diff --git a/docs/first_steps.rst b/docs/first_steps.rst
index 09090aa32..85c3ec857 100644
--- a/docs/first_steps.rst
+++ b/docs/first_steps.rst
@@ -49,9 +49,8 @@ Ubuntu_, Fedora_, Archlinux_, Gentoo_…
 
 If WeasyPrint is not available on your distribution, or if you want to use a
 more recent version of WeasyPrint, you have to be sure that Python_ (at least
-version 3.7.0) and Pango_ (at least version 1.44.0, 1.46.0 or newer is
-preferred to get smaller documents) are installed on your system. You can
-verify this by launching::
+version 3.7.0) and Pango_ (at least version 1.44.0) are installed on your
+system. You can verify this by launching::
 
   python3 --version
   pango-view --version
diff --git a/weasyprint/pdf/stream.py b/weasyprint/pdf/stream.py
index e37149aa3..518d5d3f1 100644
--- a/weasyprint/pdf/stream.py
+++ b/weasyprint/pdf/stream.py
@@ -319,11 +319,12 @@ def set_blend_mode(self, mode):
 
     @lru_cache()
     def add_font(self, pango_font):
-        if pango.pango_version() > 14600:
-            pango_face = pango.pango_font_get_face(pango_font)
-            description = pango.pango_font_face_describe(pango_face)
-        else:
-            description = pango.pango_font_describe(pango_font)
+        description = pango.pango_font_describe(pango_font)
+        mask = (
+            pango.PANGO_FONT_MASK_SIZE +
+            pango.PANGO_FONT_MASK_GRAVITY +
+            pango.PANGO_FONT_MASK_VARIATIONS)
+        pango.pango_font_description_unset_fields(description, mask)
         key = pango.pango_font_description_hash(description)
         pango.pango_font_description_free(description)
         if key not in self._fonts:
diff --git a/weasyprint/text/ffi.py b/weasyprint/text/ffi.py
index 09f614aad..7a58d630d 100644
--- a/weasyprint/text/ffi.py
+++ b/weasyprint/text/ffi.py
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     typedef ... PangoAttrList;
     typedef ... PangoAttrClass;
     typedef ... PangoFont;
-    typedef ... PangoFontFace;
     typedef guint PangoGlyph;
     typedef gint PangoGlyphUnit;
 
@@ -72,6 +71,12 @@
         PANGO_WEIGHT_ULTRAHEAVY = 1000
     } PangoWeight;
 
+    typedef enum {
+        PANGO_FONT_MASK_SIZE = 1 << 5,
+        PANGO_FONT_MASK_GRAVITY = 1 << 6,
+        PANGO_FONT_MASK_VARIATIONS = 1 << 7
+    } PangoFontMask;
+
     typedef enum {
         PANGO_STRETCH_ULTRA_CONDENSED,
         PANGO_STRETCH_EXTRA_CONDENSED,
@@ -249,6 +254,9 @@
         const PangoFontDescription* desc);
     int pango_font_description_get_size (PangoFontDescription *desc);
 
+    void pango_font_description_unset_fields (
+        PangoFontDescription* desc, PangoFontMask to_unset);
+
     int pango_glyph_string_get_width (PangoGlyphString *glyphs);
     char * pango_font_description_to_string (
         const PangoFontDescription *desc);
@@ -280,8 +288,6 @@
     void pango_font_get_glyph_extents (
         PangoFont *font, PangoGlyph glyph, PangoRectangle *ink_rect,
         PangoRectangle *logical_rect);
-    PangoFontFace* pango_font_get_face (PangoFont* font);
-    PangoFontDescription* pango_font_face_describe (PangoFontFace* face);
 
     void pango_context_set_round_glyph_positions (
         PangoContext *context, gboolean round_positions);