diff --git a/include/mbgl/annotation/point_annotation.hpp b/include/mbgl/annotation/point_annotation.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 17b6fe53695..00000000000
--- a/include/mbgl/annotation/point_annotation.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef MBGL_ANNOTATION_POINT_ANNOTATION
-#define MBGL_ANNOTATION_POINT_ANNOTATION
-
-#include <mbgl/util/geo.hpp>
-
-#include <string>
-
-namespace mbgl {
-
-class PointAnnotation {
-public:
-    inline PointAnnotation(const LatLng& position_, const std::string& icon_ = "")
-        : position(position_), icon(icon_) {
-    }
-
-    const LatLng position;
-    const std::string icon;
-};
-
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp b/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
index 4418bcaaa4d..5535dbcc917 100644
--- a/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
+++ b/include/mbgl/map/map.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class View;
 class MapData;
 class MapContext;
 class StillImage;
-class PointAnnotation;
 
 namespace util {
 template <class T> class Thread;
@@ -112,8 +111,9 @@ class Map : private util::noncopyable {
     // Annotations
     void setDefaultPointAnnotationSymbol(const std::string&);
     double getTopOffsetPixelsForAnnotationSymbol(const std::string&);
-    uint32_t addPointAnnotation(const PointAnnotation&);
-    std::vector<uint32_t> addPointAnnotations(const std::vector<PointAnnotation>&);
+    uint32_t addPointAnnotation(const LatLng&, const std::string& symbol);
+    std::vector<uint32_t> addPointAnnotations(const std::vector<LatLng>&,
+                                              const std::vector<std::string>& symbols);
     void removeAnnotation(uint32_t);
     void removeAnnotations(const std::vector<uint32_t>&);
     std::vector<uint32_t> getAnnotationsInBounds(const LatLngBounds&);
diff --git a/platform/default/glfw_view.cpp b/platform/default/glfw_view.cpp
index e9da7529098..0f063e59253 100644
--- a/platform/default/glfw_view.cpp
+++ b/platform/default/glfw_view.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include <mbgl/annotation/point_annotation.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/platform/default/glfw_view.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/platform/gl.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/platform/log.hpp>
@@ -131,7 +130,8 @@ void GLFWView::onKey(GLFWwindow *window, int key, int /*scancode*/, int action,
 }
 
 void GLFWView::addRandomPointAnnotations(int count) {
-    std::vector<mbgl::PointAnnotation> points;
+    std::vector<mbgl::LatLng> points;
+    std::vector<std::string> markers;
 
     const auto sw = map->latLngForPixel({ 0, 0 });
     const auto ne = map->latLngForPixel({ double(width), double(height) });
@@ -140,10 +140,11 @@ void GLFWView::addRandomPointAnnotations(int count) {
         const double lon = sw.longitude + (ne.longitude - sw.longitude) * (double(std::rand()) / RAND_MAX);
         const double lat = sw.latitude + (ne.latitude - sw.latitude) * (double(std::rand()) / RAND_MAX);
 
-        points.emplace_back(mbgl::LatLng{ lat, lon }, "default_marker");
+        points.push_back({ lat, lon });
+        markers.push_back("default_marker");
     }
 
-    map->addPointAnnotations(points);
+    map->addPointAnnotations(points, markers);
 }
 
 void GLFWView::onScroll(GLFWwindow *window, double /*xOffset*/, double yOffset) {
diff --git a/platform/ios/MGLMapView.mm b/platform/ios/MGLMapView.mm
index 793363b6386..4ef63d4bf87 100644
--- a/platform/ios/MGLMapView.mm
+++ b/platform/ios/MGLMapView.mm
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #import <OpenGLES/EAGL.h>
 
 #include <mbgl/mbgl.hpp>
-#include <mbgl/annotation/point_annotation.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/platform/platform.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/platform/darwin/reachability.h>
 #include <mbgl/storage/default_file_source.hpp>
@@ -1670,8 +1669,11 @@ - (void)addAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations
 {
     if ( ! annotations) return;
 
-    std::vector<mbgl::PointAnnotation> points;
-    points.reserve(annotations.count);
+    std::vector<mbgl::LatLng> latLngs;
+    latLngs.reserve(annotations.count);
+
+    std::vector<std::string> symbols;
+    symbols.reserve(annotations.count);
 
     BOOL delegateImplementsSymbolLookup = [self.delegate respondsToSelector:@selector(mapView:symbolNameForAnnotation:)];
 
@@ -1679,6 +1681,8 @@ - (void)addAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations
     {
         assert([annotation conformsToProtocol:@protocol(MGLAnnotation)]);
 
+        latLngs.push_back(MGLLatLngFromLocationCoordinate2D(annotation.coordinate));
+
         NSString *symbolName = nil;
 
         if (delegateImplementsSymbolLookup)
@@ -1686,10 +1690,10 @@ - (void)addAnnotations:(NSArray *)annotations
             symbolName = [self.delegate mapView:self symbolNameForAnnotation:annotation];
         }
 
