diff --git a/inc/customizer/customizer-settings.php b/inc/customizer/customizer-settings.php
index c12e208..2cf5866 100644
--- a/inc/customizer/customizer-settings.php
+++ b/inc/customizer/customizer-settings.php
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 
 function hovercraft_customizer($wp_customize) {
-    // load google fonts array
-    $hovercraft_google_fonts_array = hovercraft_google_fonts_array();
+	// load google fonts array (via functions.php)
+	$hovercraft_google_fonts_array = hovercraft_google_fonts_array();
 
-	// load google fonts multilingual array
-    $hovercraft_google_fonts_multilingual_array = hovercraft_google_fonts_multilingual_array();
+	// load google fonts multilingual array (via functions.php)
+	$hovercraft_google_fonts_multilingual_array = hovercraft_google_fonts_multilingual_array();
 
     // remove header text color control
     $wp_customize->remove_control('header_textcolor');
@@ -1252,44 +1252,6 @@ function hovercraft_customizer($wp_customize) {
         )
     ) );
 
-	// get and format the first font family for google fonts
-    $first_font_family = get_theme_mod( 'hovercraft_first_font_family', 'noto_sans' );
-    $first_font_family_final = ucwords( str_replace( '_', ' ', ucfirst( $first_font_family ) ) );
-
-    // get and format the second font family for google fonts
-    $second_font_family = get_theme_mod( 'hovercraft_second_font_family', 'open_sans' );
-    $second_font_family_final = ucwords( str_replace( '_', ' ', ucfirst( $second_font_family ) ) );
-
-    // get and format the third font family for google fonts
-    $third_font_family = get_theme_mod( 'hovercraft_third_font_family', 'roboto' );
-    $third_font_family_final = ucwords( str_replace( '_', ' ', ucfirst( $third_font_family ) ) );
-
-    // get and format the multilingual font family for google fonts
-    $multilingual_font_family = get_theme_mod( 'hovercraft_multilingual_font_family', 'none' );
-    $multilingual_font_family_final = ucwords( str_replace( '_', ' ', ucfirst( $multilingual_font_family ) ) );
-
-    // initialize an array for font families with the default option included
-    $hovercraft_font_families = array(
-        '' => __( 'Default (Unspecified)', 'hovercraft' ), // always include this as the first option
-    );
-
-    // add each formatted font family to the array if it's not empty or 'none'
-    if ( ! empty( $first_font_family ) && $first_font_family !== 'none' ) {
-        $hovercraft_font_families[ $first_font_family ] = $first_font_family_final;
-    }
-
-    if ( ! empty( $second_font_family ) && $second_font_family !== 'none' ) {
-        $hovercraft_font_families[ $second_font_family ] = $second_font_family_final;
-    }
-
-    if ( ! empty( $third_font_family ) && $third_font_family !== 'none' ) {
-        $hovercraft_font_families[ $third_font_family ] = $third_font_family_final;
-    }
-
-    if ( ! empty( $multilingual_font_family ) && $multilingual_font_family !== 'none' ) {
-        $hovercraft_font_families[ $multilingual_font_family ] = $multilingual_font_family_final;
-    }
-
     // default font family setting
     $wp_customize->add_setting( 'hovercraft_default_font', array(
         'default'           => '',