diff --git a/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp b/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
index e56a0f81c..f36ec6d73 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ public:
     inline const TransformState &getState() const { return state; }
     inline util::ptr<Style> getStyle() const { return style; }
     util::ptr<Sprite> getSprite();
-    inline util::ptr<Texturepool> getTexturepool() { return texturepool; }
     inline timestamp getAnimationTime() const { return animationTime; }
     inline timestamp getTime() const { return animationTime; }
     void updateTiles();
diff --git a/include/mbgl/map/raster_tile_data.hpp b/include/mbgl/map/raster_tile_data.hpp
index 97317537b..c73897289 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/map/raster_tile_data.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/map/raster_tile_data.hpp
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ class Map;
 class Painter;
 class SourceInfo;
 class StyleLayer;
+class Texturepool;
 
 class RasterTileData : public TileData {
     friend class TileParser;
 
 public:
-    RasterTileData(Tile::ID const& id, Map &map, const util::ptr<SourceInfo> &source);
+    RasterTileData(Tile::ID const& id, Map &map, Texturepool&, const util::ptr<SourceInfo> &source);
     ~RasterTileData();
 
     virtual void parse();
diff --git a/include/mbgl/map/source.hpp b/include/mbgl/map/source.hpp
index 1ceb04d32..a358cfaee 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/map/source.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/map/source.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class GlyphAtlas;
 class GlyphStore;
 class SpriteAtlas;
 class FileSource;
+class Texturepool;
 class Painter;
 class StyleLayer;
 class TransformState;
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ public:
     Source(const util::ptr<SourceInfo>& info);
 
     void load(Map&, FileSource&);
-    bool update(Map&, uv::worker&, GlyphAtlas&, GlyphStore&, SpriteAtlas&, FileSource&);
+    bool update(Map&, uv::worker&,
+                GlyphAtlas&, GlyphStore&,
+                SpriteAtlas&,
+                Texturepool&, FileSource&);
 
     void updateMatrices(const mat4 &projMatrix, const TransformState &transform);
     void drawClippingMasks(Painter &painter);
@@ -51,9 +55,17 @@ private:
     int32_t coveringZoomLevel(const TransformState&) const;
     std::forward_list<Tile::ID> coveringTiles(const TransformState&) const;
 
-    bool updateTiles(Map&, uv::worker&, GlyphAtlas&, GlyphStore&, SpriteAtlas&, FileSource&);
+    bool updateTiles(Map&, uv::worker&,
+                     GlyphAtlas&, GlyphStore&,
+                     SpriteAtlas&,
+                     Texturepool&, FileSource&);
+
+    TileData::State addTile(Map&, uv::worker&,
+                            GlyphAtlas&, GlyphStore&,
+                            SpriteAtlas&,
+                            FileSource&, Texturepool&,
+                            const Tile::ID&);
 
-    TileData::State addTile(Map&, uv::worker&, GlyphAtlas&, GlyphStore&, SpriteAtlas&, FileSource&, const Tile::ID&);
     TileData::State hasTile(const Tile::ID& id);
 
     double getZoom(const TransformState &state) const;
diff --git a/include/mbgl/map/tile_parser.hpp b/include/mbgl/map/tile_parser.hpp
index 5e8aa4fc3..460225db9 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/map/tile_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/map/tile_parser.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class StyleBucketSymbol;
 class StyleLayerGroup;
 class VectorTileData;
 class Collision;
+class Texturepool;
 
 class TileParser : private util::noncopyable
 {
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ public:
                GlyphAtlas & glyphAtlas,
                GlyphStore & glyphStore,
                SpriteAtlas & spriteAtlas,
-               const util::ptr<Sprite> &sprite);
+               const util::ptr<Sprite> &sprite,
+               Texturepool& texturepool);
     ~TileParser();
 
 public:
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ private:
     std::unique_ptr<Bucket> createBucket(util::ptr<StyleBucket> bucket_desc);
 
     std::unique_ptr<Bucket> createFillBucket(const VectorTileLayer& layer, const FilterExpression &filter, const StyleBucketFill &fill);
-    std::unique_ptr<Bucket> createRasterBucket(const util::ptr<Texturepool> &texturepool, const StyleBucketRaster &raster);
+    std::unique_ptr<Bucket> createRasterBucket(Texturepool& texturepool, const StyleBucketRaster &raster);
     std::unique_ptr<Bucket> createLineBucket(const VectorTileLayer& layer, const FilterExpression &filter, const StyleBucketLine &line);
     std::unique_ptr<Bucket> createSymbolBucket(const VectorTileLayer& layer, const FilterExpression &filter, const StyleBucketSymbol &symbol);
 
