diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index 3bd678ef..c9d31094 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -3373,11 +3373,9 @@ static void generate_text_internal(char *p, int p_max_size,
 			}
 #endif /* __OpenBSD__ */
 
-#ifdef X11
 			OBJ(font) {
 				new_font(p, obj->data.s);
 			}
-#endif
 			/* TODO: move this correction from kB to kB/s elsewhere
 			 * (or get rid of it??) */
 			OBJ(diskio) {
diff --git a/src/specials.c b/src/specials.c
index 1c177d8e..031f089e 100644
--- a/src/specials.c
+++ b/src/specials.c
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ void new_bar(char *buf, int w, int h, int usage)
 	s->height = h;
 }
 
-#ifdef X11
 void new_font(char *buf, char *args)
 {
 	if ((output_methods & TO_X) == 0)
 		return;
+#ifdef X11
 	if (args) {
 		struct special_t *s = new_special(buf, FONT);
 
@@ -208,8 +208,12 @@ void new_font(char *buf, char *args)
 		selected_font = s->font_added = 0;
 		selected_font = tmp;
 	}
-}
+#else
+	(void)buf;
+	(void)args;
+	return;
 #endif
+}
 
 static void graph_append(struct special_t *graph, double f, char showaslog)
 {
diff --git a/src/specials.h b/src/specials.h
index e23a599c..8a82cbbd 100644
--- a/src/specials.h
+++ b/src/specials.h
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@ char *scan_graph(const char *, int *, int *, unsigned int *,
 
 /* printing specials */
 void new_bar(char *, int, int, int);
-#ifdef X11
 void new_font(char *, char *);
-#endif
 void new_graph(char *, int, int, unsigned int,
                unsigned int, double, int, int, char);
 void new_hr(char *, int);