diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/geometry_tile.hpp b/src/mbgl/map/geometry_tile.hpp
index 81960c981..ccb200248 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/geometry_tile.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/geometry_tile.hpp
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const PositionedGlyph&);
 class GeometryTileLayer {
 public:
     virtual util::ptr<GeometryFilteredTileLayer> createFilter(const FilterExpression&) = 0;
-    virtual util::ptr<GeometryTileFeature> nextFeature() = 0;
 
 public:
     std::string name;
diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.cpp b/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.cpp
index 332534f25..d0e254b66 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.cpp
@@ -208,11 +208,3 @@ util::ptr<GeometryTileFeature> FilteredVectorTileLayer::nextMatchingFeature() {
 util::ptr<GeometryFilteredTileLayer> VectorTileLayer::createFilter(const FilterExpression& filterExpression) {
     return std::move(std::make_shared<FilteredVectorTileLayer>(shared_from_this(), filterExpression));
 }
-
-util::ptr<GeometryTileFeature> VectorTileLayer::nextFeature() {
-    if (feature_pbf.next(2)) {
-        return std::move(std::make_shared<VectorTileFeature>(feature_pbf.message(), shared_from_this()));
-    }
-
-    return std::move(std::make_shared<VectorTileFeature>(pbf(), shared_from_this()));
-}
diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.hpp b/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.hpp
index 85ec09bed..0fee14ac5 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/vector_tile.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ public:
     VectorTileLayer(pbf);
 
     virtual util::ptr<GeometryFilteredTileLayer> createFilter(const FilterExpression&);
-    virtual util::ptr<GeometryTileFeature> nextFeature();
 
 private:
     pbf feature_pbf;