diff --git a/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp b/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
index d5e725241..382b6745d 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <mbgl/map/transform.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/renderer/painter.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/geometry/glyph_atlas.hpp>
+#include <mbgl/geometry/sprite_atlas.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/util/noncopyable.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/util/time.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/util/uv.hpp>
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ namespace mbgl {
 
 class GlyphStore;
 class LayerDescription;
-class SpriteAtlas;
 class Sprite;
 class Style;
 class StyleLayer;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
     inline util::ptr<Style> getStyle() const { return style; }
     inline GlyphAtlas & getGlyphAtlas() { return glyphAtlas; }
     inline util::ptr<GlyphStore> getGlyphStore() { return glyphStore; }
-    inline util::ptr<SpriteAtlas> getSpriteAtlas() { return spriteAtlas; }
+    inline SpriteAtlas & getSpriteAtlas() { return spriteAtlas; }
     util::ptr<Sprite> getSprite();
     inline util::ptr<Texturepool> getTexturepool() { return texturepool; }
     inline util::ptr<uv::loop> getLoop() { return loop; }
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ private:
     util::ptr<Style> style;
     GlyphAtlas glyphAtlas;
     util::ptr<GlyphStore> glyphStore;
-    util::ptr<SpriteAtlas> spriteAtlas;
+    SpriteAtlas spriteAtlas;
     util::ptr<Sprite> sprite;
     util::ptr<Texturepool> texturepool;
 
diff --git a/include/mbgl/map/tile_parser.hpp b/include/mbgl/map/tile_parser.hpp
index 383c2929e..576c18ec9 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/map/tile_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/map/tile_parser.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <mbgl/style/filter_expression.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/text/glyph.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/util/ptr.hpp>
-
+#include <mbgl/util/noncopyable.hpp>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <iosfwd>
 #include <string>
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ class StyleLayerGroup;
 class VectorTileData;
 class Collision;
 
-class TileParser {
+class TileParser : private util::noncopyable
+{
 public:
     TileParser(const std::string &data, VectorTileData &tile,
                const util::ptr<const Style> &style,
                GlyphAtlas & glyphAtlas,
                const util::ptr<GlyphStore> &glyphStore,
-               const util::ptr<SpriteAtlas> &spriteAtlas,
+               SpriteAtlas & spriteAtlas,
                const util::ptr<Sprite> &sprite);
     ~TileParser();
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ private:
     util::ptr<const Style> style;
     GlyphAtlas & glyphAtlas;
     util::ptr<GlyphStore> glyphStore;
-    util::ptr<SpriteAtlas> spriteAtlas;
+    SpriteAtlas & spriteAtlas;
     util::ptr<Sprite> sprite;
     util::ptr<Texturepool> texturePool;
 
diff --git a/src/map/map.cpp b/src/map/map.cpp
index e3aca9ee6..f9976b4e1 100644
--- a/src/map/map.cpp
+++ b/src/map/map.cpp
@@ -42,12 +42,11 @@ Map::Map(View& view_)
 #endif
       transform(view_),
       glyphAtlas(1024, 1024),
-      spriteAtlas(std::make_shared<SpriteAtlas>(512, 512)),
+      spriteAtlas(512, 512),
       texturepool(std::make_shared<Texturepool>()),
-      painter(*spriteAtlas, glyphAtlas) {
-
+      painter(spriteAtlas, glyphAtlas)
+{
     view.initialize(this);
-
     // Make sure that we're doing an initial drawing in all cases.
     is_clean.clear();
     is_rendered.clear();
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ Map::~Map() {
     // Explicitly reset all pointers.
     texturepool.reset();
     sprite.reset();
-    spriteAtlas.reset();
     glyphStore.reset();
     style.reset();
     fileSource.reset();
@@ -635,8 +633,8 @@ void Map::prepare() {
     style->updateProperties(state.getNormalizedZoom(), animationTime);
 
     // Allow the sprite atlas to potentially pull new sprite images if needed.
-    spriteAtlas->resize(state.getPixelRatio());
-    spriteAtlas->setSprite(getSprite());
+    spriteAtlas.resize(state.getPixelRatio());
+    spriteAtlas.setSprite(getSprite());
 
     updateTiles();
 }
diff --git a/src/map/tile_parser.cpp b/src/map/tile_parser.cpp
index 190ecbe0d..72f97096a 100644
--- a/src/map/tile_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/map/tile_parser.cpp
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ TileParser::~TileParser() = default;
 
 TileParser::TileParser(const std::string &data, VectorTileData &tile_,
                        const util::ptr<const Style> &style_,
-                       GlyphAtlas& glyphAtlas_,
+                       GlyphAtlas & glyphAtlas_,
                        const util::ptr<GlyphStore> &glyphStore_,
-                       const util::ptr<SpriteAtlas> &spriteAtlas_,
+                       SpriteAtlas & spriteAtlas_,
                        const util::ptr<Sprite> &sprite_)
     : vector_data(pbf((const uint8_t *)data.data(), data.size())),
       tile(tile_),
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ TileParser::TileParser(const std::string &data, VectorTileData &tile_,
     assert(&tile != nullptr);
     assert(style);
     assert(glyphStore);
-    assert(spriteAtlas);
     assert(sprite);
     assert(collision);
 }
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<Bucket> TileParser::createLineBucket(const VectorTileLayer& laye
 
 std::unique_ptr<Bucket> TileParser::createSymbolBucket(const VectorTileLayer& layer, const FilterExpression &filter, const StyleBucketSymbol &symbol) {
     std::unique_ptr<SymbolBucket> bucket = std::make_unique<SymbolBucket>(symbol, *collision);
-    bucket->addFeatures(layer, filter, tile.id, *spriteAtlas, *sprite, glyphAtlas, *glyphStore);
+    bucket->addFeatures(layer, filter, tile.id, spriteAtlas, *sprite, glyphAtlas, *glyphStore);
     return obsolete() ? nullptr : std::move(bucket);
 }