diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.csproj b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.csproj
index 3328cbf2de..8bfe8c25bd 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.csproj
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.csproj
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
         <Compile Include="AvaloniaXamlLoader.cs" />
         <Compile Include="Converters\MemberSelectorTypeConverter.cs" />
         <Compile Include="Converters\ParseTypeConverter.cs" />
-        <Compile Include="Converters\FontFamilyTypeConverter.cs" />
         <Compile Include="Converters\SetterValueTypeConverter.cs" />
         <Compile Include="Converters\TimeSpanTypeConverter.cs" />
         <Compile Include="Data\ResourceInclude.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Converters/FontFamilyTypeConverter.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Converters/FontFamilyTypeConverter.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d03db5fa8..0000000000
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/Converters/FontFamilyTypeConverter.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.ComponentModel;
-using System.Globalization;
-using Avalonia.Media;
-
-namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Converters
-{
-    public class FontFamilyTypeConverter : TypeConverter
-    {
-        public override bool CanConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type sourceType)
-        {
-            return sourceType == typeof(string);
-        }
-
-        public override object ConvertFrom(ITypeDescriptorContext context, CultureInfo culture, object value)
-        {
-            return FontFamily.Parse((string)value);
-        }
-    }
-}
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