diff --git a/src/hb-subset-input.cc b/src/hb-subset-input.cc
index 256fc7d45..89f7baac1 100644
--- a/src/hb-subset-input.cc
+++ b/src/hb-subset-input.cc
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ hb_subset_input_keep_everything (hb_subset_input_t *input)
   hb_subset_input_set_flags (input,
 			     HB_SUBSET_FLAGS_NOTDEF_OUTLINE |
 			     HB_SUBSET_FLAGS_GLYPH_NAMES |
-			     HB_SUBSET_FLAGS_RETAIN_GIDS |
 			     HB_SUBSET_FLAGS_NO_PRUNE_UNICODE_RANGES);
 }