diff --git a/src/hb-config.hh b/src/hb-config.hh
index 5567ddaec..dbe0cb81e 100644
--- a/src/hb-config.hh
+++ b/src/hb-config.hh
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 #define HB_NO_LANGUAGE_PRIVATE_SUBTAG
 #define HB_NO_LAYOUT_FEATURE_PARAMS
 #define HB_NO_LAYOUT_COLLECT_GLYPHS
+#define HB_NO_LAYOUT_RARELY_UNUSED
 #define HB_NO_LAYOUT_UNUSED
 #define HB_NO_MATH
 #define HB_NO_META
diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout.cc b/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
index cbe1b7411..c708cc3f4 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout.cc
@@ -2343,6 +2343,7 @@ struct hb_get_glyph_alternates_dispatch_t :
   ( _dispatch (obj, hb_prioritize, std::forward<Ts> (ds)...) )
 };
 
+#ifndef HB_NO_LAYOUT_RARELY_UNUSED
 /**
  * hb_ot_layout_lookup_get_glyph_alternates:
  * @face: a face.
@@ -2426,6 +2427,7 @@ hb_ot_layout_get_optical_bound (hb_font_t      *font,
   }
   return ret;
 }
+#endif
 
 
 #endif