diff --git a/include/mbgl/gfx/vertex_attribute.hpp b/include/mbgl/gfx/vertex_attribute.hpp
index de5d288d6..7122c6f2c 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/gfx/vertex_attribute.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/gfx/vertex_attribute.hpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public:
     VertexAttributeArray(int initCapacity = 10);
     VertexAttributeArray(VertexAttributeArray&&);
     // Would need to use the virtual assignment operator
-    VertexAttributeArray(const VertexAttributeArray&);
+    VertexAttributeArray(const VertexAttributeArray&) = delete;
     virtual ~VertexAttributeArray() = default;
 
     /// Number of elements
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ public:
     VertexAttributeArray& operator=(const VertexAttributeArray&);
 
     virtual std::unique_ptr<VertexAttributeArray> clone() const {
-        return std::make_unique<VertexAttributeArray>(*this);
+        auto newAttrs = std::make_unique<VertexAttributeArray>();
+        newAttrs->copy(*this);
+        return newAttrs;
     }
 
 protected:
@@ -234,6 +236,15 @@ protected:
                                                     std::size_t count) const {
         return std::make_unique<VertexAttribute>(index, dataType, size, count, size * count);
     }
+    
+    virtual void copy(const VertexAttributeArray& other) {
+        for (const auto& kv : other.attrs) {
+            if (kv.second) {
+                attrs.insert(std::make_pair(kv.first, copy(*kv.second)));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     virtual std::unique_ptr<VertexAttribute> copy(const gfx::VertexAttribute& attr) const {
         return std::make_unique<VertexAttribute>(attr);
     }
diff --git a/include/mbgl/gl/vertex_attribute_gl.hpp b/include/mbgl/gl/vertex_attribute_gl.hpp
index 8a1ce70ea..fc84caf59 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/gl/vertex_attribute_gl.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/gl/vertex_attribute_gl.hpp
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ public:
         : VertexAttributeArray(initCapacity) {}
     VertexAttributeArrayGL(VertexAttributeArrayGL&& other)
         : VertexAttributeArray(std::move(other)) {}
-    VertexAttributeArrayGL(const VertexAttributeArrayGL& other)
-        : VertexAttributeArray(other) {}
 
     VertexAttributeArrayGL& operator=(VertexAttributeArrayGL&& other) {
         VertexAttributeArray::operator=(std::move(other));
@@ -64,7 +62,9 @@ public:
     }
 
     std::unique_ptr<VertexAttributeArray> clone() const override {
-        return std::make_unique<VertexAttributeArrayGL>(*this);
+        auto newAttrs = std::make_unique<VertexAttributeArrayGL>();
+        newAttrs->copy(*this);
+        return newAttrs;
     }
 
 private:
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ private:
                                                  std::size_t count) const override {
         return std::unique_ptr<gfx::VertexAttribute>(new VertexAttributeGL(index, dataType, size, count));
     }
+    using gfx::VertexAttributeArray::copy;
     std::unique_ptr<gfx::VertexAttribute> copy(const gfx::VertexAttribute& attr) const override {
         return std::unique_ptr<gfx::VertexAttribute>(
             new VertexAttributeGL(static_cast<const VertexAttributeGL&>(attr)));
diff --git a/src/mbgl/gfx/vertex_attribute.cpp b/src/mbgl/gfx/vertex_attribute.cpp
index a43aa230a..e3aefe756 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/gfx/vertex_attribute.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/gfx/vertex_attribute.cpp
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<VertexAttribute> VertexAttributeArray::nullref = nullptr;
 VertexAttributeArray::VertexAttributeArray(int initCapacity)
     : attrs(initCapacity) {}
 
-VertexAttributeArray::VertexAttributeArray(const VertexAttributeArray& other) {
-    operator=(other);
-}
-
 VertexAttributeArray::VertexAttributeArray(VertexAttributeArray&& other)
     : attrs(std::move(other.attrs)) {}