diff --git a/src/ccstruct/imagedata.cpp b/src/ccstruct/imagedata.cpp
index 4327c578b0..d41d0a5c95 100644
--- a/src/ccstruct/imagedata.cpp
+++ b/src/ccstruct/imagedata.cpp
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ ImageData::ImageData(bool vertical, Pix *pix) : page_number_(0), vertical_text_(
   SetPix(pix);
 }
 ImageData::~ImageData() {
-#ifdef TESSERACT_IMAGEDATA_AS_PIX
-  pixDestroy(&internal_pix_);
-#endif
 }
 
 // Builds and returns an ImageData from the basic data. Note that imagedata,
@@ -180,28 +177,12 @@ bool ImageData::SkipDeSerialize(TFile *fp) {
 // In case of missing PNG support in Leptonica use PNM format,
 // which requires more memory.
 void ImageData::SetPix(Pix *pix) {
-#ifdef TESSERACT_IMAGEDATA_AS_PIX
-  internal_pix_ = pix;
-#else
   SetPixInternal(pix, &image_data_);
-#endif
 }
 
 // Returns the Pix image for *this. Must be pixDestroyed after use.
 Pix *ImageData::GetPix() const {
-#ifdef TESSERACT_IMAGEDATA_AS_PIX
-#  ifdef GRAPHICS_DISABLED
-  /* The only caller of this is the scaling functions to prescale the
-   * source. Thus we can just return a new pointer to the same data. */
-  return pixClone(internal_pix_);
-#  else
-  /* pixCopy always does an actual copy, so the caller can modify the
-   * changed data. */
-  return pixCopy(NULL, internal_pix_);
-#  endif
-#else
   return GetPixInternal(image_data_);
-#endif
 }
 
 // Gets anything and everything with a non-nullptr pointer, prescaled to a
@@ -322,7 +303,6 @@ void ImageData::AddBoxes(const std::vector<TBOX> &boxes, const std::vector<std::
   }
 }
 
-#ifndef TESSERACT_IMAGEDATA_AS_PIX
 // Saves the given Pix as a PNG-encoded string and destroys it.
 // In case of missing PNG support in Leptonica use PNM format,
 // which requires more memory.
@@ -351,7 +331,6 @@ Pix *ImageData::GetPixInternal(const std::vector<char> &image_data) {
   }
   return pix;
 }
-#endif
 
 // Parses the text string as a box file and adds any discovered boxes that
 // match the page number. Returns false on error.
diff --git a/src/ccstruct/imagedata.h b/src/ccstruct/imagedata.h
index 6ad39edd8d..f78d34ee93 100644
--- a/src/ccstruct/imagedata.h
+++ b/src/ccstruct/imagedata.h
@@ -151,9 +151,6 @@ class TESS_API ImageData {
 private:
   std::string imagefilename_; // File to read image from.
   int32_t page_number_;  // Page number if multi-page tif or -1.
-#ifdef TESSERACT_IMAGEDATA_AS_PIX
-  Pix *internal_pix_;
-#endif
   std::vector<char> image_data_;  // PNG/PNM file data.
   std::string language_;          // Language code for image.
   std::string transcription_;     // UTF-8 ground truth of image.