diff --git a/darwin/drawtext.m b/darwin/drawtext.m
index d9626374..5e4b197a 100644
--- a/darwin/drawtext.m
+++ b/darwin/drawtext.m
@@ -119,11 +119,6 @@ static void addFontSmallCapsAttr(CFMutableDictionaryRef attr)
 	CFRelease(outerArray);
 }
 
-static void addFontGravityAttr(CFMutableDictionaryRef dict, uiDrawTextGravity gravity)
-{
-	// TODO: matrix setting? kCTFontOrientationAttribute? or is it a kCTVerticalFormsAttributeName of the CFAttributedString attributes and thus not part of the CTFontDescriptor?
-}
-
 // Named constants for these were NOT added until 10.11, and even then they were added as external symbols instead of macros, so we can't use them directly :(
 // kode54 got these for me before I had access to El Capitan; thanks to him.
 #define ourNSFontWeightUltraLight -0.800000
@@ -387,7 +382,6 @@ uiDrawTextFont *uiDrawLoadClosestFont(const uiDrawTextFontDescriptor *desc)
 	// and finally add the other attributes
 	if (desc->SmallCaps)
 		addFontSmallCapsAttr(attr);
-	addFontGravityAttr(attr, desc->Gravity);
 
 	// and NOW create the final descriptor
 	cfdesc = CTFontDescriptorCreateWithAttributes(attr);
diff --git a/test/page10.c b/test/page10.c
index b0ea27f5..7bdda60e 100644
--- a/test/page10.c
+++ b/test/page10.c
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ static void handlerDraw(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaDrawParams *dp)
 	desc.Italic = uiComboboxSelected(textItalic);
 	desc.SmallCaps = uiCheckboxChecked(textSmallCaps);
 	desc.Stretch = uiComboboxSelected(textStretch);
-	desc.Gravity = uiComboboxSelected(textGravity);
 	font = uiDrawLoadClosestFont(&desc);
 	uiFreeText(family);
 	uiDrawTextFontGetMetrics(font, &metrics);
diff --git a/test/page9.c b/test/page9.c
index c0d035f5..a6c452be 100644
--- a/test/page9.c
+++ b/test/page9.c
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ static uiCombobox *textWeight;
 static uiCombobox *textItalic;
 static uiCheckbox *textSmallCaps;
 static uiCombobox *textStretch;
-static uiCombobox *textGravity;
 static uiEntry *textWidth;
 static uiButton *textApply;
 static uiCheckbox *addLeading;
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ static void handlerDraw(uiAreaHandler *a, uiArea *area, uiAreaDrawParams *dp)
 	desc.Italic = uiComboboxSelected(textItalic);
 	desc.SmallCaps = uiCheckboxChecked(textSmallCaps);
 	desc.Stretch = uiComboboxSelected(textStretch);
-	desc.Gravity = uiComboboxSelected(textGravity);
 	font = uiDrawLoadClosestFont(&desc);
 	uiFreeText(family);
 	uiDrawTextFontGetMetrics(font, &metrics);
@@ -230,15 +228,6 @@ uiBox *makePage9(void)
 	uiComboboxSetSelected(textStretch, uiDrawTextStretchNormal);
 	uiBoxAppend(hbox, uiControl(textStretch), 1);
 
-	textGravity = uiNewCombobox();
-	uiComboboxAppend(textGravity, "South");
-	uiComboboxAppend(textGravity, "East");
-	uiComboboxAppend(textGravity, "North");
-	uiComboboxAppend(textGravity, "West");
-	uiComboboxAppend(textGravity, "Auto");
-	uiComboboxSetSelected(textGravity, uiDrawTextGravitySouth);
-	uiBoxAppend(hbox, uiControl(textGravity), 1);
-
 	textWidth = uiNewEntry();
 	uiEntrySetText(textWidth, "-1");
 	uiBoxAppend(hbox, uiControl(textWidth), 1);
diff --git a/ui.h b/ui.h
index bcd2375f..676e732a 100644
--- a/ui.h
+++ b/ui.h
@@ -491,14 +491,6 @@ typedef enum uiDrawTextStretch {
 	uiDrawTextStretchUltraExpanded,
 } uiDrawTextStretch;
 
-typedef enum uiDrawTextGravity {
-	uiDrawTextGravitySouth,
-	uiDrawTextGravityEast,
-	uiDrawTextGravityNorth,
-	uiDrawTextGravityWest,
-	uiDrawTextGravityAuto,
-} uiDrawTextGravity;
-
 struct uiDrawTextFontDescriptor {
 	const char *Family;
 	double Size;
@@ -506,7 +498,6 @@ struct uiDrawTextFontDescriptor {
 	uiDrawTextItalic Italic;
 	int SmallCaps;
 	uiDrawTextStretch Stretch;
-	uiDrawTextGravity Gravity;
 };
 
 struct uiDrawTextFontMetrics {
diff --git a/unix/draw.c b/unix/draw.c
index c58c6eb7..6f1c7df8 100644
--- a/unix/draw.c
+++ b/unix/draw.c
@@ -519,14 +519,6 @@ static const PangoStretch pangoStretches[] = {
 	[uiDrawTextStretchUltraExpanded] = PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_EXPANDED,
 };
 
-static const PangoGravity pangoGravities[] = {
-	[uiDrawTextGravitySouth] = PANGO_GRAVITY_SOUTH,
-	[uiDrawTextGravityEast] = PANGO_GRAVITY_EAST,
-	[uiDrawTextGravityNorth] = PANGO_GRAVITY_NORTH,
-	[uiDrawTextGravityWest] = PANGO_GRAVITY_WEST,
-	[uiDrawTextGravityAuto] = PANGO_GRAVITY_AUTO,
-};
-
 // we need a context for a few things
 // the documentation suggests creating cairo_t-specific, GdkScreen-specific, or even GtkWidget-specific contexts, but we can't really do that because we want our uiDrawTextFonts and uiDrawTextLayouts to be context-independent
 // so this will have to do
@@ -557,8 +549,6 @@ uiDrawTextFont *uiDrawLoadClosestFont(const uiDrawTextFontDescriptor *desc)
 	pango_font_description_set_variant(pdesc, variant);
 	pango_font_description_set_stretch(pdesc,
 		pangoStretches[desc->Stretch]);
-	pango_font_description_set_gravity(pdesc,
-		pangoGravities[desc->Gravity]);
 
 	// in this case, the context is necessary for the metrics to be correct
 	context = mkGenericPangoCairoContext();
diff --git a/windows/drawtext.cpp b/windows/drawtext.cpp
index 488be226..493e0fad 100644
--- a/windows/drawtext.cpp
+++ b/windows/drawtext.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ uiDrawTextFont *uiDrawLoadClosestFont(const uiDrawTextFontDescriptor *desc)
 	if (!found)
 		complain("invalid initial stretch %d passed to uiDrawLoadClosestFont()", desc->Stretch);
 
-	// TODO small caps and gravity
+	// TODO small caps
 
 	hr = family->GetFirstMatchingFont(weight,
 		stretch,
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ uiDrawTextLayout *uiDrawNewTextLayout(const char *text, uiDrawTextFont *defaultF
 	if (hr != S_OK)
 		logHRESULT("error creating IDWriteTextFormat in uiDrawNewTextLayout()", hr);
 	// TODO small caps
-	// TODO gravity
 
 	layout->bytesToCharacters = toUTF16Offsets(text, &wtext, &wlen);
 	hr = dwfactory->CreateTextLayout(wtext, wlen,