diff --git a/core/includes/theme.inc b/core/includes/theme.inc
index c276c570ac106dff1b6782d981b04281516ceb24..6cee15a5ce71a980c28e0f77ffacf0ac141f6f86 100644
--- a/core/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/core/includes/theme.inc
@@ -2626,13 +2626,6 @@ function template_preprocess_html(&$variables) {
         'content' => 'width=device-width',
       ),
     ),
-    'cleartype' => array(
-      '#tag' => 'meta',
-      '#attributes' => array(
-        'http-equiv' => 'cleartype',
-        'content' => 'on',
-      ),
-    ),
   );
   foreach ($elements as $name => $element) {
     drupal_add_html_head($element, $name);
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/System/DefaultMobileMetaTagsTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/System/DefaultMobileMetaTagsTest.php
index 6031a5d45703c76d43f9e9321d52cd54dcc22c72..e5a3b985b9e796a1a376046c8e9550889d69666b 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/System/DefaultMobileMetaTagsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/System/DefaultMobileMetaTagsTest.php
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ function setUp() {
       'MobileOptimized' => '<meta name="MobileOptimized" content="width" />',
       'HandheldFriendly' => '<meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="true" />',
       'viewport' => '<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />',
-      'cleartype' => '<meta http-equiv="cleartype" content="on" />'
     );
   }