics(&self) -> FontMetrics;
@@ -253,19 +251,6 @@ impl<'a> Font {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn new_from_existing_handle(fctx: &FontContext, handle: &FontHandle,
-                                style: &SpecifiedFontStyle, backend: BackendType)
-                                -> Result<Rc<RefCell<Font>>,()> {
-
-        // TODO(Issue #179): convert between specified and used font style here?
-        let styled_handle = match handle.clone_with_style(&fctx.handle, style) {
-            Ok(result) => result,
-            Err(()) => return Err(())
-        };
-
-        return Ok(Rc::new(RefCell::new(Font::new_from_adopted_handle(fctx, styled_handle, style, backend))));
-    }
-
     fn make_shaper(&'a mut self) -> &'a Shaper {
         // fast path: already created a shaper
         match self.shaper {
diff --git a/src/components/gfx/platform/android/font.rs b/src/components/gfx/platform/android/font.rs
index e0dd18d8b55..3ba5b3e629a 100644
--- a/src/components/gfx/platform/android/font.rs
+++ b/src/components/gfx/platform/android/font.rs
@@ -160,19 +160,6 @@ impl FontHandleMethods for FontHandle {
         }
     }
 
-    fn clone_with_style(&self,
-                        fctx: &FontContextHandle,
-                        style: &UsedFontStyle) -> Result<FontHandle, ()> {
-        match self.source {
-            FontSourceMem(ref buf) => {
-                FontHandleMethods::new_from_buffer(fctx, buf.clone(), style)
-            }
-            FontSourceFile(ref file) => {
-                FontHandle::new_from_file(fctx, file.as_slice(), style)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     fn glyph_index(&self,
                        codepoint: char) -> Option<GlyphId> {
         assert!(self.face.is_not_null());
diff --git a/src/components/gfx/platform/linux/font.rs b/src/components/gfx/platform/linux/font.rs
index 72d5c5b8693..4df1b775aa9 100644
--- a/src/components/gfx/platform/linux/font.rs
+++ b/src/components/gfx/platform/linux/font.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 extern crate freetype;
 
 use font::{FontHandleMethods, FontMetrics, FontTableMethods};
-use font::{FontTableTag, FractionalPixel, SpecifiedFontStyle, UsedFontStyle};
+use font::{FontTableTag, FractionalPixel, SpecifiedFontStyle};
 use servo_util::geometry::Au;
 use servo_util::geometry;
 use platform::font_context::FontContextHandle;
@@ -160,19 +160,6 @@ impl FontHandleMethods for FontHandle {
         }
     }
 
-    fn clone_with_style(&self,
-                        fctx: &FontContextHandle,
-                        style: &UsedFontStyle) -> Result<FontHandle, ()> {
-        match self.source {
-            FontSourceMem(ref buf) => {
-                FontHandleMethods::new_from_buffer(fctx, buf.clone(), style)
-            }
-            FontSourceFile(ref file) => {
-                FontHandle::new_from_file(fctx, file.as_slice(), style)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     fn glyph_index(&self,
                        codepoint: char) -> Option<GlyphId> {
         assert!(self.face.is_not_null());
diff --git a/src/components/gfx/platform/macos/font.rs b/src/components/gfx/platform/macos/font.rs
index ac0d1fff414..2edb233a527 100644
--- a/src/components/gfx/platform/macos/font.rs
+++ b/src/components/gfx/platform/macos/font.rs
@@ -119,12 +119,6 @@ impl FontHandleMethods for FontHandle {
         return font_weight::Weight900;
     }
 
-    fn clone_with_style(&self, fctx: &FontContextHandle, style: &SpecifiedFontStyle)
-                     -> Result<FontHandle,()> {
-        let new_font = self.ctfont.clone_with_font_size(style.pt_size);
-        return FontHandle::new_from_CTFont(fctx, new_font);
-    }
-
     fn glyph_index(&self, codepoint: char) -> Option<GlyphId> {
         let characters: [UniChar,  ..1] = [codepoint as UniChar];
         let glyphs: [CGGlyph, ..1] = [0 as CGGlyph];