diff --git a/src/mbgl/tile/raster_tile_data.cpp b/src/mbgl/tile/raster_tile_data.cpp
index 10445cdcd..6280c2a97 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/tile/raster_tile_data.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/tile/raster_tile_data.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,3 @@ void RasterTileData::cancel() {
     req = nullptr;
     workRequest.reset();
 }
-
-bool RasterTileData::hasData() const {
-    return bucket.get() != nullptr;
-}
diff --git a/src/mbgl/tile/raster_tile_data.hpp b/src/mbgl/tile/raster_tile_data.hpp
index 46261b2b4..74e0cc400 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/tile/raster_tile_data.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/tile/raster_tile_data.hpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public:
 
     void cancel() override;
     Bucket* getBucket(StyleLayer const &layer_desc) override;
-    bool hasData() const override;
 
 private:
     gl::TexturePool& texturePool;
diff --git a/src/mbgl/tile/tile_data.hpp b/src/mbgl/tile/tile_data.hpp
index 14c43eb03..e223c12e0 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/tile/tile_data.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/tile/tile_data.hpp
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ public:
         return state == State::partial || state == State::parsed;
     }
 
-    // Returns true when there's at least some data that we can render.
-    virtual bool hasData() const = 0;
-
     State getState() const {
         return state;
     }
diff --git a/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile_data.cpp b/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile_data.cpp
index a707d4882..220290cbf 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile_data.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile_data.cpp
@@ -216,8 +216,4 @@ void VectorTileData::cancel() {
     workRequest.reset();
 }
 
-bool VectorTileData::hasData() const {
-    return !buckets.empty();
-}
-
 } // namespace mbgl
diff --git a/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile_data.hpp b/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile_data.hpp
index d7f31bcab..b38fe3828 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile_data.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/tile/vector_tile_data.hpp
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ public:
     void redoPlacement(PlacementConfig config, const std::function<void()>&) override;
     void redoPlacement(const std::function<void()>&) override;
 
-    bool hasData() const override;
-
     void queryRenderedFeatures(
             std::unordered_map<std::string, std::vector<Feature>>& result,
             const GeometryCoordinates& queryGeometry,