diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_osx.m b/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_osx.m
index 61de6a3f47..62aedabc32 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_osx.m
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_osx.m
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
 
 	openLog();
 	pid_t procId = 0;
-	BOOL update = YES, toSettings = NO, autoStart = NO, startInTray = NO, freeType = NO;
+	BOOL update = YES, toSettings = NO, autoStart = NO, startInTray = NO;
 	BOOL customWorkingDir = NO;
 	NSString *key = nil;
 	for (int i = 0; i < argc; ++i) {
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
 			_debug = YES;
 		} else if ([@"-startintray" isEqualToString:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:argv[i]]]) {
 			startInTray = YES;
-		} else if ([@"-freetype" isEqualToString:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:argv[i]]]) {
-			freeType = YES;
 		} else if ([@"-workdir_custom" isEqualToString:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:argv[i]]]) {
 			customWorkingDir = YES;
 		} else if ([@"-key" isEqualToString:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:argv[i]]]) {
@@ -254,7 +252,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
 	if (toSettings) [args addObject:@"-tosettings"];
 	if (_debug) [args addObject:@"-debug"];
 	if (startInTray) [args addObject:@"-startintray"];
-	if (freeType) [args addObject:@"-freetype"];
 	if (autoStart) [args addObject:@"-autostart"];
 	if (key) {
 		[args addObject:@"-key"];
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_win.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_win.cpp
index 4a11657eaa..1873815ce8 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_win.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/_other/updater_win.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prevInstance, LPWSTR cmdPara
 	LPWSTR *args;
 	int argsCount;
 
-	bool needupdate = false, autostart = false, debug = false, writeprotected = false, startintray = false, freetype = false;
+	bool needupdate = false, autostart = false, debug = false, writeprotected = false, startintray = false;
 	args = CommandLineToArgvW(GetCommandLine(), &argsCount);
 	if (args) {
 		for (int i = 1; i < argsCount; ++i) {
@@ -357,8 +357,6 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prevInstance, LPWSTR cmdPara
 				openLog();
 			} else if (equal(args[i], L"-startintray")) {
 				startintray = true;
-			} else if (equal(args[i], L"-freetype")) {
-				freetype = true;
 			} else if (equal(args[i], L"-writeprotected") && ++i < argsCount) {
 				writeLog(std::wstring(L"Argument: ") + args[i]);
 				writeprotected = true;
@@ -428,7 +426,6 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain(HINSTANCE instance, HINSTANCE prevInstance, LPWSTR cmdPara
 	if (autostart) targs += L" -autostart";
 	if (debug) targs += L" -debug";
 	if (startintray) targs += L" -startintray";
-	if (freetype) targs += L" -freetype";
 	if (!customWorkingDir.empty()) {
 		targs += L" -workdir \"" + customWorkingDir + L"\"";
 	}
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.cpp
index f5c2951042..fb00ef4a09 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.cpp
@@ -910,21 +910,6 @@ void Application::switchDebugMode() {
 	}
 }
 
-void Application::switchFreeType() {
-	if (cUseFreeType()) {
-		QFile(cWorkingDir() + u"tdata/withfreetype"_q).remove();
-		cSetUseFreeType(false);
-	} else {
-		QFile f(cWorkingDir() + u"tdata/withfreetype"_q);
-		if (f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) {
-			f.write("1");
-			f.close();
-		}
-		cSetUseFreeType(true);
-	}
-	Restart();
-}
-
 void Application::writeInstallBetaVersionsSetting() {
 	_launcher->writeInstallBetaVersionsSetting();
 }
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.h b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.h
index cc6bcc143a..a698093754 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.h
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/application.h
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ public:
 	[[nodiscard]] rpl::producer<bool> appDeactivatedValue() const;
 
 	void switchDebugMode();
-	void switchFreeType();
 	void writeInstallBetaVersionsSetting();
 
 	void preventOrInvoke(Fn<void()> &&callback);
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp
index 3a3688f357..c27eccbec2 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ namespace {
 
 uint64 InstallationTag = 0;
 
+base::options::toggle OptionFreeType({
+	.id = kOptionFreeType,
+	.name = "FreeType font engine",
+	.description = "Use the font engine from Linux instead of the system one.",
+	.scope = base::options::windows | base::options::macos,
+	.restartRequired = true,
+});
+
 class FilteredCommandLineArguments {
 public:
 	FilteredCommandLineArguments(int argc, char **argv);
@@ -53,7 +61,7 @@ FilteredCommandLineArguments::FilteredCommandLineArguments(
 	}
 
 #if defined Q_OS_WIN || defined Q_OS_MAC
-	if (cUseFreeType()) {
+	if (OptionFreeType.value()) {
 		pushArgument("-platform");
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 		pushArgument("windows:fontengine=freetype");
@@ -129,12 +137,6 @@ void ComputeExternalUpdater() {
 	}
 }
 
-void ComputeFreeType() {
-	if (QFile::exists(cWorkingDir() + u"tdata/withfreetype"_q)) {
-		cSetUseFreeType(true);
-	}
-}
-
 QString InstallBetaVersionsSettingPath() {
 	return cWorkingDir() + u"tdata/devversion"_q;
 }
@@ -284,6 +286,7 @@ base::options::toggle OptionFractionalScalingEnabled({
 } // namespace
 
 const char kOptionFractionalScalingEnabled[] = "fractional-scaling-enabled";
+const char kOptionFreeType[] = "freetype";
 
 std::unique_ptr<Launcher> Launcher::Create(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	return std::make_unique<Platform::Launcher>(argc, argv);
@@ -398,7 +401,6 @@ void Launcher::workingFolderReady() {
 
