diff --git a/docs/harfbuzz-sections.txt b/docs/harfbuzz-sections.txt
index 5bdc968b9..536cf154f 100644
--- a/docs/harfbuzz-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/harfbuzz-sections.txt
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ hb_font_get_glyph_v_kerning
 hb_font_get_glyph_v_kerning_func_t
 HB_AAT_LAYOUT_FEATURE_TYPE_CURISVE_CONNECTION
 hb_directwrite_face_get_font_face
+hb_directwrite_font_get_dw_font
 hb_ft_font_get_face
 hb_graphite2_font_get_gr_font
 </SECTION>
@@ -367,7 +368,6 @@ hb_directwrite_face_create_from_file_or_fail
 hb_directwrite_face_create_from_blob_or_fail
 hb_directwrite_face_get_dw_font_face
 hb_directwrite_font_create
-hb_directwrite_font_get_dw_font
 hb_directwrite_font_set_funcs
 </SECTION>
 
diff --git a/src/hb-directwrite.cc b/src/hb-directwrite.cc
index 1dc3a5844..e10a4125d 100644
--- a/src/hb-directwrite.cc
+++ b/src/hb-directwrite.cc
@@ -390,16 +390,17 @@ done:
 * hb_directwrite_font_get_dw_font:
 * @font: a #hb_font_t object
 *
-* Gets the DirectWrite IDWriteFont associated with @font.
+* Deprecated.
 *
-* Return value: DirectWrite IDWriteFont object corresponding to the given input
+* Return value: Returns `NULL`.
 *
 * Since: 10.3.0
+* XDeprecated: REPLACEME:
 **/
 IDWriteFont *
 hb_directwrite_font_get_dw_font (hb_font_t *font)
 {
-  return (IDWriteFont *) (const void *) font->data.directwrite;
+  return nullptr;
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/hb-directwrite.h b/src/hb-directwrite.h
index 8b3c0d703..8eaadc50b 100644
--- a/src/hb-directwrite.h
+++ b/src/hb-directwrite.h
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ hb_directwrite_face_get_dw_font_face (hb_face_t *face);
 HB_EXTERN hb_font_t *
 hb_directwrite_font_create (IDWriteFont *dw_font);
 
-HB_EXTERN IDWriteFont *
-hb_directwrite_font_get_dw_font (hb_font_t *font);
-
 HB_EXTERN void
 hb_directwrite_font_set_funcs (hb_font_t *font);
 
@@ -60,6 +57,10 @@ HB_DEPRECATED_FOR (hb_directwrite_face_get_dw_font_face)
 HB_EXTERN IDWriteFontFace *
 hb_directwrite_face_get_font_face (hb_face_t *face);
 
+HB_DEPRECATED
+HB_EXTERN IDWriteFont *
+hb_directwrite_font_get_dw_font (hb_font_t *font);
+
 #endif
 
 HB_END_DECLS