diff --git a/src/type/textCore.js b/src/type/textCore.js
index 079294b64a..b978fdee12 100644
--- a/src/type/textCore.js
+++ b/src/type/textCore.js
@@ -1587,13 +1587,6 @@ function textCore(p5, fn) {
     if (typeof weight === 'number') {
       this.states.setValue('fontWeight', weight);
       this._applyTextProperties();
-
-      // Safari works without weight set in the canvas style attribute, and actually
-      // has buggy behavior if it is present, using the wrong weight when drawing
-      // multiple times with different weights
-      if (!p5.prototype._isSafari()) {
-        this._setCanvasStyleProperty('font-variation-settings', `"wght" ${weight}`);
-      }
       return;
     }
     // the getter