diff --git a/misc/fontbuild b/misc/fontbuild
index b670a68e5..2daadbee8 100755
--- a/misc/fontbuild
+++ b/misc/fontbuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from fontTools.pens.reverseContourPen import ReverseContourPen
 from glyphsLib.interpolation import apply_instance_data
 from mutatorMath.ufo.document import DesignSpaceDocumentReader
 from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
+# from ufo2ft.filters.removeOverlaps import RemoveOverlapsFilter
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 stripItalic_re = re.compile(r'(?:^|\b)italic(?:\b|$)', re.I | re.U)
@@ -114,6 +115,13 @@ class VarFontProject(FontProject):
           decomposeGlyphs.add(glyph.name)
 
     self.decompose_glyphs(ufos, lambda g: g.name in decomposeGlyphs)
+
+    # for ufo in ufos:
+    #   filter = RemoveOverlapsFilter(backend='pathops')
+    #   filter.start()
+    #   for g in ufo:
+    #     filter.filter(g)
+
     self.save_otfs(ufos, ttf=True, interpolatable=True, **kwargs)