diff --git a/CMakeModules/DuckStationDependencies.cmake b/CMakeModules/DuckStationDependencies.cmake
index 8948360d4..dab95401c 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/DuckStationDependencies.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/DuckStationDependencies.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ find_package(WebP REQUIRED) # v1.3.2, spews an error on Linux because no pkg-con
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED) # 1.3, but Mac currently doesn't use it.
 find_package(PNG 1.6.40 REQUIRED)
 find_package(JPEG REQUIRED) # No version because flatpak uses libjpeg-turbo.
-find_package(Freetype 2.13.1 REQUIRED)
+find_package(Freetype 2.11.1 REQUIRED)
 
 if(NOT WIN32)
   find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
diff --git a/scripts/build-dependencies-linux.sh b/scripts/build-dependencies-linux.sh
index 9d6972c21..3c04b86f9 100755
--- a/scripts/build-dependencies-linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-dependencies-linux.sh
@@ -11,15 +11,12 @@ INSTALLDIR="$1"
 SCRIPTDIR=$(realpath $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"))
 NPROCS="$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)"
 
-FREETYPE=2.13.2
-HARFBUZZ=8.3.1
 LIBBACKTRACE=ad106d5fdd5d960bd33fae1c48a351af567fd075
 LIBJPEG=9f
 LIBPNG=1.6.43
 LIBWEBP=1.3.2
 SDL=SDL2-2.30.2
 QT=6.7.0
-ZLIB=1.3.1
 ZSTD=1.5.5
 
 SHADERC=2024.0
@@ -32,14 +29,11 @@ mkdir -p deps-build
 cd deps-build
 
 cat > SHASUMS <<EOF
-12991c4e55c506dd7f9b765933e62fd2be2e06d421505d7950a132e4f1bb484d  freetype-$FREETYPE.tar.xz
-19a54fe9596f7a47c502549fce8e8a10978c697203774008cc173f8360b19a9a  harfbuzz-$HARFBUZZ.tar.gz
 fd6f417fe9e3a071cf1424a5152d926a34c4a3c5070745470be6cf12a404ed79  $LIBBACKTRACE.zip
 04705c110cb2469caa79fb71fba3d7bf834914706e9641a4589485c1f832565b  jpegsrc.v$LIBJPEG.tar.gz
 6a5ca0652392a2d7c9db2ae5b40210843c0bbc081cbd410825ab00cc59f14a6c  libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz
 2a499607df669e40258e53d0ade8035ba4ec0175244869d1025d460562aa09b4  libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz
 891d66ac8cae51361d3229e3336ebec1c407a8a2a063b61df14f5fdf3ab5ac31  $SDL.tar.gz
-9a93b2b7dfdac77ceba5a558a580e74667dd6fede4585b91eefb60f03b72df23  zlib-$ZLIB.tar.gz
 9c4396cc829cfae319a6e2615202e82aad41372073482fce286fac78646d3ee4  zstd-$ZSTD.tar.gz
 11b2e29e2e52fb0e3b453ea13bbe51a10fdff36e1c192d8868c5a40233b8b254  qtbase-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
 516ce07ec8dd5a11c59816fe33ddb71d4f691d0ebbc1798ac338f23b86c029a7  qtimageformats-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz
@@ -55,14 +49,11 @@ eb11e1b3715b2211442b7e5933a1135885b664cc10530a1a022355fe9e1bb4ac  SPIRV-Cross-$S
 EOF
 
 curl -C - -L \
-	-O "https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-$FREETYPE.tar.xz" \
-	-o "harfbuzz-$HARFBUZZ.tar.gz" "https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/archive/refs/tags/$HARFBUZZ.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://github.com/ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace/archive/$LIBBACKTRACE.zip" \
 	-O "https://ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v$LIBJPEG.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng16/$LIBPNG/libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz" \
 	-O "https://storage.googleapis.com/downloads.webmproject.org/releases/webp/libwebp-$LIBWEBP.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://libsdl.org/release/$SDL.tar.gz" \
-	-O "http://zlib.net/zlib-$ZLIB.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v$ZSTD/zstd-$ZSTD.tar.gz" \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qtbase-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
 	-O "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/${QT%.*}/$QT/submodules/qtimageformats-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz" \
@@ -87,15 +78,6 @@ make
 make install
 cd ..
 
