diff --git a/src/hb-font.cc b/src/hb-font.cc
index d1cb3491e..630fcad51 100644
--- a/src/hb-font.cc
+++ b/src/hb-font.cc
@@ -2226,7 +2226,6 @@ hb_font_get_var_coords_normalized (hb_font_t    *font,
   return font->coords;
 }
 
-#ifdef HB_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 /**
  * hb_font_get_var_coords_design:
  * @font: #hb_font_t to work upon
@@ -2237,7 +2236,7 @@ hb_font_get_var_coords_normalized (hb_font_t    *font,
  *
  * Return value: coordinates array
  *
- * Since: EXPERIMENTAL
+ * Since: REPLACEME
  */
 const float *
 hb_font_get_var_coords_design (hb_font_t *font,
@@ -2249,7 +2248,6 @@ hb_font_get_var_coords_design (hb_font_t *font,
   return font->design_coords;
 }
 #endif
-#endif
 
 #ifndef HB_DISABLE_DEPRECATED
 /*
diff --git a/src/hb-font.h b/src/hb-font.h
index 15dc12652..5ddb096e9 100644
--- a/src/hb-font.h
+++ b/src/hb-font.h
@@ -1033,11 +1033,9 @@ hb_font_set_var_coords_design (hb_font_t *font,
 			       const float *coords,
 			       unsigned int coords_length);
 
-#ifdef HB_EXPERIMENTAL_API
 HB_EXTERN const float *
 hb_font_get_var_coords_design (hb_font_t *font,
 			       unsigned int *length);
-#endif
 
 HB_EXTERN void
 hb_font_set_var_coords_normalized (hb_font_t *font,