diff --git a/include/mapnik/raster.hpp b/include/mapnik/raster.hpp
index 1337139cc..e4b4ec288 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/raster.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/raster.hpp
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ public:
           data_(width,height),
           premultiplied_alpha_(premultiplied_alpha)
     {}
-    raster(box2d<double> const& ext,image_data_32 const& data, bool premultiplied_alpha = false)
-        : ext_(ext),
-          data_(data),
-          premultiplied_alpha_(premultiplied_alpha)
-    {}
-
 };
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/input/gdal/gdal_featureset.cpp b/plugins/input/gdal/gdal_featureset.cpp
index 0addfc8aa..08fef0f6b 100644
--- a/plugins/input/gdal/gdal_featureset.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/gdal/gdal_featureset.cpp
@@ -224,14 +224,13 @@ feature_ptr gdal_featureset::get_feature(mapnik::query const& q)
         if (im_width > 0 && im_height > 0)
         {
             mapnik::raster_ptr raster = boost::make_shared<mapnik::raster>(intersect, im_width, im_height);
+            feature->set_raster(raster);
             mapnik::image_data_32 & image = raster->data_;
             image.set(0xffffffff);
 
             MAPNIK_LOG_DEBUG(gdal) << "gdal_featureset: Image Size=(" << im_width << "," << im_height << ")";
             MAPNIK_LOG_DEBUG(gdal) << "gdal_featureset: Reading band=" << band_;
 
-            typedef std::vector<int,int> pallete;
-
             if (band_ > 0) // we are querying a single band
             {
                 if (band_ > nbands_)
@@ -256,7 +255,6 @@ feature_ptr gdal_featureset::get_feature(mapnik::query const& q)
                                imageData, image.width(), image.height(),
                                GDT_Float32, 0, 0);
 
-                feature->set_raster(boost::make_shared<mapnik::raster>(intersect,image));
                 if (hasNoData)
                 {
                     feature->put("NODATA",nodata);
@@ -489,8 +487,6 @@ feature_ptr gdal_featureset::get_feature(mapnik::query const& q)
                     alpha->RasterIO(GF_Read, x_off, y_off, width, height, image.getBytes() + 3,
                                     image.width(), image.height(), GDT_Byte, 4, 4 * image.width());
                 }
-
-                feature->set_raster(raster);
             }
             return feature;
         }