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ private:
     GlyphStore & glyphStore;
     SpriteAtlas & spriteAtlas;
     util::ptr<Sprite> sprite;
-    util::ptr<Texturepool> texturePool;
+    Texturepool& texturePool;
 
     std::unique_ptr<Collision> collision;
 };
diff --git a/include/mbgl/map/vector_tile_data.hpp b/include/mbgl/map/vector_tile_data.hpp
index 59846fcaa..56ecfb51e 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/map/vector_tile_data.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/map/vector_tile_data.hpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class TileParser;
 class GlyphAtlas;
 class GlyphStore;
 class SpriteAtlas;
+class Texturepool;
 
 class VectorTileData : public TileData {
     friend class TileParser;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public:
     VectorTileData(Tile::ID const&, Map&,
                    GlyphAtlas&, GlyphStore&,
                    SpriteAtlas&,
+                   Texturepool&,
                    const util::ptr<SourceInfo>&);
     ~VectorTileData();
 
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ protected:
     GlyphAtlas& glyphAtlas;
     GlyphStore& glyphStore;
     SpriteAtlas& spriteAtlas;
+    Texturepool& texturepool;
 
 public:
     const float depth;
diff --git a/include/mbgl/renderer/raster_bucket.hpp b/include/mbgl/renderer/raster_bucket.hpp
index 794da3b14..8c5d9839a 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/renderer/raster_bucket.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/renderer/raster_bucket.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class VertexArrayObject;
 
 class RasterBucket : public Bucket {
 public:
-    RasterBucket(const util::ptr<Texturepool> &texturepool, const StyleBucketRaster& properties);
+    RasterBucket(Texturepool&, const StyleBucketRaster&);
 
     virtual void render(Painter& painter, util::ptr<StyleLayer> layer_desc, const Tile::ID& id, const mat4 &matrix);
     virtual bool hasData() const;
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ public:
     void drawRaster(RasterShader& shader, StaticVertexBuffer &vertices, VertexArrayObject &array, GLuint texture);
 
     Raster raster;
-
-private:
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/include/mbgl/util/raster.hpp b/include/mbgl/util/raster.hpp
index 7051c3009..d74c78f71 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/util/raster.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/util/raster.hpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace mbgl {
 class Raster : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Raster> {
 
 public:
-    Raster(const util::ptr<Texturepool> &texturepool);
+    Raster(Texturepool&);
     ~Raster();
 
     // load image data
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ private:
     bool loaded = false;
 
     // shared texture pool
-    util::ptr<Texturepool> texturepool;
+    Texturepool& texturepool;
 
     // min/mag filter
     uint32_t filter = 0;
diff --git a/src/map/map.cpp b/src/map/map.cpp
index 750061e08..c0a45b69d 100644
--- a/src/map/map.cpp
+++ b/src/map/map.cpp
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ void Map::updateSources(const util::ptr<StyleLayerGroup> &group) {
 
 void Map::updateTiles() {
     for (const util::ptr<StyleSource> &source : getActiveSources()) {
-        source->source->update(*this, getWorker(), glyphAtlas, *glyphStore, spriteAtlas, *fileSource);
+        source->source->update(*this, getWorker(), glyphAtlas, *glyphStore, spriteAtlas, *texturepool, *fileSource);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/map/raster_tile_data.cpp b/src/map/raster_tile_data.cpp
index 1552e359b..04e89d9e3 100644
--- a/src/map/raster_tile_data.cpp
+++ b/src/map/raster_tile_data.cpp
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 using namespace mbgl;
 
