diff --git a/src/console_cmds.cpp b/src/console_cmds.cpp
index f2e410492c..d7091ada19 100644
--- a/src/console_cmds.cpp
+++ b/src/console_cmds.cpp
@@ -2280,7 +2280,7 @@ DEF_CONSOLE_CMD(ConFont)
 		FontCacheSubSetting *setting = GetFontCacheSubSetting(fs);
 		/* Make sure all non sprite fonts are loaded. */
 		if (!setting->font.empty() && !fc->HasParent()) {
-			InitFontCache(fs == FS_MONO);
+			InitFontCache();
 			fc = FontCache::Get(fs);
 		}
 		IConsolePrint(CC_DEFAULT, "{} font:", FontSizeToName(fs));
diff --git a/src/fontcache.cpp b/src/fontcache.cpp
index 039010dbb0..46bcb9769c 100644
--- a/src/fontcache.cpp
+++ b/src/fontcache.cpp
@@ -160,19 +160,7 @@ void SetFont(FontSize font_size, const std::string &font, uint size)
 
 	if (!changed) return;
 
-	if (font_size != FS_MONO) {
-		/* Try to reload only the modified font. */
-		FontCacheSettings backup = _fcsettings;
-		for (FontSize fs = FS_BEGIN; fs < FS_END; fs++) {
-			if (fs == font_size) continue;
-			FontCache *fc = FontCache::Get(fs);
-			GetFontCacheSubSetting(fs)->font = fc->HasParent() ? fc->GetFontName() : "";
-		}
-		CheckForMissingGlyphs();
-		_fcsettings = backup;
-	} else {
-		InitFontCache(true);
-	}
+	CheckForMissingGlyphs();
 
 	LoadStringWidthTable();
 	UpdateAllVirtCoords();
@@ -247,20 +235,20 @@ std::string GetFontCacheFontName(FontSize fs)
 
 /**
  * (Re)initialize the font cache related things, i.e. load the non-sprite fonts.
- * @param monospace Whether to initialise the monospace or regular fonts.
  */
-void InitFontCache(bool monospace)
+void InitFontCache()
 {
 	FontCache::InitializeFontCaches();
 
 	for (FontSize fs = FS_BEGIN; fs < FS_END; fs++) {
-		if (monospace != (fs == FS_MONO)) continue;
 
 		FontCache *fc = FontCache::Get(fs);
-		if (fc->HasParent()) delete fc;
+
+		if (fc->HasParent()) {
+			delete fc;
+		}
 
 		LoadFontHelper(fs);
-
 	}
 
 	DebugPrintFontSettings("End of initFontCache()");
diff --git a/src/fontcache.h b/src/fontcache.h
index c02fa0a66a..1050420ee4 100644
--- a/src/fontcache.h
+++ b/src/fontcache.h
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ std::string GetFontCacheFontName(FontSize fs);
 
 void DebugPrintFontSettings(const std::string &desc);
 bool GetFontAAState();
-void InitFontCache(bool monospace);
+void InitFontCache();
 void SetFont(FontSize fontsize, const std::string &font, uint size);
 void UninitFontCache();
 
diff --git a/src/openttd.cpp b/src/openttd.cpp
index 25082be2c5..e50997e3f5 100644
--- a/src/openttd.cpp
+++ b/src/openttd.cpp
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ int openttd_main(std::span<char * const> arguments)
 	InitializeLanguagePacks();
 
 	/* Initialize the font cache */
-	InitFontCache(false);
+	InitFontCache();
 
 	/* This must be done early, since functions use the SetWindowDirty* calls */
 	InitWindowSystem();
diff --git a/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp b/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp
index 6ab1d99823..3f7d13928d 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/os/unix/font_unix.cpp
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ bool SetFallbackFont(FontCacheSettings *settings, const std::string &language_is
 		if (best_font != nullptr) {
 			ret = true;
 			callback->SetFontNames(settings, best_font, &best_index);
-			InitFontCache(callback->Monospace());
+			InitFontCache();
 		}
 
 		/* Clean up the list of filenames. */
diff --git a/src/settings_gui.cpp b/src/settings_gui.cpp
index fb5c08ec86..698835354c 100644
--- a/src/settings_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/settings_gui.cpp
@@ -767,9 +767,9 @@ struct GameOptionsWindow : Window {
 				this->SetWidgetDisabledState(WID_GO_GUI_FONT_AA, _fcsettings.prefer_sprite);
 				this->SetDirty();
 
-				InitFontCache(false);
-				InitFontCache(true);
 				ClearFontCache();
+				InitFontCache();
+
 				CheckForMissingGlyphs();
 				SetupWidgetDimensions();
 				UpdateAllVirtCoords();
diff --git a/src/strings.cpp b/src/strings.cpp
index ac959f7ddd..061422bc60 100644
--- a/src/strings.cpp
+++ b/src/strings.cpp
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ const char *GetCurrentLanguageIsoCode()
  */
 bool MissingGlyphSearcher::FindMissingGlyphs()
 {
-	InitFontCache(this->Monospace());
+	InitFontCache();
 
 	this->Reset();
 	for (auto text = this->NextString(); text.has_value(); text = this->NextString()) {
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ void CheckForMissingGlyphs(bool base_font, MissingGlyphSearcher *searcher)
 			/* Our fallback font does miss characters too, so keep the
 			 * user chosen font as that is more likely to be any good than
 			 * the wild guess we made */
-			InitFontCache(searcher->Monospace());
+			InitFontCache();
 		}
 	}
 #endif