diff --git a/legacy/evas/ChangeLog b/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
index f211898508..cadb4727bb 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
@@ -711,4 +711,4 @@
 2012-04-26  Cedric Bail
 
 	* Lock less font rendering.
-	* Removing EVAS_SLI.
+	* Removing EVAS_SLI, METRIC_CACHE and WORD_CACHE.
diff --git a/legacy/evas/NEWS b/legacy/evas/NEWS
index 6f6ef83997..75f3c078d6 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/NEWS
+++ b/legacy/evas/NEWS
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Improvements:
    * Lock less font rendering.
 
 Removal:
-   * Remove EVAS_SLI.
+   * Remove EVAS_SLI, METRIC_CACHE and WORD_CACHE.
 
 Evas 1.2.0
 
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c
index f0d5188123..b8b2a3bbb4 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_font_draw.c
@@ -7,21 +7,6 @@
 
 #include "evas_font_ot.h"
 
-/* Forcibly disable the broken word/metric caching. */
-#ifdef METRIC_CACHE
-# undef METRIC_CACHE
-#endif
-
-#ifdef WORD_CACHE
-# undef WORD_CACHE
-#endif
-
-#define WORD_CACHE_MAXLEN	50
-/* How many to cache */
-#define WORD_CACHE_NWORDS 40
-
-static int max_cached_words = WORD_CACHE_NWORDS;
-
 struct prword
 {
    EINA_INLIST;
@@ -52,26 +37,9 @@ struct cinfo
 };
 
 
-#if defined(METRIC_CACHE) || defined(WORD_CACHE)
-LK(lock_words); // for word cache call
-static Eina_Inlist *words = NULL;
-static struct prword *evas_font_word_prerender(RGBA_Draw_Context *dc, const Evas_Text_Props *text_props);
-#endif
-
 EAPI void
 evas_common_font_draw_init(void)
 {
-   char *p;
-   int tmp;
-
-   if ((p = getenv("EVAS_WORD_CACHE_MAX_WORDS")))
-     {
-	tmp = strtol(p,NULL,10);
-	/* 0 to disable of course */
-	if (tmp > -1 && tmp < 500){
-	     max_cached_words = tmp;
-	}
-     }
 }
 
 #ifdef EVAS_FRAME_QUEUING
@@ -110,97 +78,6 @@ evas_common_font_draw_internal(RGBA_Image *dst, RGBA_Draw_Context *dc, int x, in
      }
 
 
-#if defined(METRIC_CACHE) || defined(WORD_CACHE)
-   unsigned int len;
-
-   len = text_props->len;
-
-   if (len > 2 && (len < WORD_CACHE_MAXLEN))
-     {
-        struct prword *word;
-
-        word =
-          evas_font_word_prerender(dc, text_props);
-        if (word)
-          {
-             int j, rowstart, rowend, xstart, xrun;
-
-             im = dst->image.data;
-             xrun = word->width;
-             y -= word->baseline;
-             xstart = 0;
-             rowstart = 0;
-             rowend = word->height;
-             /* Clip to extent */
-             if (x + xrun > ext_x + ext_w)
-               {
-                  xrun -= x + xrun - ext_x - ext_w;
-               }
-             if (x < ext_x)
-               {
-                  int excess = ext_x - x;
-                  xstart = excess - 1;
-                  xrun -= excess;
-                  x = ext_x;
-               }
-             if (y + rowend > ext_y + ext_h)
-               {
-                  rowend -= (y - ext_y + rowend - ext_h);
-               }
-             if (y < ext_y)
-               {
-                  int excess = ext_y - y;
-                  rowstart += excess;
-                //rowend -= excess;
-                //      y = ext_y;
-               }
-
-             if (xrun < 1) return;
-/* For some reason, metric and word chache are exactly the same except for
- * this piece of code that makes metric go nuts. ATM, we'll just go the
- * WORD_CACHE path. */
-#if defined(METRIC_CACHE) || defined(WORD_CACHE)
-             if (word->im)
-               {
-                  for (j = rowstart ; j < rowend ; j ++)
-                    {
-                       func(NULL, word->im + (word->roww * j) + xstart, dc->col.col,
-                            im + ((y + j) * im_w) + x, xrun);
-                    }
-                  return;
-               }
-# elif defined(METRIC_CACHE)
-             unsigned int ind;
-
-             y += word->baseline;
-             for (ind = 0 ; ind < len ; ind ++)
-               {
-                  // FIXME Do we need to draw?
-                  struct cinfo *ci = word->cinfo + ind;
-                  for (j = rowstart ; j < rowend ; j ++)
-                    {
-                       if ((ci->fg->ext_dat) && (dc->font_ext.func.gl_draw))
-                         {
-                            /* ext glyph draw */
-                            dc->font_ext.func.gl_draw(dc->font_ext.data,
-                                                      (void *)dst,
-                                                      dc, ci->fg,
-                                                      x + ci->pos.x,
-                                                      y - ci->bm.h + j);
-                         }
-                       else
-                         {
-                            func(NULL, word->im + (word->roww * j) + xstart,
-                                 dc->col.col, im + ((y + j) * im_w) + x, xrun);
-                         }
-                    }
-               }
-             return;
-# endif
-          }
-     }
-#endif
-
    im = dst->image.data;
 
