diff --git a/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml b/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
index e2cb1c2..2b1122f 100644
--- a/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
+++ b/doc/fontconfig-devel.sgml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ convenience for the application's rendering mechanism.
                                                   stylelang and fullnamelang
     prgname        FC_PRGNAME             String  Name of the running program
     hash           FC_HASH                String  SHA256 hash value of the font data
-                                                  with "sha256:" prefix.
+                                                  with "sha256:" prefix (deprecated)
     postscriptname FC_POSTSCRIPT_NAME     String  Font name in PostScript
     </programlisting>
   </sect2>
diff --git a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
index 069cb60..8575cc4 100644
--- a/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
+++ b/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ typedef int		FcBool;
 #define FC_FONT_FEATURES    "fontfeatures"	/* String */
 #define FC_NAMELANG	    "namelang"		/* String RFC 3866 langs */
 #define FC_PRGNAME	    "prgname"		/* String */
-#define FC_HASH		    "hash"		/* String */
+#define FC_HASH		    "hash"		/* String (deprecated) */
 #define FC_POSTSCRIPT_NAME  "postscriptname"	/* String */
 
 #define FC_CACHE_SUFFIX		    ".cache-" FC_CACHE_VERSION
diff --git a/src/fcfreetype.c b/src/fcfreetype.c
index 3dd865a..464bc00 100644
--- a/src/fcfreetype.c
+++ b/src/fcfreetype.c
@@ -1697,6 +1697,7 @@ FcFreeTypeQueryFace (const FT_Face  face,
 	goto bail1;
 
 
+#if 0
     /*
      * Compute hash digest for the font
      */
@@ -1744,6 +1745,7 @@ FcFreeTypeQueryFace (const FT_Face  face,
 	    free (hashstr);
 	}
     }
+#endif
 
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/fcobjs.h b/src/fcobjs.h
index 72e71f9..dc3d834 100644
--- a/src/fcobjs.h
+++ b/src/fcobjs.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ FC_OBJECT (AUTOHINT,		FcTypeBool,	NULL)
 FC_OBJECT (GLOBAL_ADVANCE,	FcTypeBool,	NULL)	/* deprecated */
 FC_OBJECT (FILE,		FcTypeString,	FcCompareFilename)
 FC_OBJECT (INDEX,		FcTypeInteger,	NULL)
-FC_OBJECT (RASTERIZER,		FcTypeString,	FcCompareString)
+FC_OBJECT (RASTERIZER,		FcTypeString,	FcCompareString)	/* deprecated */
 FC_OBJECT (OUTLINE,		FcTypeBool,	FcCompareBool)
 FC_OBJECT (SCALABLE,		FcTypeBool,	FcCompareBool)
 FC_OBJECT (DPI,			FcTypeDouble,	NULL)
@@ -66,6 +66,6 @@ FC_OBJECT (LCD_FILTER,		FcTypeInteger,	NULL)
 FC_OBJECT (NAMELANG,		FcTypeString,	NULL)
 FC_OBJECT (FONT_FEATURES,	FcTypeString,	NULL)
 FC_OBJECT (PRGNAME,		FcTypeString,	NULL)
-FC_OBJECT (HASH,		FcTypeString,	FcCompareHash)
+FC_OBJECT (HASH,		FcTypeString,	FcCompareHash)	/* deprecated */
 FC_OBJECT (POSTSCRIPT_NAME,	FcTypeString,	FcComparePostScript)
 /* ^-------------- Add new objects here. */