diff --git a/src/renderer/Canvas.ts b/src/renderer/Canvas.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 97e7f9ea8..000000000
--- a/src/renderer/Canvas.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-export function createBackgroundFillData(width: number, height: number, r: number, g: number, b: number, a: number): Uint8ClampedArray {
-  const data = new Uint8ClampedArray(width * height * 4);
-  let offset = 0;
-  for (let i = 0; i < height; i++) {
-    for (let j = 0; j < width; j++) {
-      data[offset] = r;
-      data[offset + 1] = g;
-      data[offset + 2] = b;
-      data[offset + 3] = a;
-      offset += 4;
-    }
-  }
-  return data;
-}
diff --git a/src/renderer/Renderer.ts b/src/renderer/Renderer.ts
index 6b12188ed..66fa6a150 100644
--- a/src/renderer/Renderer.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/Renderer.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import { ITerminal, ITheme } from '../Interfaces';
 import { CHAR_DATA_WIDTH_INDEX, CHAR_DATA_CHAR_INDEX } from '../Buffer';
-import { createBackgroundFillData } from './Canvas';
 import { BackgroundRenderLayer } from './BackgroundRenderLayer';
 import { ForegroundRenderLayer } from './ForegroundRenderLayer';
 import { SelectionRenderLayer } from './SelectionRenderLayer';