diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_font_dir.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_font_dir.c
index 939cf2fc5e..e939551d5d 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_font_dir.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_font_dir.c
@@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ evas_font_load(Evas *evas, const char *name, const char *source, int size)
              // FIXME: this i think is a bugfix for a rare bug... but i'm
              // not sure 100%. it seems that way from fc. if trim is set
              // to FcTrue...
-             FcPatternReference(p_nm); /* we have to reference count the pat */
+             //  ok - not a bugfix... but there is something going on somewhere that's wierd?
+//             FcPatternReference(p_nm); /* we have to reference count the pat */
              font = evas_load_fontconfig(evas, set, size);
           }
      }