diff --git a/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf b/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
index 1f0778d..c755c5e 100644
--- a/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
+++ b/conf.d/30-metric-aliases.conf
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 3) Alias each generic to its specifics.
    e.g. Arial to Liberation Sans, Arimo, Albany, and Albany AMT
 
+NOTE: The (URW)++ fonts mappings of generics to specifics were removed, because
+      upstream now includes them in their release of (URW)++ Core Font Set here:
+      https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/urw-base35-fonts/tree/master/fontconfig
 -->
 
 <!-- Map specifics to generics -->
@@ -308,7 +311,6 @@
 	  </default>
 	</alias>
 
-
 	<!-- Microsoft -->
 	<alias binding="same">
 	  <family>Arimo</family>
@@ -460,7 +462,6 @@
 	  </default>
 	</alias>
 
-
 	<!-- Microsoft -->
 	<alias>
 	  <family>Arial</family>
@@ -490,8 +491,6 @@
 	  </default>
 	</alias>
 
-
-
 <!-- Map generics to specifics -->
 
 	<!-- PostScript -->
@@ -499,8 +498,6 @@
 	  <family>Helvetica</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Heros</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Sans</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Sans L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -508,7 +505,6 @@
 	  <family>Helvetica Narrow</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Heros Cn</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Sans Narrow</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -516,8 +512,6 @@
 	  <family>Times</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Termes</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Roman</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Roman No9 L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -525,9 +519,6 @@
 	  <family>Courier</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Cursor</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Mono PS</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Mono</family>
-	  <family>Nimbus Mono L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -535,8 +526,6 @@
 	  <family>ITC Avant Garde Gothic</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Adventor</family>
-	  <family>URW Gothic</family>
-	  <family>URW Gothic L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -545,9 +534,6 @@
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>Bookman Old Style</family>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Bonum</family>
-	  <family>URW Bookman</family>
-	  <family>Bookman URW</family>
-	  <family>URW Bookman L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -555,9 +541,6 @@
 	  <family>ITC Zapf Chancery</family>
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Chorus</family>
-	  <family>Z003</family>
-	  <family>Chancery URW</family>
-	  <family>URW Chancery L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -566,9 +549,6 @@
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>Palatino Linotype</family>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Pagella</family>
-	  <family>P052</family>
-	  <family>Palladio URW</family>
-	  <family>URW Palladio L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
@@ -577,9 +557,6 @@
 	  <accept>
 	  <family>Century Schoolbook</family>
 	  <family>TeX Gyre Schola</family>
-	  <family>C059</family>
-	  <family>Century SchoolBook URW</family>
-	  <family>Century Schoolbook L</family>
 	  </accept>
 	</alias>
 
diff --git a/conf.d/30-urw-aliases.conf b/conf.d/30-urw-aliases.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index cfde071..0000000
--- a/conf.d/30-urw-aliases.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
-<fontconfig>
-<!--
-  URW provides metric and shape compatible fonts for some Adobe families.
-  Most of these are handled in 30-metric-aliases.conf.
-  -->
-	<alias binding="same">
-	  <family>Zapf Dingbats</family>
-	  <accept>
-	    <family>D050000L</family>
-	    <family>Dingbats</family>
-	  </accept>
-	</alias>
-	<alias binding="same">
-	  <family>ITC Zapf Dingbats</family>
-	  <accept>
-	    <family>D050000L</family>
-	    <family>Dingbats</family>
-	  </accept>
-	</alias>
-	<match target="pattern">
-	  <test name="family" compare="eq" ignore-blanks="true">
-	    <string>Symbol</string>
-	  </test>
-	  <edit name="family" mode="append" binding="same">
-	    <string>Standard Symbols PS</string>
-	  </edit>
-	  <edit name="family" mode="append" binding="same">
-	    <string>Standard Symbols L</string>
-	  </edit>
-	</match>
-</fontconfig>