diff --git a/fontbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fontbox/ttf/OTFParser.java b/fontbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fontbox/ttf/OTFParser.java
index 3ac562d03b2..b88e8d20359 100644
--- a/fontbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fontbox/ttf/OTFParser.java
+++ b/fontbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fontbox/ttf/OTFParser.java
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ OpenTypeFont newFont(TTFDataStream raf)
         return new OpenTypeFont(raf);
     }
 
-    @Override
     protected TTFTable readTable(String tag)
     {
         // todo: this is a stub, a full implementation is needed
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ protected TTFTable readTable(String tag)
             case CFFTable.TAG:
                 return new CFFTable();
             default:
-                return super.readTable(tag);
+                return new TTFTable();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/fontbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fontbox/ttf/TTFParser.java b/fontbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fontbox/ttf/TTFParser.java
index 7d15642ce3c..8170210436a 100644
--- a/fontbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fontbox/ttf/TTFParser.java
+++ b/fontbox/src/main/java/org/apache/fontbox/ttf/TTFParser.java
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ private TTFTable readTableDirectory(TTFDataStream raf) throws IOException
                 table = new GlyphSubstitutionTable();
                 break;
             default:
-                table = readTable(tag);
+                table = new TTFTable();
                 break;
         }
         table.setTag(tag);
@@ -305,10 +305,4 @@ private TTFTable readTableDirectory(TTFDataStream raf) throws IOException
 
         return table;
     }
-
-    protected TTFTable readTable(String tag)
-    {
-        // unknown table type but read it anyway.
-        return new TTFTable();
-    }
 }