 
-RasterTileData::RasterTileData(Tile::ID const& id_, Map &map_, const util::ptr<SourceInfo> &source_)
+RasterTileData::RasterTileData(Tile::ID const& id_, Map &map_, Texturepool& texturepool, const util::ptr<SourceInfo> &source_)
     : TileData(id_, map_, source_),
-    bucket(map.getTexturepool(), properties) {
+    bucket(texturepool, properties) {
 }
 
 RasterTileData::~RasterTileData() {
diff --git a/src/map/source.cpp b/src/map/source.cpp
index 72e63f9e1..d68ea1a16 100644
--- a/src/map/source.cpp
+++ b/src/map/source.cpp
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ void Source::load(Map& map, FileSource& fileSource) {
 
 bool Source::update(Map& map, uv::worker& worker,
                     GlyphAtlas& glyphAtlas, GlyphStore& glyphStore,
-                    SpriteAtlas& spriteAtlas, FileSource& fileSource) {
+                    SpriteAtlas& spriteAtlas,
+                    Texturepool& texturepool, FileSource& fileSource) {
     if (loaded && map.getTime() > updated) {
-        return updateTiles(map, worker, glyphAtlas, glyphStore, spriteAtlas, fileSource);
+        return updateTiles(map, worker, glyphAtlas, glyphStore, spriteAtlas, texturepool, fileSource);
     } else {
         return false;
     }
@@ -164,7 +165,8 @@ TileData::State Source::hasTile(const Tile::ID& id) {
 TileData::State Source::addTile(Map& map, uv::worker& worker,
                                 GlyphAtlas& glyphAtlas, GlyphStore& glyphStore,
                                 SpriteAtlas& spriteAtlas,
-                                FileSource& fileSource, const Tile::ID& id) {
+                                FileSource& fileSource, Texturepool& texturepool,
+                                const Tile::ID& id) {
     const TileData::State state = hasTile(id);
 
     if (state != TileData::State::invalid) {
@@ -192,9 +194,9 @@ TileData::State Source::addTile(Map& map, uv::worker& worker,
     if (!new_tile.data) {
         // If we don't find working tile data, we're just going to load it.
         if (info->type == SourceType::Vector) {
-            new_tile.data = std::make_shared<VectorTileData>(normalized_id, map, glyphAtlas, glyphStore, spriteAtlas, info);
+            new_tile.data = std::make_shared<VectorTileData>(normalized_id, map, glyphAtlas, glyphStore, spriteAtlas, texturepool, info);
         } else if (info->type == SourceType::Raster) {
-            new_tile.data = std::make_shared<RasterTileData>(normalized_id, map, info);
+            new_tile.data = std::make_shared<RasterTileData>(normalized_id, map, texturepool, info);
         } else {
             throw std::runtime_error("source type not implemented");
         }
@@ -288,7 +290,8 @@ bool Source::findLoadedParent(const Tile::ID& id, int32_t minCoveringZoom, std::
 
 bool Source::updateTiles(Map& map, uv::worker& worker,
                          GlyphAtlas& glyphAtlas, GlyphStore& glyphStore,
-                         SpriteAtlas& spriteAtlas, FileSource& fileSource) {
+                         SpriteAtlas& spriteAtlas,
+                         Texturepool& texturepool, FileSource& fileSource) {
     bool changed = false;
 
     int32_t zoom = std::floor(getZoom(map.getState()));
@@ -305,7 +308,11 @@ bool Source::updateTiles(Map& map, uv::worker& worker,
 
     // Add existing child/parent tiles if the actual tile is not yet loaded
     for (const Tile::ID& id : required) {
-        const TileData::State state = addTile(map, worker, glyphAtlas, glyphStore, spriteAtlas, fileSource, id);
+        const TileData::State state = addTile(map, worker,
+                                              glyphAtlas, glyphStore,
+                                              spriteAtlas,
+                                              fileSource, texturepool,
+                                              id);
 
