diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
index cf7983c0f0c..99efa53432f 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def __init__(
         def load_from_bytes(f: IO[bytes]) -> None:
             self.font_bytes = f.read()
             self.font = core.getfont(
-                "", size, index, encoding, self.font_bytes, layout_engine
+                "", size, index, encoding, layout_engine, self.font_bytes
             )
 
         if is_path(font):
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ def load_from_bytes(f: IO[bytes]) -> None:
                     with open(font, "rb") as f:
                         load_from_bytes(f)
                     return
-            self.font = core.getfont(font, size, index, encoding, b"", layout_engine)
+            self.font = core.getfont(font, size, index, encoding, layout_engine)
         else:
             load_from_bytes(cast("IO[bytes]", font))
 
diff --git a/src/_imagingft.c b/src/_imagingft.c
index 8a387deec77..284441ecdc2 100644
--- a/src/_imagingft.c
+++ b/src/_imagingft.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ geterror(int code) {
 }
 
 static PyObject *
-getfont(PyObject *self_, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw) {
+getfont(PyObject *self_, PyObject *args) {
     /* create a font object from a file name and a size (in pixels) */
 
     FontObject *self;
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ getfont(PyObject *self_, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw) {
     unsigned char *encoding = NULL;
     unsigned char *font_bytes = NULL;
     Py_ssize_t font_bytes_size = 0;
-    static char *kwlist[] = {
-        "filename", "size", "index", "encoding", "font_bytes", "layout_engine", NULL
-    };
 
     if (!library) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError, "failed to initialize FreeType library");
@@ -149,38 +146,34 @@ getfont(PyObject *self_, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw) {
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION > 3 || PY_MINOR_VERSION > 11
     PyConfig config;
     PyConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(
             args,
-            kw,
-            "etfnsy#n",
-            kwlist,
+            "etfnsn|y#",
             config.filesystem_encoding,
             &filename,
             &size,
             &index,
             &encoding,
+            &layout_engine,
             &font_bytes,
-            &font_bytes_size,
-            &layout_engine
+            &font_bytes_size
         )) {
         PyConfig_Clear(&config);
         return NULL;
     }
     PyConfig_Clear(&config);
 #else
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(
             args,
-            kw,
-            "etfnsy#n",
-            kwlist,
+            "etfnsn|y#",
             Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding,
             &filename,
             &size,
             &index,
             &encoding,
+            &layout_engine,
             &font_bytes,
-            &font_bytes_size,
-            &layout_engine
+            &font_bytes_size
         )) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -1690,7 +1683,7 @@ static PyTypeObject Font_Type = {
 };
 
 static PyMethodDef _functions[] = {
-    {"getfont", (PyCFunction)getfont, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS}, {NULL, NULL}
+    {"getfont", (PyCFunction)getfont, METH_VARARGS}, {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
 static int