diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5eeb9c508..b4264ab98 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2014-11-24  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	Remove all code related to FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE.
+
+	This is no longer used.
+
+	* src/base/ftobjs.c, src/cache/ftccmap.c, src/cff/cffobjs.c,
+	src/sfnt/ttcmap.c: Do it.
+
 2014-11-24  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	[sfnt] Fix Savannah bug #43680.
diff --git a/src/base/ftobjs.c b/src/base/ftobjs.c
index 315ad129c..977ac01a4 100644
--- a/src/base/ftobjs.c
+++ b/src/base/ftobjs.c
@@ -1040,14 +1040,6 @@
              ( cur[0]->platform_id == TT_PLATFORM_APPLE_UNICODE &&
                cur[0]->encoding_id == TT_APPLE_ID_UNICODE_32    ) )
         {
-#ifdef FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE
-          if ( cur - first > FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE )
-          {
-            FT_ERROR(( "find_unicode_charmap: UCS-4 cmap is found "
-                       "at too late position (%d)\n", cur - first ));
-            continue;
-          }
-#endif
           face->charmap = cur[0];
           return FT_Err_Ok;
         }
@@ -1062,14 +1054,6 @@
     {
       if ( cur[0]->encoding == FT_ENCODING_UNICODE )
       {
-#ifdef FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE
-        if ( cur - first > FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE )
-        {
-          FT_ERROR(( "find_unicode_charmap: UCS-2 cmap is found "
-                     "at too late position (%d)\n", cur - first ));
-          continue;
-        }
-#endif
         face->charmap = cur[0];
         return FT_Err_Ok;
       }
@@ -1111,17 +1095,7 @@
       if ( cur[0]->platform_id == TT_PLATFORM_APPLE_UNICODE    &&
            cur[0]->encoding_id == TT_APPLE_ID_VARIANT_SELECTOR &&
            FT_Get_CMap_Format( cur[0] ) == 14                  )
-      {
-#ifdef FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE
-        if ( cur - first > FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE )
-        {
-          FT_ERROR(( "find_unicode_charmap: UVS cmap is found "
-                     "at too late position (%d)\n", cur - first ));
-          continue;
-        }
-#endif
         return cur[0];
-      }
     }
 
     return NULL;
@@ -3122,15 +3096,6 @@
     {
       if ( cur[0]->encoding == encoding )
       {
-#ifdef FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE
-        if ( cur - face->charmaps > FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE )
-        {
-          FT_ERROR(( "FT_Select_Charmap: requested charmap is found (%d), "
-                     "but in too late position to cache\n",
-                     cur - face->charmaps ));
-          continue;
-        }
-#endif
         face->charmap = cur[0];
         return 0;
       }
@@ -3165,15 +3130,6 @@
     {
       if ( cur[0] == charmap )
       {
-#ifdef FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE
-        if ( cur - face->charmaps > FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE )
-        {
-          FT_ERROR(( "FT_Set_Charmap: requested charmap is found (%d), "
-                     "but in too late position to cache\n",
-                     cur - face->charmaps ));
-          continue;
-        }
-#endif
         face->charmap = cur[0];
         return 0;
       }
@@ -3199,15 +3155,6 @@
 
     FT_ASSERT( i < charmap->face->num_charmaps );
 
-#ifdef FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE
-    if ( i > FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE )
-    {
-      FT_ERROR(( "FT_Get_Charmap_Index: requested charmap is found (%d), "
-                 "but in too late position to cache\n",
-                 i ));
-      return -i;
-    }
-#endif
     return i;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/cache/ftccmap.c b/src/cache/ftccmap.c
index b2e9609cc..ad0ad2db1 100644
--- a/src/cache/ftccmap.c
+++ b/src/cache/ftccmap.c
@@ -301,12 +301,6 @@
       if ( error )
         goto Exit;
 
-#ifdef FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE
-      /* something rotten can happen with rogue clients */
-      if ( cmap_index > FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE )
-        return 0; /* XXX: should return appropriate error */
-#endif
-
       if ( (FT_UInt)cmap_index < (FT_UInt)face->num_charmaps )
       {
         FT_CharMap  old, cmap  = NULL;
diff --git a/src/cff/cffobjs.c b/src/cff/cffobjs.c
index f8267b314..da3d0190f 100644
--- a/src/cff/cffobjs.c
+++ b/src/cff/cffobjs.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /*                                                                         */
 /*    OpenType objects manager (body).                                     */
 /*                                                                         */
-/*  Copyright 1996-2013 by                                                 */
+/*  Copyright 1996-2014 by                                                 */
 /*  David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.                      */
 /*                                                                         */
 /*  This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,       */
@@ -943,16 +943,6 @@
         if ( pure_cff && cff->top_font.font_dict.cid_registry != 0xFFFFU )
           goto Exit;
 
-#ifdef FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE
-        if ( nn + 1 > FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE )
-        {
-          FT_ERROR(( "cff_face_init: no Unicode cmap is found, "
-                     "and too many subtables (%d) to add synthesized cmap\n",
-                     nn ));
-          goto Exit;
-        }
-#endif
-
         /* we didn't find a Unicode charmap -- synthesize one */
         cmaprec.face        = cffface;
         cmaprec.platform_id = TT_PLATFORM_MICROSOFT;
@@ -973,15 +963,6 @@
           cffface->charmap = cffface->charmaps[nn];
 
       Skip_Unicode:
-#ifdef FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE
-        if ( nn > FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE )
-        {
-          FT_ERROR(( "cff_face_init: Unicode cmap is found, "
-                     "but too many preceding subtables (%d) to access\n",
-                     nn - 1 ));
-          goto Exit;
-        }
-#endif
         if ( encoding->count > 0 )
         {
           FT_CMap_Class  clazz;
diff --git a/src/sfnt/ttcmap.c b/src/sfnt/ttcmap.c
index fb863c39e..ece9ef112 100644
--- a/src/sfnt/ttcmap.c
+++ b/src/sfnt/ttcmap.c
@@ -3502,14 +3502,6 @@
 
     num_cmaps = TT_NEXT_USHORT( p );
 
-#ifdef FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE
-    if ( num_cmaps > FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE )
-      FT_ERROR(( "tt_face_build_cmaps: too many cmap subtables (%d)\n"
-                 "                     subtable #%d and higher are loaded"
-                 "                     but cannot be searched\n",
-                 num_cmaps, FT_MAX_CHARMAP_CACHEABLE + 1 ));
-#endif
-
     for ( ; num_cmaps > 0 && p + 8 <= limit; num_cmaps-- )
     {
       FT_CharMapRec  charmap;