         if (state != TileData::State::parsed) {
             // The tile we require is not yet loaded. Try to find a parent or
diff --git a/src/map/tile_parser.cpp b/src/map/tile_parser.cpp
index 768b7da9f..dcbac71c7 100644
--- a/src/map/tile_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/map/tile_parser.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ TileParser::TileParser(const std::string &data, VectorTileData &tile_,
                        GlyphAtlas & glyphAtlas_,
                        GlyphStore & glyphStore_,
                        SpriteAtlas & spriteAtlas_,
-                       const util::ptr<Sprite> &sprite_)
+                       const util::ptr<Sprite> &sprite_,
+                       Texturepool& texturePool_)
     : vector_data(pbf((const uint8_t *)data.data(), data.size())),
       tile(tile_),
       style(style_),
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ TileParser::TileParser(const std::string &data, VectorTileData &tile_,
       glyphStore(glyphStore_),
       spriteAtlas(spriteAtlas_),
       sprite(sprite_),
+      texturePool(texturePool_),
       collision(std::make_unique<Collision>(tile.id.z, 4096, tile.source->tile_size, tile.depth)) {
     assert(&tile != nullptr);
     assert(style);
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<Bucket> TileParser::createFillBucket(const VectorTileLayer& laye
     return obsolete() ? nullptr : std::move(bucket);
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<Bucket> TileParser::createRasterBucket(const util::ptr<Texturepool> &texturepool, const StyleBucketRaster &raster) {
+std::unique_ptr<Bucket> TileParser::createRasterBucket(Texturepool& texturepool, const StyleBucketRaster &raster) {
     std::unique_ptr<RasterBucket> bucket = std::make_unique<RasterBucket>(texturepool, raster);
     return obsolete() ? nullptr : std::move(bucket);
 }
diff --git a/src/map/vector_tile_data.cpp b/src/map/vector_tile_data.cpp
index d2f73269c..fde181e2c 100644
--- a/src/map/vector_tile_data.cpp
+++ b/src/map/vector_tile_data.cpp
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ using namespace mbgl;
 VectorTileData::VectorTileData(Tile::ID const& id_, Map &map_,
                                GlyphAtlas& glyphAtlas_, GlyphStore& glyphStore_,
                                SpriteAtlas& spriteAtlas_,
+                               Texturepool& texturepool_,
                                const util::ptr<SourceInfo> &source_)
     : TileData(id_, map_, source_),
       glyphAtlas(glyphAtlas_),
       glyphStore(glyphStore_),
       spriteAtlas(spriteAtlas_),
+      texturepool(texturepool_),
       depth(id.z >= source->max_zoom ? map.getMaxZoom() - id.z : 1) {
 }
 
@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@ void VectorTileData::parse() {
         // is going to be discarded afterwards.
         TileParser parser(data, *this, map.getStyle(),
                           glyphAtlas, glyphStore,
-                          spriteAtlas, map.getSprite());
+                          spriteAtlas, map.getSprite(),
+                          texturepool);
         parser.parse();
     } catch (const std::exception& ex) {
 #if defined(DEBUG)
diff --git a/src/renderer/raster_bucket.cpp b/src/renderer/raster_bucket.cpp
index 7adb3f845..12b2b9e51 100644
--- a/src/renderer/raster_bucket.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/raster_bucket.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 using namespace mbgl;
 
-RasterBucket::RasterBucket(const util::ptr<Texturepool> &texturepool, const StyleBucketRaster& properties_)
+RasterBucket::RasterBucket(Texturepool& texturepool, const StyleBucketRaster& properties_)
 : properties(properties_),
   texture(properties_),
   raster(texturepool) {
diff --git a/src/util/raster.cpp b/src/util/raster.cpp
index 76cd41122..4f6acc36c 100644
--- a/src/util/raster.cpp
+++ b/src/util/raster.cpp
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 
 using namespace mbgl;
 
-Raster::Raster(const util::ptr<Texturepool> &texturepool_)
+Raster::Raster(Texturepool& texturepool_)
     : texturepool(texturepool_)
 {}
 
 Raster::~Raster() {
     if (textured) {
-        texturepool->removeTextureID(texture);
+        texturepool.removeTextureID(texture);
     }
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void Raster::bind(bool linear) {
     }
 
     if (img && !textured) {
-        texture = texturepool->getTextureID();
+        texture = texturepool.getTextureID();
         glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
         glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
         glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);