 	ComputeDebugMode();
 	ComputeExternalUpdater();
-	ComputeFreeType();
 	ComputeInstallBetaVersions();
 	ComputeInstallationTag();
 }
@@ -497,7 +499,6 @@ void Launcher::processArguments() {
 	};
 	auto parseMap = std::map<QByteArray, KeyFormat> {
 		{ "-debug"          , KeyFormat::NoValues },
-		{ "-freetype"       , KeyFormat::NoValues },
 		{ "-key"            , KeyFormat::OneValue },
 		{ "-autostart"      , KeyFormat::NoValues },
 		{ "-fixprevious"    , KeyFormat::NoValues },
@@ -534,7 +535,6 @@ void Launcher::processArguments() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	gUseFreeType = parseResult.contains("-freetype");
 	gDebugMode = parseResult.contains("-debug");
 	gKeyFile = parseResult.value("-key", {}).join(QString()).toLower();
 	gKeyFile = gKeyFile.replace(QRegularExpression("[^a-z0-9\\-_]"), {});
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.h b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.h
index 06e135630d..0472189513 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.h
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/core/launcher.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/master/LEGAL
 namespace Core {
 
 extern const char kOptionFractionalScalingEnabled[];
+extern const char kOptionFreeType[];
 
 class Launcher {
 public:
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/launcher_mac.mm b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/launcher_mac.mm
index f16420eee7..8fecc6bfc5 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/launcher_mac.mm
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/mac/launcher_mac.mm
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ bool Launcher::launchUpdater(UpdaterLaunch action) {
 		if (cLaunchMode() == LaunchModeAutoStart) [args addObject:@"-autostart"];
 		if (Logs::DebugEnabled()) [args addObject:@"-debug"];
 		if (cStartInTray()) [args addObject:@"-startintray"];
-		if (cUseFreeType()) [args addObject:@"-freetype"];
 		if (cDataFile() != u"data"_q) {
 			[args addObject:@"-key"];
 			[args addObject:Q2NSString(cDataFile())];
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/win/launcher_win.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/win/launcher_win.cpp
index e105c8932b..5b19892bfe 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/win/launcher_win.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/platform/win/launcher_win.cpp
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ bool Launcher::launchUpdater(UpdaterLaunch action) {
 	if (cStartInTray()) {
 		pushArgument(u"-startintray"_q);
 	}
-	if (cUseFreeType()) {
-		pushArgument(u"-freetype"_q);
-	}
 	if (customWorkingDir()) {
 		pushArgument(u"-workdir"_q);
 		pushArgument('"' + cWorkingDir() + '"');
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings.cpp
index 8dee2d7255..c4b11a7262 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ bool gStartInTray = false;
 bool gAutoStart = false;
 bool gSendToMenu = false;
 bool gUseExternalVideoPlayer = false;
-bool gUseFreeType = false;
 bool gAutoUpdate = true;
 LaunchMode gLaunchMode = LaunchModeNormal;
 bool gSeenTrayTooltip = false;
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings.h b/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings.h
index bca8a1248f..28ca676e4b 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings.h
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ DeclareSetting(bool, StartMinimized);
 DeclareSetting(bool, StartInTray);
 DeclareSetting(bool, SendToMenu);
 DeclareSetting(bool, UseExternalVideoPlayer);
-DeclareSetting(bool, UseFreeType);
 enum LaunchMode {
 	LaunchModeNormal = 0,
 	LaunchModeAutoStart,
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings/settings_codes.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings/settings_codes.cpp
index 62fba5c96b..d1333b2bcc 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings/settings_codes.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings/settings_codes.cpp
@@ -180,22 +180,6 @@ auto GenerateCodes() {
 		Ui::Toast::Show("Forced custom scheme register.");
 	});
 
-#if defined Q_OS_WIN || defined Q_OS_MAC
-	codes.emplace(u"freetype"_q, [](SessionController *window) {
-		auto text = cUseFreeType()
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-			? u"Switch font engine to GDI?"_q
-#else // Q_OS_WIN
-			? u"Switch font engine to Cocoa?"_q
-#endif // !Q_OS_WIN
-			: u"Switch font engine to FreeType?"_q;
-
-		Ui::show(Ui::MakeConfirmBox({ text, [] {
-			Core::App().switchFreeType();
-		} }));
-	});
-#endif // Q_OS_WIN || Q_OS_MAC
-
 	auto audioFilters = u"Audio files (*.wav *.mp3);;"_q + FileDialog::AllFilesFilter();
 	auto audioKeys = {
 		u"msg_incoming"_q,
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings/settings_experimental.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings/settings_experimental.cpp
index 8359cf2331..e0266e7a3a 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings/settings_experimental.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/settings/settings_experimental.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ void SetupExperimental(
 	addToggle(Webview::kOptionWebviewDebugEnabled);
 	addToggle(kOptionAutoScrollInactiveChat);
 	addToggle(Window::Notifications::kOptionGNotification);
+	addToggle(Core::kOptionFreeType);
 }
 
 } // namespace