diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/renderLayer/BaseRenderLayer.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/renderLayer/BaseRenderLayer.ts
index 0e2d645e..29487ad0 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/renderLayer/BaseRenderLayer.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/src/renderLayer/BaseRenderLayer.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  */
 
 import { IRenderLayer } from './Types';
-import { IGlyphIdentifier } from '../atlas/Types';
 import { acquireCharAtlas } from '../atlas/CharAtlasCache';
 import { Terminal } from 'xterm';
 import { IColorSet } from 'browser/Types';
@@ -25,19 +24,6 @@ export abstract class BaseRenderLayer implements IRenderLayer {
 
   protected _charAtlas: WebglCharAtlas | undefined;
 
-  /**
-   * An object that's reused when drawing glyphs in order to reduce GC.
-   */
-  private _currentGlyphIdentifier: IGlyphIdentifier = {
-    chars: '',
-    code: 0,
-    bg: 0,
-    fg: 0,
-    bold: false,
-    dim: false,
-    italic: false
-  };
-
   constructor(
     private _container: HTMLElement,
     id: string,