    EVAS_FONT_WALK_TEXT_START()
@@ -500,177 +377,3 @@ evas_common_font_draw(RGBA_Image *dst, RGBA_Draw_Context *dc, RGBA_Font *fn, int
    LKU(fn->lock);
 #endif
 }
-
-/* Only used if cache is on */
-#if defined(METRIC_CACHE) || defined(WORD_CACHE)
-
-static Eina_Bool
-_evas_font_word_prerender_text_props_equal(const Evas_Text_Props *_a, const Evas_Text_Props *_b)
-{
-   Evas_Font_Glyph_Info *gl1, *gl2;
-   size_t i;
-
-   if ((_a->len != _b->len) ||
-       (_a->font_instance != _b->font_instance))
-     return EINA_FALSE;
-
-   gl1 = _a->info->glyph + _a->start;
-   gl2 = _b->info->glyph + _b->start;
-   i = _a->len;
-   for ( ; (i > 0) && (gl1->index == gl2->index) ; i--, gl1++, gl2++)
-      ;
-
-   return (i == 0);
-}
-
-static struct prword *
-evas_font_word_prerender(RGBA_Draw_Context *dc, const Evas_Text_Props *text_props)
-{
-   struct cinfo *metrics;
-   unsigned char *im;
-   int width;
-   int height, above, below, baseline, descent;
-   unsigned int i,j;
-   struct prword *w;
-   int last_delta = 0;
-   Eina_Unicode gl;
-   struct cinfo *ci;
-   unsigned int len = text_props->len;
-   RGBA_Font_Int *fi = (RGBA_Font_Int *) text_props->font_instance;
-   EVAS_FONT_WALK_TEXT_INIT();
-
-# ifndef METRIC_CACHE
-   gl = dc->font_ext.func.gl_new ? 1: 0;
-   if (gl) return NULL;
-# endif
-
-   LKL(lock_words);
-   EINA_INLIST_FOREACH(words,w)
-     {
-        if (_evas_font_word_prerender_text_props_equal(&w->text_props,
-                                                       text_props))
-          {
-             words = eina_inlist_promote(words, EINA_INLIST_GET(w));
-             LKU(lock_words);
-             return w;
-          }
-     }
-   LKU(lock_words);
-
-   gl = dc->font_ext.func.gl_new ? 1: 0;
-
-   above = 0; below = 0; baseline = 0; height = 0; descent = 0;
-
-   /* First pass: Work out how big and populate */
-   metrics = malloc(sizeof(struct cinfo) * len);
-   ci = metrics;
-   EVAS_FONT_WALK_TEXT_START()
-     {
-        FT_UInt index;
-        RGBA_Font_Glyph *fg;
-        index = EVAS_FONT_WALK_INDEX;
-        LKL(fi->ft_mutex);
-        fg = evas_common_font_int_cache_glyph_get(fi, index);
-        if (!fg)
-          {
-             LKU(fi->ft_mutex);
-             continue;
-          }
-
-        LKU(fi->ft_mutex);
-        EVAS_FONT_WALK_TEXT_WORK();
-        /* Currently broken with invisible chars if (!EVAS_FONT_WALK_IS_VISIBLE) continue; */
-        ci->index = index;
-        ci->fg = fg;
-
-        if (gl)
-          {
-             ci->fg->ext_dat =dc->font_ext.func.gl_new(dc->font_ext.data,ci->fg);
-             ci->fg->ext_dat_free = dc->font_ext.func.gl_free;
-          }
-        ci->bm.data = ci->fg->glyph_out->bitmap.buffer;
