diff --git a/src/renderer/webgl/atlas/CharAtlasGenerator.ts b/src/renderer/webgl/atlas/CharAtlasGenerator.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c01ea630a..000000000
--- a/src/renderer/webgl/atlas/CharAtlasGenerator.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2018 The xterm.js authors. All rights reserved.
- * @license MIT
- */
-
-import { FontWeight, IColor } from 'xterm';
-import { ICharAtlasConfig, CHAR_ATLAS_CELL_SPACING } from './Types';
-import { isFirefox, isSafari } from '../Platform';
-
-/**
- * Generates a char atlas.
- * @param context The window or worker context.
- * @param canvasFactory A function to generate a canvas with a width or height.
- * @param config The config for the new char atlas.
- */
-export function generateStaticCharAtlasTexture(context: Window, canvasFactory: (width: number, height: number) => HTMLCanvasElement, config: ICharAtlasConfig): HTMLCanvasElement | Promise<ImageBitmap> {
-  const cellWidth = config.scaledCharWidth + CHAR_ATLAS_CELL_SPACING;
-  const cellHeight = config.scaledCharHeight + CHAR_ATLAS_CELL_SPACING;
-  const canvas = canvasFactory(
-    /*255 ascii chars*/255 * cellWidth,
-    (/*default+default bold*/2 + /*0-15*/16 + /*0-15 bold*/16) * cellHeight
-  );
-  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d', {alpha: config.allowTransparency});
-
-  ctx.fillStyle = config.colors.background.css;
-  ctx.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
-
-  ctx.save();
-  ctx.fillStyle = config.colors.foreground.css;
-  ctx.font = getFont(config.fontWeight, config);
-  ctx.textBaseline = 'middle';
-
-  // Default color
-  for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-    ctx.save();
-    ctx.beginPath();
-    ctx.rect(i * cellWidth, 0, cellWidth, cellHeight);
-    ctx.clip();
-    ctx.fillText(String.fromCharCode(i), i * cellWidth, cellHeight / 2);
-    ctx.restore();
-  }
-  // Default color bold
-  ctx.save();
-  ctx.font = getFont(config.fontWeightBold, config);
-  for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-    ctx.save();
-    ctx.beginPath();
-    ctx.rect(i * cellWidth, cellHeight, cellWidth, cellHeight);
-    ctx.clip();
-    ctx.fillText(String.fromCharCode(i), i * cellWidth, cellHeight * 1.5);
-    ctx.restore();
-  }
-  ctx.restore();
-
-  // Colors 0-15
-  ctx.font = getFont(config.fontWeight, config);
-  for (let colorIndex = 0; colorIndex < 16; colorIndex++) {
-    const y = (colorIndex + 2) * cellHeight;
-    // Draw ascii characters
-    for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-      ctx.save();
-      ctx.beginPath();
-      ctx.rect(i * cellWidth, y, cellWidth, cellHeight);
-      ctx.clip();
-      ctx.fillStyle = config.colors.ansi[colorIndex].css;
-      ctx.fillText(String.fromCharCode(i), i * cellWidth, y + cellHeight / 2);
-      ctx.restore();
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Colors 0-15 bold
-  ctx.font = getFont(config.fontWeightBold, config);
-  for (let colorIndex = 0; colorIndex < 16; colorIndex++) {
-    const y = (colorIndex + 2 + 16) * cellHeight;
-    // Draw ascii characters
-    for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
-      ctx.save();
-      ctx.beginPath();
-      ctx.rect(i * cellWidth, y, cellWidth, cellHeight);
-      ctx.clip();
-      ctx.fillStyle = config.colors.ansi[colorIndex].css;
-      ctx.fillText(String.fromCharCode(i), i * cellWidth, y + cellHeight / 2);
-      ctx.restore();
-    }
-  }
-  ctx.restore();
-
-  // Support is patchy for createImageBitmap at the moment, pass a canvas back
-  // if support is lacking as drawImage works there too. Firefox is also
-  // included here as ImageBitmap appears both buggy and has horrible
-  // performance (tested on v55).
-  if (!('createImageBitmap' in context) || isFirefox || isSafari) {
-    // Don't attempt to clear background colors if createImageBitmap is not supported
-    return canvas;
-  }
-
-  const charAtlasImageData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
-
-  // Remove the background color from the image so characters may overlap
-  clearColor(charAtlasImageData, config.colors.background);
-
-  return context.createImageBitmap(charAtlasImageData);
-}
-
-/**
- * Makes a partiicular rgb color in an ImageData completely transparent.
- * @returns True if the result is "empty", meaning all pixels are fully transparent.
- */
-export function clearColor(imageData: ImageData, color: IColor): boolean {
-  let isEmpty = true;
-  const r = color.rgba >>> 24;
-  const g = color.rgba >>> 16 & 0xFF;
-  const b = color.rgba >>> 8 & 0xFF;
-  for (let offset = 0; offset < imageData.data.length; offset += 4) {
-    if (imageData.data[offset] === r &&
-        imageData.data[offset + 1] === g &&
-        imageData.data[offset + 2] === b) {
-      imageData.data[offset + 3] = 0;
-    } else {
-      isEmpty = false;
-    }
-  }
-  return isEmpty;
-}
-
-function getFont(fontWeight: FontWeight, config: ICharAtlasConfig): string {
-  return `${fontWeight} ${config.fontSize * config.devicePixelRatio}px ${config.fontFamily}`;
-}
diff --git a/src/renderer/webgl/atlas/WebglCharAtlas.ts b/src/renderer/webgl/atlas/WebglCharAtlas.ts
index 9c6f9e9ba..6c952e0fe 100644
--- a/src/renderer/webgl/atlas/WebglCharAtlas.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/webgl/atlas/WebglCharAtlas.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import BaseCharAtlas from './BaseCharAtlas';
 import { IRasterizedGlyph, IBoundingBox, IRasterizedGlyphSet } from '../Types';
 import { FLAGS } from '../../Types';
 import { is256Color } from './CharAtlasUtils';
-import { clearColor } from './CharAtlasGenerator';
 import { DEFAULT_ATTR } from 'common/buffer/BufferLine';
 import { DEFAULT_COLOR } from '../../../common/Types';
 import { IColor } from 'xterm';
@@ -377,3 +376,24 @@ export default class WebglCharAtlas extends BaseCharAtlas {
     return new ImageData(clippedData, width, height);
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Makes a partiicular rgb color in an ImageData completely transparent.
+ * @returns True if the result is "empty", meaning all pixels are fully transparent.
+ */
+function clearColor(imageData: ImageData, color: IColor): boolean {
+  let isEmpty = true;
+  const r = color.rgba >>> 24;
+  const g = color.rgba >>> 16 & 0xFF;
+  const b = color.rgba >>> 8 & 0xFF;
+  for (let offset = 0; offset < imageData.data.length; offset += 4) {
+    if (imageData.data[offset] === r &&
+        imageData.data[offset + 1] === g &&
+        imageData.data[offset + 2] === b) {
+      imageData.data[offset + 3] = 0;
+    } else {
+      isEmpty = false;
+    }
+  }
+  return isEmpty;
+}