diff --git a/bench/FontScalerBench.cpp b/bench/FontScalerBench.cpp
index 6ef070334..a14723c0f 100644
--- a/bench/FontScalerBench.cpp
+++ b/bench/FontScalerBench.cpp
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 #include "SkRandom.h"
 #include "SkString.h"
 
-extern bool gSkSuppressFontCachePurgeSpew;
-
 class FontScalerBench : public SkBenchmark {
     SkString fName;
     SkString fText;
@@ -32,9 +30,6 @@ protected:
         this->setupPaint(&paint);
         paint.setLCDRenderText(fDoLCD);
 
-        bool prev = gSkSuppressFontCachePurgeSpew;
-        gSkSuppressFontCachePurgeSpew = true;
-
         for (int i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
             // this is critical - we want to time the creation process, so we
             // explicitly flush our cache before each run
@@ -46,8 +41,6 @@ protected:
                         0, SkIntToScalar(20), paint);
             }
         }
-
-        gSkSuppressFontCachePurgeSpew = prev;
     }
 private:
     typedef SkBenchmark INHERITED;
diff --git a/gm/gmmain.cpp b/gm/gmmain.cpp
index 4f0fe86e3..1540960d8 100644
--- a/gm/gmmain.cpp
+++ b/gm/gmmain.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ typedef int GLContextType;
 
 #define DEBUGFAIL_SEE_STDERR SkDEBUGFAIL("see stderr for message")
 
-extern bool gSkSuppressFontCachePurgeSpew;
 DECLARE_bool(useDocumentInsteadOfDevice);
 
 #ifdef SK_SUPPORT_PDF
@@ -2238,8 +2237,6 @@ int tool_main(int argc, char** argv) {
 #endif
 
     SkGraphics::Init();
-    // we don't need to see this during a run
-    gSkSuppressFontCachePurgeSpew = true;
 
     setSystemPreferences();
     GMMain gmmain;
diff --git a/src/core/SkGlyphCache.cpp b/src/core/SkGlyphCache.cpp
index cb7c1b0af..699801d2d 100755
--- a/src/core/SkGlyphCache.cpp
+++ b/src/core/SkGlyphCache.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 //#define SPEW_PURGE_STATUS
 //#define RECORD_HASH_EFFICIENCY
 
-bool gSkSuppressFontCachePurgeSpew;
-
 static void create_globals(SkGlyphCache_Globals** globals) {
     *globals = SkNEW_ARGS(SkGlyphCache_Globals, (SkGlyphCache_Globals::kYes_UseMutex));
 }
@@ -645,7 +643,7 @@ size_t SkGlyphCache_Globals::internalPurge(size_t minBytesNeeded) {
     this->validate();
 
 #ifdef SPEW_PURGE_STATUS
-    if (countFreed && !gSkSuppressFontCachePurgeSpew) {
+    if (countFreed) {
         SkDebugf("purging %dK from font cache [%d entries]\n",
                  (int)(bytesFreed >> 10), countFreed);
     }