diff --git a/src/ftxgsub.c b/src/ftxgsub.c
index e473ca958..d5850f31e 100644
--- a/src/ftxgsub.c
+++ b/src/ftxgsub.c
@@ -1194,8 +1194,7 @@
     FT_UShort      index, property;
     FT_Error       error;
     FT_UShort      numlig, i, j, is_mark, first_is_mark = FALSE;
-    FT_UShort      first_ligID, first_comp;
-    FT_UShort      *s_in, *lig_in, *comp_in;
+    FT_UShort*     s_in;
     FT_UShort*     c;
 
     TTO_Ligature*  lig;
@@ -1223,12 +1222,8 @@
       if ( in->pos + lig->ComponentCount > in->length )
         continue;                         /* Not enough glyphs in input */
 
-      s_in        = &in->string[in->pos];
-      lig_in      = &in->ligIDs[in->pos];
-      comp_in     = &in->components[in->pos];
-      first_ligID = *lig_in;
-      first_comp  = *comp_in;
-      c           = lig->Component;
+      s_in = &in->string[in->pos];
+      c    = lig->Component;
 
       is_mark = first_is_mark;
 
@@ -1248,26 +1243,6 @@
             break;
         }
 
-        /* don't apply a ligature lookup to glyphs with different
-           ligature IDs.  Example:
-
-                                                       '
-                                  ^'              '    ^
-             f ^ l ' -> fl ^ ' -> fl  but not  fl ^ -> fl         */
-
-        if ( first_ligID != lig_in[j] )
-          break;
-
-        /* don't apply a ligature lookup to glyphs with different
-           component values.  Example:
-
-                                                            '
-                                     ^'                '    ^
-             f ^ f ' l -> ffl ^ ' -> ffl  but not  ffl ^ -> ffl   */
-
-        if ( first_comp != comp_in[j] )
-          break;
-
         if ( !( property == TTO_MARK || property & IGNORE_SPECIAL_MARKS ) )
           is_mark = FALSE;