diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 1bda67b777b..de7209de9b0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: install liberation2 fonts
           command: sudo apt-get install fonts-liberation2
+      - run:
+          name: install OpenSans fonts
+          command: sudo apt-get install fonts-open-sans
       - run:
           name: install NotoSansCJK fonts
           command: sudo apt install fonts-noto-cjk
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
           name: download google fonts e.g. GravitasOne, NotoSansMono, NotoSans, NotoSerif, Old_Standard_TT, PT_Sans_Narrow, Raleway and Roboto
           command: python3 ./.circleci/download_google_fonts.py
       - run:
-          name: install OpenSans as well as downloaded google fonts
+          name: install downloaded google fonts
           command: |
             sudo cp -r .circleci/fonts/ /usr/share/
             sudo fc-cache -f
diff --git a/.circleci/download_google_fonts.py b/.circleci/download_google_fonts.py
index 8cdad4a5c72..6a2a55816ce 100644
--- a/.circleci/download_google_fonts.py
+++ b/.circleci/download_google_fonts.py
@@ -50,25 +50,6 @@ def download(repo, family, types) :
     ]
 )
 
-"""
-download(
-    'https://github.com/googlefonts/opensans/blob/main/fonts/ttf/',
-    'OpenSans',
-    [
-        'Bold',
-        'BoldItalic',
-        'ExtraBold',
-        'ExtraBoldItalic',
-        'Italic',
-        'Light',
-        'LightItalic',
-        'Regular',
-        'Semibold',
-        'SemiboldItalic',
-    ]
-)
-"""
-
 download(
     'https://github.com/google/fonts/blob/main/ofl/ptsansnarrow/',
     'PT_Sans-Narrow-Web',
diff --git a/.circleci/fonts/truetype/googleFonts/.gitignore b/.circleci/fonts/truetype/googleFonts/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72e8ffc0db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/fonts/truetype/googleFonts/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
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