diff --git a/dlls/riched20/writer.c b/dlls/riched20/writer.c
index 809b93e5f4a..fe768fa84ae 100644
--- a/dlls/riched20/writer.c
+++ b/dlls/riched20/writer.c
@@ -382,14 +382,6 @@ ME_StreamOutRTFFontAndColorTbl(ME_OutStream *pStream, ME_DisplayItem *pFirstRun,
   if (!ME_StreamOutPrint(pStream, "}\r\n"))
     return FALSE;
 
-  /* It seems like Open Office ignores \deff0 tag at RTF-header.
-     As result it can't correctly parse text before first \fN tag,
-     so we can put \f0 immediately after font table. This forces
-     parser to use the same font, that \deff0 specifies.
-     It makes OOffice happy */
-  if (!ME_StreamOutPrint(pStream, "\\f0"))
-    return FALSE;
-
   /* Output the color table */
   if (!ME_StreamOutPrint(pStream, "{\\colortbl;")) return FALSE; /* first entry is auto-color */
   for (i = 1; i < pStream->nColorTblLen; i++)