diff --git a/include/tidyenum.h b/include/tidyenum.h
index dd148bd..e86e307 100644
--- a/include/tidyenum.h
+++ b/include/tidyenum.h
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ typedef enum
 #endif
     TidyDropEmptyElems,          /**< Discard empty elements */
     TidyDropEmptyParas,          /**< Discard empty p elements */
-    TidyDropFontTags,            /**< Discard presentation tags */
     TidyDropPropAttrs,           /**< Discard proprietary attributes */
     TidyDuplicateAttrs,          /**< Keep first or last duplicate attribute */
     TidyEmacs,                   /**< If true, format error output for GNU Emacs */
diff --git a/src/clean.c b/src/clean.c
index b92a85d..779ddec 100644
--- a/src/clean.c
+++ b/src/clean.c
@@ -1007,35 +1007,6 @@ static Bool Center2Div( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *node, Node **pnode)
 {
     if ( nodeIsCENTER(node) )
     {
-#if 0 /* 00000000 what is this doing inside an nodeIsCENTER(node)??? 0000000 */
-        if ( cfgBool(doc, TidyDropFontTags) )
-        {
-            if (node->content)
-            {
-                Node *last = node->last;
-                DiscardContainer( doc, node, pnode );
-
-                node = TY_(InferredTag)(doc, TidyTag_BR);
-                TY_(InsertNodeAfterElement)(last, node);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                Node *prev = node->prev, *next = node->next,
-                     *parent = node->parent;
-                DiscardContainer( doc, node, pnode );
-
-                node = TY_(InferredTag)(doc, TidyTag_BR);
-                if (next)
-                    TY_(InsertNodeBeforeElement)(next, node);
-                else if (prev)
-                    TY_(InsertNodeAfterElement)(prev, node);
-                else
-                    TY_(InsertNodeAtStart)(parent, node);
-            }
-
-            return yes;
-        }
-#endif /* 00000000 what is this doing inside an nodeIsCENTER(node)??? 0000000 */
         RenameElem( doc, node, TidyTag_DIV );
         TY_(AddStyleProperty)( doc, node, "text-align: center" );
         return yes;
@@ -1394,12 +1365,6 @@ static Bool Font2Span( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *node, Node **pnode )
 
     if ( nodeIsFONT(node) )
     {
-        if ( cfgBool(doc, TidyDropFontTags) )
-        {
-            DiscardContainer( doc, node, pnode );
-            return yes;
-        }
-
         /* if node is the only child of parent element then leave alone
           Do so only if BlockStyle may be succesful. */
         if ( node->parent->content == node && node->next == NULL &&
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index 221b475..e36b27c 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ static const TidyOptionImpl option_defs[] =
 #endif
     { TidyDropEmptyElems,          MU, "drop-empty-elements",         BL, yes,             ParseBool,         boolPicks       },
     { TidyDropEmptyParas,          MU, "drop-empty-paras",            BL, yes,             ParseBool,         boolPicks       },
-    { TidyDropFontTags,            MU, "drop-font-tags",              BL, no,              ParseBool,         boolPicks       },
     { TidyDropPropAttrs,           MU, "drop-proprietary-attributes", BL, no,              ParseBool,         boolPicks       },
     { TidyDuplicateAttrs,          MU, "repeated-attributes",         IN, TidyKeepLast,    ParseRepeatAttr,   repeatAttrPicks },
     { TidyEmacs,                   MS, "gnu-emacs",                   BL, no,              ParseBool,         boolPicks       },
diff --git a/src/language_en.h b/src/language_en.h
index 1af5fa8..70d76c0 100644
--- a/src/language_en.h
+++ b/src/language_en.h
@@ -330,30 +330,6 @@ static languageDefinition language_en = { whichPluralForm_en, {
         TidyDropEmptyParas,           0,
         "This option specifies if Tidy should discard empty paragraphs. "
     },
-    {/* Important notes for translators:
-      - Use only <code></code>, <var></var>, <em></em>, <strong></strong>, and
-      <br/>.
-      - Entities, tags, attributes, etc., should be enclosed in <code></code>.
-      - Option values should be enclosed in <var></var>.
-      - It's very important that <br/> be self-closing!
-      - The strings "Tidy" and "HTML Tidy" are the program name and must not
-      be translated. */
-        TidyDropFontTags,             0,
-        "Deprecated; <em>do not use</em>. This option is destructive to "
-        "<code>&lt;font&gt;</code> tags, and it will be removed from future "
-        "versions of Tidy. Use the <code>clean</code> option instead. "
-        "<br/>"
-        "If you do set this option despite the warning it will perform "
-        "as <code>clean</code> except styles will be inline instead of put into "
-        "a CSS class. <code>&lt;font&gt;</code> tags will be dropped completely "
-        "and their styles will not be preserved. "
-        "<br/>"
-        "If both <code>clean</code> and this option are enabled, "
-        "<code>&lt;font&gt;</code> tags will still be dropped completely, and "
-        "other styles will be preserved in a CSS class instead of inline. "
-        "<br/>"
-        "See <code>clean</code> for more information. "
-    },
     {/* Important notes for translators:
       - Use only <code></code>, <var></var>, <em></em>, <strong></strong>, and
       <br/>.
diff --git a/src/tidylib.c b/src/tidylib.c
index 726df24..b429314 100755
--- a/src/tidylib.c
+++ b/src/tidylib.c
@@ -1973,7 +1973,6 @@ int         tidyDocCleanAndRepair( TidyDocImpl* doc )
     Bool logical  = cfgBool( doc, TidyLogicalEmphasis );
     Bool clean    = cfgBool( doc, TidyMakeClean );
     Bool gdoc     = cfgBool( doc, TidyGDocClean );
-    Bool dropFont = cfgBool( doc, TidyDropFontTags );
     Bool htmlOut  = cfgBool( doc, TidyHtmlOut );
     Bool xmlOut   = cfgBool( doc, TidyXmlOut );
     Bool xhtmlOut = cfgBool( doc, TidyXhtmlOut );
@@ -2014,7 +2013,7 @@ int         tidyDocCleanAndRepair( TidyDocImpl* doc )
     }
 
     /* replaces presentational markup by style rules */
-    if ( clean || dropFont )
+    if ( clean )
         TY_(CleanDocument)( doc );
 
     /* clean up html exported by Google Docs */