diff --git a/src/hb-ot-cff-common.hh b/src/hb-ot-cff-common.hh
index 413c2ead8..486d889bb 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-cff-common.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-cff-common.hh
@@ -62,16 +62,6 @@ struct CFFIndex
   unsigned int offset_array_size () const
   { return offSize * (count + 1); }
 
-  CFFIndex *copy (hb_serialize_context_t *c) const
-  {
-    TRACE_SERIALIZE (this);
-    unsigned int size = get_size ();
-    CFFIndex *out = c->allocate_size<CFFIndex> (size, false);
-    if (likely (out))
-      hb_memcpy (out, this, size);
-    return_trace (out);
-  }
-
   template <typename Iterable,
 	    hb_requires (hb_is_iterable (Iterable))>
   bool serialize (hb_serialize_context_t *c,
diff --git a/src/hb-subset-cff1.cc b/src/hb-subset-cff1.cc
index 0a6078379..1310e9081 100644
--- a/src/hb-subset-cff1.cc
+++ b/src/hb-subset-cff1.cc
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static bool _serialize_cff1 (hb_serialize_context_t *c,
   cff->offSize = 4; /* unused? */
 
   /* name INDEX */
-  if (unlikely (!(*acc.nameIndex).copy (c))) return false;
+  if (unlikely (!c->embed (*acc.nameIndex))) return false;
 
   /* top dict INDEX */
   {