diff --git a/crates/egui/src/style.rs b/crates/egui/src/style.rs
index ff8043beb..f43a549a3 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/style.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/style.rs
@@ -2790,7 +2790,6 @@ impl Widget for &mut FontTweak {
                     scale,
                     y_offset_factor,
                     y_offset,
-                    baseline_offset_factor,
                 } = self;
 
                 ui.label("Scale");
@@ -2806,10 +2805,6 @@ impl Widget for &mut FontTweak {
                 ui.add(DragValue::new(y_offset).speed(-0.02));
                 ui.end_row();
 
-                ui.label("baseline_offset_factor");
-                ui.add(DragValue::new(baseline_offset_factor).speed(-0.0025));
-                ui.end_row();
-
                 if ui.button("Reset").clicked() {
                     *self = Default::default();
                 }
diff --git a/crates/epaint/src/text/font.rs b/crates/epaint/src/text/font.rs
index dd095c443..a8dde7b09 100644
--- a/crates/epaint/src/text/font.rs
+++ b/crates/epaint/src/text/font.rs
@@ -110,8 +110,6 @@ impl FontImpl {
         let scale_in_pixels = scale_in_pixels * tweak.scale;
         let scale_in_points = scale_in_pixels / pixels_per_point;
 
-        let baseline_offset = (scale_in_points * tweak.baseline_offset_factor).round_ui();
-
         let y_offset_points =
             ((scale_in_points * tweak.y_offset_factor) + tweak.y_offset).round_ui();
 
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ impl FontImpl {
             scale_in_pixels,
             height_in_points: ascent - descent + line_gap,
             y_offset_in_points,
-            ascent: ascent + baseline_offset,
+            ascent,
             pixels_per_point,
             glyph_info_cache: Default::default(),
             atlas,
diff --git a/crates/epaint/src/text/fonts.rs b/crates/epaint/src/text/fonts.rs
index ac56a0f4e..623baa9bf 100644
--- a/crates/epaint/src/text/fonts.rs
+++ b/crates/epaint/src/text/fonts.rs
@@ -179,13 +179,6 @@ pub struct FontTweak {
     ///
     /// Example value: `2.0`.
     pub y_offset: f32,
-
-    /// When using this font's metrics to layout a row,
-    /// shift the entire row downwards by this fraction of the font size (in points).
-    ///
-    /// A positive value shifts the text downwards.
-    /// A negative value shifts it upwards.
-    pub baseline_offset_factor: f32,
 }
 
 impl Default for FontTweak {
@@ -194,7 +187,6 @@ impl Default for FontTweak {
             scale: 1.0,
             y_offset_factor: 0.0,
             y_offset: 0.0,
-            baseline_offset_factor: 0.0,
         }
     }
 }