diff --git a/src/base/ftobjs.c b/src/base/ftobjs.c
index a77c9854d..5e5da50c7 100644
--- a/src/base/ftobjs.c
+++ b/src/base/ftobjs.c
@@ -893,20 +893,6 @@
     if ( load_flags & FT_LOAD_BITMAP_METRICS_ONLY )
       load_flags &= ~FT_LOAD_RENDER;
 
-#ifdef FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SVG
-    if ( ( load_flags & FT_LOAD_COLOR ) &&
-         ( ttface->svg ) )
-    {
-      FT_TRACE3(( "SVG table exists, calling `FT_Load_Glyph' with `FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE'\n" ));
-      /* load the TTF/CFF glyph without any scaling,
-       * this is so that ultimately, these outlines
-       * can be used to calculate the bounding box and
-       * the advance metrics
-       */
-      FT_Load_Glyph( face, glyph_index, FT_LOAD_NO_SCALE);
-    }
-#endif
-
     /*
      * Determine whether we need to auto-hint or not.
      * The general rules are:
diff --git a/src/cff/cffgload.c b/src/cff/cffgload.c
index 629b9b12e..9911e8abe 100644
--- a/src/cff/cffgload.c
+++ b/src/cff/cffgload.c
@@ -359,6 +359,24 @@
       {
         FT_TRACE3(( "Successfully loaded SVG glyph\n" ));
         glyph->root.format = FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_SVG;
+        FT_Short   leftBearing, topBearing;
+        FT_UShort  advanceX, advanceY;
+        sfnt->get_metrics( face,
+                           FALSE,
+                           glyph_index,
+                           &leftBearing,
+                           &advanceX );
+        sfnt->get_metrics( face,
+                           TRUE,
+                           glyph_index,
+                           &topBearing,
+                           &advanceY );
+        advanceX *= ((float)glyph->root.face->size->metrics.x_ppem)/
+                    ((float)glyph->root.face->units_per_EM) * 64.0;
+        advanceY *= ((float)glyph->root.face->size->metrics.y_ppem)/
+                    ((float)glyph->root.face->units_per_EM) * 64.0;
+        glyph->root.metrics.horiAdvance = advanceX;
+        glyph->root.metrics.vertAdvance = advanceY;
         return error;
       }
       FT_TRACE3(( "Failed to load SVG glyph\n" ));
diff --git a/src/sfnt/ttsvg.c b/src/sfnt/ttsvg.c
index f4a85ca96..e8dcac908 100644
--- a/src/sfnt/ttsvg.c
+++ b/src/sfnt/ttsvg.c
@@ -328,10 +328,6 @@
     FT_TRACE5(( "svg_document:\n%.*s\n", doc_length, doc_list ));
 
     glyph->other = svg_document;
-    glyph->metrics.horiAdvance *= ((float)glyph->face->size->metrics.x_ppem)/
-                                  ((float)glyph->face->units_per_EM) * 64.0;
-    glyph->metrics.vertAdvance *= ((float)glyph->face->size->metrics.y_ppem)/
-                                  ((float)glyph->face->units_per_EM) * 64.0;
 
     return FT_Err_Ok;
   }
diff --git a/src/truetype/ttgload.c b/src/truetype/ttgload.c
index 817852af1..f92cbd15a 100644
--- a/src/truetype/ttgload.c
+++ b/src/truetype/ttgload.c
@@ -2919,6 +2919,24 @@
       {
         FT_TRACE3(( "Successfully loaded SVG glyph\n" ));
         glyph->format = FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_SVG;
+        FT_Short   leftBearing, topBearing;
+        FT_UShort  advanceX, advanceY;
+        sfnt->get_metrics( glyph->face,
+                           FALSE,
+                           glyph_index,
+                           &leftBearing,
+                           &advanceX );
+        sfnt->get_metrics( glyph->face,
+                           TRUE,
+                           glyph_index,
+                           &topBearing,
+                           &advanceY );
+        advanceX *= ((float)glyph->face->size->metrics.x_ppem)/
+                    ((float)glyph->face->units_per_EM) * 64.0;
+        advanceY *= ((float)glyph->face->size->metrics.y_ppem)/
+                    ((float)glyph->face->units_per_EM) * 64.0;
+        glyph->metrics.horiAdvance = advanceX;
+        glyph->metrics.vertAdvance = advanceY;
         return error;
       }
       FT_TRACE3(( "Failed to load SVG glyph\n" ));