diff --git a/include/osgText/Text b/include/osgText/Text
index 7060766f5..fa270391d 100644
--- a/include/osgText/Text
+++ b/include/osgText/Text
@@ -318,17 +318,11 @@ public:
     struct OSGTEXT_EXPORT GlyphQuads
     {
         typedef std::vector<Glyph*> Glyphs;
-        typedef std::vector<unsigned int> LineNumbers;
         typedef std::vector< osg::ref_ptr<osg::DrawElementsUShort> > Primitives;
 
         Glyphs                          _glyphs;
-
-        unsigned int                    _coordBase;
-
-
         Primitives                      _primitives;
 
-
         GlyphQuads();
         GlyphQuads(const GlyphQuads& gq);
 
diff --git a/src/osgText/Text.cpp b/src/osgText/Text.cpp
index cebbdd4e0..2c965cdbc 100644
--- a/src/osgText/Text.cpp
+++ b/src/osgText/Text.cpp
@@ -1781,7 +1781,6 @@ Text::GlyphQuads::GlyphQuads(const GlyphQuads&)
 
 void Text::GlyphQuads::initGlyphQuads()
 {
-    _coordBase = 0;
     _primitives.push_back(new DrawElementsUShort(PrimitiveSet::TRIANGLES));
 }