diff -up a/drw.c b/drw.c
--- a/drw.c	2020-11-28 13:52:47.581529054 +0100
+++ b/drw.c	2020-11-28 13:53:32.351573846 +0100
@@ -133,19 +133,6 @@ xfont_create(Drw *drw, const char *fontn
 		die("no font specified.");
 	}
 
-	/* Do not allow using color fonts. This is a workaround for a BadLength
-	 * error from Xft with color glyphs. Modelled on the Xterm workaround. See
-	 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498269
-	 * https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1701/30932.html
-	 * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916349
-	 * and lots more all over the internet.
-	 */
-	FcBool iscol;
-	if(FcPatternGetBool(xfont->pattern, FC_COLOR, 0, &iscol) == FcResultMatch && iscol) {
-		XftFontClose(drw->dpy, xfont);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	font = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Fnt));
 	font->xfont = xfont;
 	font->pattern = pattern;