diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d1d746503..9bcf0eef0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2016-06-18  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
+
+	[smooth] Remove `band_shoot' that never worked.
+
+	* src/smooth/ftgrays.c (gray_TWorker): Remove `band_shoot'.
+	(gray_convert_glyph): Updated.
+
 2016-06-17  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
 
 	[raster, smooth] Handle FT_RENDER_POOL_SIZE better.
diff --git a/src/smooth/ftgrays.c b/src/smooth/ftgrays.c
index fa28d8965..a78a12240 100644
--- a/src/smooth/ftgrays.c
+++ b/src/smooth/ftgrays.c
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ typedef ptrdiff_t  FT_PtrDist;
     int                  span_y;
 
     int  band_size;
-    int  band_shoot;
 
     void*       buffer;
     long        buffer_size;
@@ -1920,8 +1919,6 @@ typedef ptrdiff_t  FT_PtrDist;
     if ( num_bands >= 39 )
       num_bands = 39;
 
-    ras.band_shoot = 0;
-
     min   = ras.min_ey;
     max_y = ras.max_ey;
 
@@ -2003,9 +2000,6 @@ typedef ptrdiff_t  FT_PtrDist;
           return 1;
         }
 
-        if ( bottom-top >= ras.band_size )
-          ras.band_shoot++;
-
         band[1].min = bottom;
         band[1].max = middle;
         band[0].min = middle;
@@ -2014,9 +2008,6 @@ typedef ptrdiff_t  FT_PtrDist;
       } while ( band >= bands );
     }
 
-    if ( ras.band_shoot > 8 && ras.band_size > 16 )
-      ras.band_size = ras.band_size / 2;
-
     return 0;
   }