-        points.emplace_back(MGLLatLngFromLocationCoordinate2D(annotation.coordinate), (symbolName ? [symbolName UTF8String] : ""));
+        symbols.push_back((symbolName ? [symbolName UTF8String] : ""));
     }
 
-    std::vector<uint32_t> annotationIDs = _mbglMap->addPointAnnotations(points);
+    std::vector<uint32_t> annotationIDs = _mbglMap->addPointAnnotations(latLngs, symbols);
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < annotationIDs.size(); ++i)
     {
diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/annotation.cpp b/src/mbgl/map/annotation.cpp
index 481d19cd503..6df49ec647a 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/annotation.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/annotation.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ vec2<double> AnnotationManager::projectPoint(const LatLng& point) {
 }
 
 std::pair<std::vector<TileID>, AnnotationIDs>
-AnnotationManager::addPointAnnotations(const std::vector<PointAnnotation>& points,
+AnnotationManager::addPointAnnotations(const std::vector<LatLng>& points,
+                                       const std::vector<std::string>& symbols,
                                        const MapData& data) {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
 
@@ -102,14 +103,14 @@ AnnotationManager::addPointAnnotations(const std::vector<PointAnnotation>& point
 
     std::vector<TileID> affectedTiles;
 
-    for (const PointAnnotation& point : points) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < points.size(); ++i) {
         const uint32_t annotationID = nextID();
 
         // track the annotation global ID and its geometry
         auto anno_it = annotations.emplace(
             annotationID,
             std::make_unique<Annotation>(AnnotationType::Point,
-                                          AnnotationSegments({ { point.position } })));
+                                          AnnotationSegments({ { points[i] } })));
 
         const uint8_t maxZoom = data.transform.getMaxZoom();
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ AnnotationManager::addPointAnnotations(const std::vector<PointAnnotation>& point
         uint32_t z2 = 1 << maxZoom;
 
         // projection conversion into unit space
-        const vec2<double> p = projectPoint(point.position);
+        const vec2<double> p = projectPoint(points[i]);
 
         uint32_t x = p.x * z2;
         uint32_t y = p.y * z2;
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ AnnotationManager::addPointAnnotations(const std::vector<PointAnnotation>& point
 
             // at render time we style the annotation according to its {sprite} field
             const std::map<std::string, std::string> properties = {
-                { "sprite", (point.icon.length() ? point.icon : defaultPointAnnotationSymbol) }
+                { "sprite", (symbols[i].length() ? symbols[i] : defaultPointAnnotationSymbol) }
             };
 
             auto feature =
diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/annotation.hpp b/src/mbgl/map/annotation.hpp
index fb78a832c9e..0c9a078e579 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/annotation.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/annotation.hpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #define MBGL_MAP_ANNOTATIONS
 
 #include <mbgl/map/tile_id.hpp>
-#include <mbgl/annotation/point_annotation.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/util/geo.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/util/noncopyable.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/util/vec.hpp>
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ class AnnotationManager : private util::noncopyable {
 
     void setDefaultPointAnnotationSymbol(const std::string& symbol);
     std::pair<std::vector<TileID>, AnnotationIDs> addPointAnnotations(
-        const std::vector<PointAnnotation>&, const MapData&);
+        const std::vector<LatLng>&, const std::vector<std::string>& symbols, const MapData&);
     std::vector<TileID> removeAnnotations(const AnnotationIDs&, const MapData&);
     AnnotationIDs getAnnotationsInBounds(const LatLngBounds&, const MapData&) const;
     LatLngBounds getBoundsForAnnotations(const AnnotationIDs&) const;
diff --git a/src/mbgl/map/map.cpp b/src/mbgl/map/map.cpp
index 70194152d92..47c9472d59e 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/map/map.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/map/map.cpp
@@ -235,12 +235,12 @@ double Map::getTopOffsetPixelsForAnnotationSymbol(const std::string& symbol) {
     return context->invokeSync<double>(&MapContext::getTopOffsetPixelsForAnnotationSymbol, symbol);
 }
 
-uint32_t Map::addPointAnnotation(const PointAnnotation& annotation) {
-    return addPointAnnotations({ annotation }).front();
+uint32_t Map::addPointAnnotation(const LatLng& point, const std::string& symbol) {
+    return addPointAnnotations({ point }, { symbol }).front();
 }
 
-std::vector<uint32_t> Map::addPointAnnotations(const std::vector<PointAnnotation>& annotations) {
-    auto result = data->annotationManager.addPointAnnotations(annotations, *data);
+std::vector<uint32_t> Map::addPointAnnotations(const std::vector<LatLng>& points, const std::vector<std::string>& symbols) {
+    auto result = data->annotationManager.addPointAnnotations(points, symbols, *data);
     context->invoke(&MapContext::updateAnnotationTiles, result.first);
     return result.second;
 }