diff --git a/src/font_renderer.cpp b/src/font_renderer.cpp
index 32b4a916..58c50013 100644
--- a/src/font_renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/font_renderer.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int FontRendererBakeFontBitmap(FontRenderer *fr_, int font_height,
         glyph_info.x1 = x_next_i;
         glyph_info.y1 = pixels_height - (y_baseline + descender_px - pad_y);
         glyph_info.xoff = 0;
-        glyph_info.yoff = -ascender * font_height;
+        glyph_info.yoff = -pad_y;
         glyph_info.xadvance = x_next - x;
 #if 0
         fprintf(stderr,
diff --git a/src/renderer.c b/src/renderer.c
index 4b6fe01d..7fe9fc00 100644
--- a/src/renderer.c
+++ b/src/renderer.c
@@ -129,14 +129,8 @@ retry:
     goto retry;
   }
 
-  // TODO: consider if this is still needed.
-  /* adjust glyph yoffsets and xadvance */
-  int ascent, descent, linegap;
-  stbtt_GetFontVMetrics(&font->stbfont, &ascent, &descent, &linegap);
-  float scale = stbtt_ScaleForMappingEmToPixels(&font->stbfont, font->size);
-  int scaled_ascent = ascent * scale + 0.5;
+  /* adjust glyph's xadvance */
   for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-    set->glyphs[i].yoff += scaled_ascent;
     set->glyphs[i].xadvance = floor(set->glyphs[i].xadvance);
   }