-echo "Building Zlib..."
-rm -fr "zlib-$ZLIB"
-tar xf "zlib-$ZLIB.tar.gz"
-cd "zlib-$ZLIB"
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$INSTALLDIR" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLDIR" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DZLIB_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -B build -G Ninja
-cmake --build build --parallel
-ninja -C build install
-cd ..
-
 echo "Building libpng..."
 rm -fr "libpng-$LIBPNG"
 tar xf "libpng-$LIBPNG.tar.xz"
@@ -116,33 +98,6 @@ make "-j$NPROCS"
 make install
 cd ../..
 
-echo "Building FreeType without HarfBuzz..."
-rm -fr "freetype-$FREETYPE"
-tar xf "freetype-$FREETYPE.tar.xz"
-cd "freetype-$FREETYPE"
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$INSTALLDIR" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLDIR" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DFT_REQUIRE_ZLIB=ON -DFT_REQUIRE_PNG=ON -DFT_DISABLE_BZIP2=TRUE -DFT_DISABLE_BROTLI=TRUE -DFT_DISABLE_HARFBUZZ=TRUE -B build -G Ninja
-cmake --build build --parallel
-ninja -C build install
-cd ..
-
-echo "Building HarfBuzz..."
-rm -fr "harfbuzz-$HARFBUZZ"
-tar xf "harfbuzz-$HARFBUZZ.tar.gz"
-cd "harfbuzz-$HARFBUZZ"
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$INSTALLDIR" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLDIR" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DHB_BUILD_UTILS=OFF -B build -G Ninja
-cmake --build build --parallel
-ninja -C build install
-cd ..
-
-echo "Building FreeType with HarfBuzz..."
-rm -fr "freetype-$FREETYPE"
-tar xf "freetype-$FREETYPE.tar.xz"
-cd "freetype-$FREETYPE"
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$INSTALLDIR" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLDIR" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DFT_REQUIRE_ZLIB=ON -DFT_REQUIRE_PNG=ON -DFT_DISABLE_BZIP2=TRUE -DFT_DISABLE_BROTLI=TRUE -DFT_REQUIRE_HARFBUZZ=TRUE -B build -G Ninja
-cmake --build build --parallel
-ninja -C build install
-cd ..
-
 echo "Building Zstandard..."
 rm -fr "zstd-$ZSTD"
 tar xf "zstd-$ZSTD.tar.gz"
@@ -183,7 +138,7 @@ tar xf "qtbase-everywhere-src-$QT.tar.xz"
 cd "qtbase-everywhere-src-$QT"
 mkdir build
 cd build
-../configure -prefix "$INSTALLDIR" -release -dbus-linked -gui -widgets -fontconfig -qt-doubleconversion -ssl -openssl-runtime -opengl desktop -qpa xcb,wayland -xkbcommon -- -DFEATURE_dbus=ON -DFEATURE_icu=OFF -DFEATURE_printsupport=OFF -DFEATURE_sql=OFF -DFEATURE_system_png=ON -DFEATURE_system_jpeg=ON -DFEATURE_system_zlib=ON -DFEATURE_system_freetype=ON -DFEATURE_system_harfbuzz=ON
+../configure -prefix "$INSTALLDIR" -release -dbus-linked -gui -widgets -fontconfig -qt-doubleconversion -ssl -openssl-runtime -opengl desktop -qpa xcb,wayland -xkbcommon -xcb -gtk -- -DFEATURE_dbus=ON -DFEATURE_icu=OFF -DFEATURE_printsupport=OFF -DFEATURE_sql=OFF -DFEATURE_system_png=ON -DFEATURE_system_jpeg=ON -DFEATURE_system_zlib=ON -DFEATURE_system_freetype=ON -DFEATURE_system_harfbuzz=ON
 cmake --build . --parallel
 ninja install
 cd ../../