diff --git a/nix/build-all.py b/nix/build-all.py
index a76a53862c..448e3655ec 100644
--- a/nix/build-all.py
+++ b/nix/build-all.py
@@ -349,14 +349,13 @@ dependency_tree: "dict[str, tuple[str, ...]]" = {
     "boost": (),
     "libxml2": (),
     "python": (),
-    "occ": ("freetype",),
+    "occ": (),
     "pcre": (),
     "pcre2": (),
     "json": (),
     "hdf5": (),
     "cgal": (),
     "eigen": (),
-    "freetype": (),
     "rocksdb": ("zstd",),
     "zstd": (),
     # 'usd': ('boost', 'oneTBB')
@@ -951,17 +950,6 @@ if "swig" in targets:
         revision=f"v{SWIG_VERSION}",
     )
 
-if "freetype" in targets:
-    build_dependency(
-        name=f"freetype",
-        mode="cmake",
-        build_tool_args=[f"-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={DEPS_DIR}/install/freetype"],
-        download_url="https://github.com/freetype/freetype",
-        download_name="freetype2",
-        download_tool=download_tool_git,
-        revision="VER-2-14-0",
-    )
-
 if USE_OCCT and "occ" in targets:
     patches = []
     if OCCT_VERSION < "7.4":
@@ -996,7 +984,6 @@ if USE_OCCT and "occ" in targets:
             f"-DUSE_FREETYPE=OFF",
             f"-DUSE_OPENGL=OFF",
             f"-DUSE_GLES2=OFF",
-            f"-D3RDPARTY_FREETYPE_DIR={DEPS_DIR}/install/freetype",
             f"-DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5",
             *MAC_CROSS_COMPILE_INTEL_ARGS,
         ],
diff --git a/win/build-deps.cmd b/win/build-deps.cmd
index b8e42d14d3..ac523774b5 100644
--- a/win/build-deps.cmd
+++ b/win/build-deps.cmd
@@ -488,25 +488,6 @@ echo OCC_INSTALL_DIR=%DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR%>>"%~dp0\%BUILD_DEPS_CACHE_PATH%"
 call :CheckInstallation
 if %ERRORLEVEL%==200 GOTO %NEXT_DEPENDENCY_LABEL%
 
-:: OCCT has many dependencies but FreeType is the only mandatory
-set DEPENDENCY_NAME=FreeType
-set DEPENDENCY_DIR=%DEPS_DIR%\freetype-2.7.1
-set FREETYPE_ZIP=VER-2-7-1.zip
-cd "%DEPS_DIR%"
-call :DownloadFile https://github.com/freetype/freetype/archive/refs/tags/%FREETYPE_ZIP% "%DEPS_DIR%" %FREETYPE_ZIP%
-if not %ERRORLEVEL%==0 goto :Error
-call :ExtractArchive %FREETYPE_ZIP% "%DEPS_DIR%" "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%"
-if not %ERRORLEVEL%==0 goto :Error
-if exist "%DEPS_DIR%\freetype-VER-2-7-1" ren "%DEPS_DIR%\freetype-VER-2-7-1" "freetype-2.7.1"
-cd "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%"
-:: NOTE FreeType is built as a static library by default
-call :RunCMake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%INSTALL_DIR%\freetype"
-if not %ERRORLEVEL%==0 goto :Error
-call :BuildCMakeProject "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%\%BUILD_DIR%" %BUILD_CFG%
-if not %ERRORLEVEL%==0 goto :Error
-call :InstallCMakeProject "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%\%BUILD_DIR%" %BUILD_CFG%
-if not %ERRORLEVEL%==0 goto :Error
-
 set DEPENDENCY_NAME=Open CASCADE %OCCT_VERSION%
 set DEPENDENCY_DIR=%DEPS_DIR%\occt_git
 set DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_NAME=%OCCT_DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_NAME%
@@ -529,7 +510,7 @@ cd "%DEPENDENCY_DIR%"
 :: Temporarily explicitly set `CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX` to empty to override it's perviously being set to `d`.
 :: OCCT don't need it, since it's layout is separating debug and release build by different folders.
 call :RunCMake -DINSTALL_DIR="%DEPENDENCY_INSTALL_DIR%" -DBUILD_LIBRARY_TYPE="Static" -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX="" ^
-    -DBUILD_MODULE_Draw=0 -D3RDPARTY_FREETYPE_DIR="%INSTALL_DIR%\freetype" ^
+    -DBUILD_MODULE_Draw=0 -DUSE_FREETYPE=OFF ^
     -DBUILD_USE_PCH=ON
 if not %ERRORLEVEL%==0 goto :Error