--- ./src/ports/SkFontHost_win.cpp	2024-10-04 15:24:40.448100018 +0200
+++ ./src/ports/SkFontHost_win.cpp	2024-10-04 15:26:22.284624363 +0200
@@ -1149,18 +1149,24 @@
         // since the caller may require A8 for maskfilters, we can't check for BW
         // ... until we have the caller tell us that explicitly
         const SkGdiRGB* src = (const SkGdiRGB*)bits;
+#if defined(SK_GAMMA_APPLY_TO_A8)
         if (fPreBlend.isApplicable()) {
             RGBToA8<true>(src, srcRB, glyph, imageBuffer, fPreBlend.fG);
-        } else {
+        } else
+#endif
+        {
             RGBToA8<false>(src, srcRB, glyph, imageBuffer, fPreBlend.fG);
         }
     } else {    // LCD16
         const SkGdiRGB* src = (const SkGdiRGB*)bits;
         SkASSERT(SkMask::kLCD16_Format == glyph.maskFormat());
+#if defined(SK_GAMMA_APPLY_TO_A8)
         if (fPreBlend.isApplicable()) {
             RGBToLcd16<true>(src, srcRB, glyph, imageBuffer,
                              fPreBlend.fR, fPreBlend.fG, fPreBlend.fB);
-        } else {
+        } else
+#endif
+        {
             RGBToLcd16<false>(src, srcRB, glyph, imageBuffer,
                               fPreBlend.fR, fPreBlend.fG, fPreBlend.fB);
         }
--- ./src/ports/SkScalerContext_win_dw.cpp	2024-10-04 15:24:40.448100018 +0200
+++ ./src/ports/SkScalerContext_win_dw.cpp	2024-10-04 15:29:29.810572073 +0200
@@ -2127,20 +2127,27 @@
         BilevelToBW(src, glyph, imageBuffer);
     } else if (!isLCD(fRec)) {
         if (textureType == DWRITE_TEXTURE_ALIASED_1x1) {
+#if defined(SK_GAMMA_APPLY_TO_A8)
             if (fPreBlend.isApplicable()) {
                 GrayscaleToA8<true>(src, glyph, imageBuffer, fPreBlend.fG);
-            } else {
+            } else
+#endif
+            {
                 GrayscaleToA8<false>(src, glyph, imageBuffer, fPreBlend.fG);
             }
         } else {
+#if defined(SK_GAMMA_APPLY_TO_A8)
             if (fPreBlend.isApplicable()) {
                 RGBToA8<true>(src, glyph, imageBuffer, fPreBlend.fG);
-            } else {
+            } else
+#endif
+            {
                 RGBToA8<false>(src, glyph, imageBuffer, fPreBlend.fG);
             }
         }
     } else {
         SkASSERT(SkMask::kLCD16_Format == glyph.maskFormat());
+#if defined(SK_GAMMA_APPLY_TO_A8)
         if (fPreBlend.isApplicable()) {
             if (fRec.fFlags & SkScalerContext::kLCD_BGROrder_Flag) {
                 RGBToLcd16<true, false>(src, glyph, imageBuffer,
@@ -2149,7 +2156,9 @@
                 RGBToLcd16<true, true>(src, glyph, imageBuffer,
                                        fPreBlend.fR, fPreBlend.fG, fPreBlend.fB);
             }
-        } else {
+        } else
+#endif
+        {
             if (fRec.fFlags & SkScalerContext::kLCD_BGROrder_Flag) {
                 RGBToLcd16<false, false>(src, glyph, imageBuffer,
                                          fPreBlend.fR, fPreBlend.fG, fPreBlend.fB);