diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/languages/fpsstrings.de.po b/components/fpspreadsheet/languages/fpsstrings.de.po
index df6f5d2a8..c2a9de98c 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/languages/fpsstrings.de.po
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/languages/fpsstrings.de.po
@@ -447,3 +447,4 @@ msgstr "Die Datei kann nicht geschrieben werden, weil der Name des Arbeitsblatte
 #: fpsstrings.rsyellow
 msgid "yellow"
 msgstr "gelb"
+
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpspreadsheet.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpspreadsheet.pas
index 98d4140e6..f680d3f29 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpspreadsheet.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/source/common/fpspreadsheet.pas
@@ -6243,8 +6243,7 @@ begin
   if ACell = nil then
     exit;
 
-  if (AFontIndex < 0) or (AFontIndex >= Workbook.GetFontCount) or (AFontIndex = 4) then
-    // note: Font index 4 is not defined in BIFF
+  if (AFontIndex < 0) or (AFontIndex >= Workbook.GetFontCount) then
     raise EFPSpreadsheet.Create(rsInvalidFontIndex);
 
   fmt := Workbook.GetCellFormat(ACell^.FormatIndex);