diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
index eb78213eadc..1fc383f6120 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettings.cpp
@@ -114,26 +114,6 @@ bool FontSettings::fromSettings(const QString &category,
         if (scheme.isEmpty() || !QFile::exists(scheme))
             scheme = defaultSchemeFileName(Utils::FileName::fromString(scheme).fileName());
         loadColorScheme(scheme, descriptions);
-    } else {
-        // Load color scheme from ini file
-        foreach (const FormatDescription &desc, descriptions) {
-            const TextStyle id = desc.id();
-            const QString fmt = s->value(group + QLatin1String(Constants::nameForStyle(id)), QString()).toString();
-            Format format;
-            if (fmt.isEmpty()) {
-                format.setForeground(desc.foreground());
-                format.setBackground(desc.background());
-                format.setBold(desc.format().bold());
-                format.setItalic(desc.format().italic());
-                format.setUnderlineColor(desc.format().underlineColor());
-                format.setUnderlineStyle(desc.format().underlineStyle());
-            } else {
-                format.fromString(fmt);
-            }
-            m_scheme.setFormatFor(id, format);
-        }
-
-        m_scheme.setDisplayName(QCoreApplication::translate("TextEditor::Internal::FontSettings", "Customized"));
     }
 
     return true;
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
index 926fffdfded..fb7669ba498 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/fontsettingspage.cpp
@@ -175,42 +175,12 @@ FontSettingsPagePrivate::FontSettingsPagePrivate(const FormatDescriptions &fd,
     m_schemeListModel(new SchemeListModel),
     m_refreshingSchemeList(false)
 {
-    bool settingsFound = false;
     QSettings *settings = Core::ICore::settings();
     if (settings)
-        settingsFound = m_value.fromSettings(m_settingsGroup, m_descriptions, settings);
+        m_value.fromSettings(m_settingsGroup, m_descriptions, settings);
 
-    if (!settingsFound) { // Apply defaults
-        foreach (const FormatDescription &f, m_descriptions) {
-            Format &format = m_value.formatFor(f.id());
-            format.setForeground(f.foreground());
-            format.setBackground(f.background());
-            format.setBold(f.format().bold());
-            format.setItalic(f.format().italic());
-            format.setUnderlineColor(f.format().underlineColor());
-            format.setUnderlineStyle(f.format().underlineStyle());
-        }
-    } else if (m_value.colorSchemeFileName().isEmpty()) {
-        // No color scheme was loaded, but one might be imported from the ini file
-        ColorScheme defaultScheme;
-        foreach (const FormatDescription &f, m_descriptions) {
-            Format &format = defaultScheme.formatFor(f.id());
-            format.setForeground(f.foreground());
-            format.setBackground(f.background());
-            format.setBold(f.format().bold());
-            format.setItalic(f.format().italic());
-            format.setUnderlineColor(f.format().underlineColor());
-            format.setUnderlineStyle(f.format().underlineStyle());
-        }
-        if (m_value.colorScheme() != defaultScheme) {
-            // Save it as a color scheme file
-            QString schemeFileName = createColorSchemeFileName(QLatin1String("customized%1.xml"));
-            if (!schemeFileName.isEmpty()) {
-                if (m_value.saveColorScheme(schemeFileName) && settings)
-                    m_value.toSettings(m_settingsGroup, settings);
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    if (m_value.colorSchemeFileName().isEmpty())
+        m_value.loadColorScheme(FontSettings::defaultSchemeFileName(), m_descriptions);
 
     m_lastValue = m_value;
 }