diff --git a/src/core/Buffer.cc b/src/core/Buffer.cc
index 143ee0c..7df863c 100644
--- a/src/core/Buffer.cc
+++ b/src/core/Buffer.cc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Buffer::Buffer()
 {
-    piece_table = std::make_shared<PieceTable>(nullptr, 0u);
+    piece_table = std::make_shared<PieceTable>();
     m_file_buffer = nullptr;
     m_file_buffer_size = 0u;
     m_eol_at_eof = true;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bool Buffer::load_from_file(const char * filename)
     TextLoader text_loader;
     text_loader.load_buffer(m_file_buffer, file_size);
 
-    piece_table = std::make_shared<PieceTable>(m_file_buffer, m_file_buffer_size);
+    piece_table = std::make_shared<PieceTable>();
     for (auto it = text_loader.begin(); it != text_loader.end(); it++)
     {
         auto next = it;
diff --git a/src/core/PieceTable.cc b/src/core/PieceTable.cc
index 5df8a58..f059a3a 100644
--- a/src/core/PieceTable.cc
+++ b/src/core/PieceTable.cc
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #include "PieceTable.h"
 
-PieceTable::PieceTable(const uint8_t * file_buffer, unsigned long file_buffer_size)
+PieceTable::PieceTable()
 {
-    m_file_buffer = file_buffer;
-    m_file_buffer_size = file_buffer_size;
     start_piece = &m_pieces[PIECE_INDEX_START];
     end_piece = &m_pieces[PIECE_INDEX_END];
     start_piece->next = end_piece;
diff --git a/src/core/PieceTable.h b/src/core/PieceTable.h
index 936c512..feebc58 100644
--- a/src/core/PieceTable.h
+++ b/src/core/PieceTable.h
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public:
     uint8_t tabstop;
     Encoding::Type encoding;
 
-    PieceTable(const uint8_t * file_buffer, unsigned long file_buffer_size);
+    PieceTable();
 
     uint32_t get_num_lines() { return m_num_lines; }
 
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ protected:
 
     void apply_change(Change * change, uint8_t forward);
 
-    const uint8_t * m_file_buffer;
-    unsigned long m_file_buffer_size;
     uint32_t m_num_lines;
 
     PagedBuffer<uint8_t> m_append_buffer;