-        ci->bm.w = MAX(ci->fg->glyph_out->bitmap.pitch,
-                       ci->fg->glyph_out->bitmap.width);
-        ci->bm.rows = ci->fg->glyph_out->bitmap.rows;
-        ci->bm.h = ci->fg->glyph_out->top;
-        above = ci->bm.rows - (ci->bm.rows - ci->bm.h);
-        below = ci->bm.rows - ci->bm.h;
-        if (below > descent) descent = below;
-        if (above > baseline) baseline = above;
-        ci->pos.x = EVAS_FONT_WALK_PEN_X + EVAS_FONT_WALK_X_OFF + EVAS_FONT_WALK_X_BEAR;
-        ci->pos.y = EVAS_FONT_WALK_PEN_Y + EVAS_FONT_WALK_Y_OFF + EVAS_FONT_WALK_Y_BEAR;
-        last_delta = EVAS_FONT_WALK_X_ADV -
-           (ci->bm.w + ci->fg->glyph_out->left);
-        ci++;
-     }
-   EVAS_FONT_WALK_TEXT_END();
-
-   /* First loop done */
-   width = EVAS_FONT_WALK_PEN_X;
-   if (last_delta < 0)
-     width -= last_delta;
-   width = (width & 0x7) ? width + (8 - (width & 0x7)) : width;
-
-   height = baseline + descent;
-   if (!gl)
-     {
-        im = calloc(height, width);
-        for (i = 0 ; i  < len ; i ++)
-          {
-             struct cinfo *cin = metrics + i;
-
-             for (j = 0 ; j < cin->bm.rows ; j ++)
-               {
-                  int correction; /* Used to remove negative inset and such */
-                  if (cin->pos.x < 0)
-                    correction = -cin->pos.x;
-                  else
-                    correction = 0;
-
-                  memcpy(im + cin->pos.x + (j + baseline - cin->bm.h) * width +
-                        correction,
-                        cin->bm.data + j * cin->bm.w + correction,
-                        cin->bm.w - correction);
-               }
-          }
-     }
-   else
-     {
-        im = NULL;
-     }
-
-   /* Save it */
-   struct prword *save;
-
-   save = malloc(sizeof(struct prword));
-   save->cinfo = metrics;
-   evas_common_text_props_content_copy_and_ref(&save->text_props, text_props);
-   save->im = im;
-   save->width = EVAS_FONT_WALK_PEN_X;
-   if (last_delta < 0)
-     save->width += last_delta;
-   save->roww = width;
-   save->height = height;
-   save->baseline = baseline;
-   LKL(lock_words);
-   words = eina_inlist_prepend(words, EINA_INLIST_GET(save));
-
-   /* Clean up if too long */
-   if (eina_inlist_count(words) > max_cached_words)
-     {
-	struct prword *last = (struct prword *)(words->last);
-
-        if (last)
-          {
-             if (last->im) free(last->im);
-             if (last->cinfo) free(last->cinfo);
-             evas_common_text_props_content_unref(&last->text_props);
-             words = eina_inlist_remove(words, EINA_INLIST_GET(last));
-             free(last);
-          }
-     }
-   LKU(lock_words);
-
-   return save;
-}
-#endif