2 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 4ddde1be717..08c6927052c 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -4243,7 +4243,7 @@ face_at_pos (const struct it *it, enum lface_attribute_index attr_filter)
              the display string do.  This sounds like a design bug,
              but Emacs always did that since v21.1, so changing that
              might be a big deal.  */
-          base_face_id = it->string_from_display_prop_p
+          base_face_id = it->string_from_prefix_prop_p
             ? (!NILP (Vface_remapping_alist)
                ? lookup_basic_face (it->w, it->f, DEFAULT_FACE_ID)
                : DEFAULT_FACE_ID)
diff --git a/src/xfaces.c b/src/xfaces.c
index 26fd3631f90..c5515e71512 100644
--- a/src/xfaces.c
+++ b/src/xfaces.c
@@ -6446,10 +6446,6 @@ face_at_string_position (struct window *w, Lisp_Object string,
 
   /* Begin with attributes from the base face.  */
   memcpy (attrs, base_face->lface, sizeof attrs);
-  /* Reset the attribute of the base face used as the filter, because
-     otherwise there's no way for faces to be merged to countermand that.  */
-  if (EQ (attrs[attr_filter], Qt))
-    attrs[attr_filter] = Qnil;
 
   /* Merge in attributes specified via text properties.  */
   if (!NILP (prop))