diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/gstdwrite-utils.h b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/gstdwrite-utils.h
index 7637f83220..6c3ada6b00 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/gstdwrite-utils.h
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/gstdwrite-utils.h
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 #include <gst/gst.h>
 
-#define GST_DWRITE_TEXT_META_NAME "GstDWriteTextMeta"
-
 #define GST_DWRITE_CAPS \
     GST_VIDEO_CAPS_MAKE_WITH_FEATURES (GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_D3D11_MEMORY "," \
         GST_CAPS_FEATURE_META_GST_VIDEO_OVERLAY_COMPOSITION, \
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/gstdwritebaseoverlay.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/gstdwritebaseoverlay.cpp
index 121643654f..3716d91366 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/gstdwritebaseoverlay.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/gstdwritebaseoverlay.cpp
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ enum class GstDWriteBaseOverlayBlendMode
 /* *INDENT-OFF* */
 struct _GstDWriteBaseOverlayPrivate
 {
-  GstPad *video_pad = nullptr;
-  GstPad *text_pad = nullptr;
-  GstPad *src_pad = nullptr;
-
   GstD3D11Device *device = nullptr;
 
   GstVideoInfo bgra_info;