diff --git a/include/mapnik/json/topojson_grammar_impl.hpp b/include/mapnik/json/topojson_grammar_impl.hpp
index f20fbf935..90e3f1a0f 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/json/topojson_grammar_impl.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/json/topojson_grammar_impl.hpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ topojson_grammar<Iterator, ErrorHandler>::topojson_grammar()
 
     // topo json
     topology = lit('{') >> lit("\"type\"") >> lit(':') >> lit("\"Topology\"")
-                        >> ( (lit(',') >> objects) ^ ( lit(',') >> arcs) ^ (lit(',') >> transform) ^ (lit(',') >> bbox))
+                        >> ( (lit(',') >> objects ) ^ ( lit(',') >> arcs) ^ (lit(',') >> transform) ^ (lit(',') >> bbox))
                         >> lit('}')
         ;
 
diff --git a/include/mapnik/json/topojson_utils.hpp b/include/mapnik/json/topojson_utils.hpp
index 5558bde97..be6a83a2c 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/json/topojson_utils.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/json/topojson_utils.hpp
@@ -238,12 +238,6 @@ struct bounding_box_visitor
         }
         return bbox;
     }
-
-    box2d<double> operator() (mapnik::topojson::invalid const&) const
-    {
-        return box2d<double>();
-    }
-
 private:
     topology const& topo_;
     std::size_t num_arcs_;
diff --git a/include/mapnik/json/topology.hpp b/include/mapnik/json/topology.hpp
index 3cfc2d322..48453df70 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/json/topology.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/json/topology.hpp
@@ -86,10 +86,7 @@ struct multi_polygon
     boost::optional<properties> props;
 };
 
-struct invalid {};
-
-using geometry =  util::variant<invalid,
-                                point,
+using geometry =  util::variant<point,
                                 linestring,
                                 polygon,
                                 multi_point,
diff --git a/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp b/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp
index 1f10bbdd5..f9ba8ecc9 100644
--- a/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ struct geometry_type_visitor
     {
         return static_cast<int>(mapnik::datasource_geometry_t::Polygon);
     }
-    int operator() (mapnik::topojson::invalid const&) const
-    {
-        return -1;
-    }
 };
 
 struct collect_attributes_visitor
@@ -121,8 +117,6 @@ struct collect_attributes_visitor
     collect_attributes_visitor(mapnik::layer_descriptor & desc):
       desc_(desc) {}
 
-    void operator() (mapnik::topojson::invalid const&) {}
-
     template <typename GeomType>
     void operator() (GeomType const& g)
     {