--- a/cairo/src/cairo-ft-font.c	2020-09-23 15:27:09.114619562 +0200
+++ b/cairo/src/cairo-ft-font.c	2020-09-23 15:27:22.602808705 +0200
@@ -2838,7 +2838,7 @@
 	    goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-#if FREETYPE_MAJOR > 2 || ( FREETYPE_MAJOR == 2 &&  FREETYPE_MINOR >= 8)
+#if 0
 	/* If FT_Get_Var_Blend_Coordinates() is available, we can check if the
 	 * current design coordinates are the default coordinates. In this case
 	 * the current outlines match the font tables.
--- a/cairo/src/cairo-ft-font.c	2020-09-24 10:35:25.391941702 +0200
+++ b/cairo/src/cairo-ft-font.c	2020-09-24 10:35:39.900126419 +0200
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
         unscaled->have_color = FT_HAS_COLOR (face) != 0;
         unscaled->have_color_set = TRUE;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FT_GET_VAR_DESIGN_COORDINATES
+#if 0
 	{
 	    FT_MM_Var *ft_mm_var;
 	    if (0 == FT_Get_MM_Var (face, &ft_mm_var))
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@
         }
 
         current_coords = malloc (sizeof (FT_Fixed) * ft_mm_var->num_axis);
-#ifdef HAVE_FT_GET_VAR_DESIGN_COORDINATES
+#if 0
         ret = FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates (face, ft_mm_var->num_axis, current_coords);
         if (ret == 0) {
             for (i = 0; i < ft_mm_var->num_axis; i++) {
--- a/cairo/test/font-variations.c	2020-09-24 10:36:01.592402635 +0200
+++ b/cairo/test/font-variations.c	2020-09-24 10:36:08.728493510 +0200
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         return CAIRO_TEST_FAILURE;
     }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FT_GET_VAR_DESIGN_COORDINATES
+#if 0
     ret = FT_Get_Var_Design_Coordinates (ft_face, 20, coords);
     if (ret != 0) {
         cairo_test_log (ctx, "Failed to get coords");