--- cairo-1.2.0/src/cairo-ft-font.c
+++ cairo-1.2.0/src/cairo-ft-font.c
@@ -2154,16 +2154,12 @@
 
     if (options->antialias != CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_DEFAULT)
     {
-	if (FcPatternGet (pattern, FC_ANTIALIAS, 0, &v) == FcResultNoMatch)
-	{
+	    FcPatternDel (pattern, FC_ANTIALIAS);
 	    FcPatternAddBool (pattern, FC_ANTIALIAS, options->antialias != CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_NONE);
-	}
     }
 
     if (options->antialias != CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_DEFAULT)
     {
-	if (FcPatternGet (pattern, FC_RGBA, 0, &v) == FcResultNoMatch)
-	{
 	    int rgba;
 
 	    if (options->antialias == CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_SUBPIXEL) {
@@ -2187,19 +2183,17 @@
 		rgba = FC_RGBA_NONE;
 	    }
 
+	    FcPatternDel (pattern, FC_RGBA);
 	    FcPatternAddInteger (pattern, FC_RGBA, rgba);
-	}
     }
 
     if (options->hint_style != CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_DEFAULT)
     {
-	if (FcPatternGet (pattern, FC_HINTING, 0, &v) == FcResultNoMatch)
-	{
+
+	    FcPatternDel (pattern, FC_HINTING);
 	    FcPatternAddBool (pattern, FC_HINTING, options->hint_style != CAIRO_HINT_STYLE_NONE);
-	}
 
 #ifdef FC_HINT_STYLE
-	if (FcPatternGet (pattern, FC_HINT_STYLE, 0, &v) == FcResultNoMatch)
 	{
 	    int hint_style;
 
@@ -2216,6 +2210,7 @@
 		break;
 	    }
 
+	    FcPatternDel (pattern, FC_HINT_STYLE);
 	    FcPatternAddInteger (pattern, FC_HINT_STYLE, hint_style);
 	}
 #endif