diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 922e0c747..a1f9cb8a5 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     if (!cursor_visible) return;  // don't hide if already hidden.
 
     if (invisible_cursor == null) {
-      invisible_cursor = new PImage(new int[16*16], 16, 16, ARGB);
+      invisible_cursor = new PImage(16, 16, ARGB);
     }
     // was formerly 16x16, but the 0x0 was added by jdf as a fix
     // for macosx, which didn't wasn't honoring the invisible cursor
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PFont.java b/core/src/processing/core/PFont.java
index e50c44892..c7ccd5cf3 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PFont.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PFont.java
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ public class PFont implements PConstants {
 
     images = new PImage[charCount];
     for (int i = 0; i < charCount; i++) {
-      int pixels[] = new int[twidth * theight];
-      images[i] = new PImage(pixels, twidth, theight, ALPHA);
+      images[i] = new PImage(twidth, theight, ALPHA);
       int bitmapSize = height[i] * width[i];
 
       byte temp[] = new byte[bitmapSize];
@@ -889,8 +888,7 @@ public class PFont implements PConstants {
       if (width[index] > maxWidthHeight) maxWidthHeight = width[index];
       if (height[index] > maxWidthHeight) maxWidthHeight = height[index];
 
-      bitmaps[index] = new PImage(new int[width[index] * height[index]],
-                                  width[index], height[index], ALPHA);
+      bitmaps[index] = new PImage(width[index], height[index], ALPHA);
 
       for (int y = minY; y <= maxY; y++) {
         for (int x = minX; x <= maxX; x++) {
@@ -929,7 +927,7 @@ public class PFont implements PConstants {
     // so that this font can be used immediately by p5.
     images = new PImage[charCount];
     for (int i = 0; i < charCount; i++) {
-      images[i] = new PImage(new int[mbox2*mbox2], mbox2, mbox2, ALPHA);
+      images[i] = new PImage(mbox2, mbox2, ALPHA);
       for (int y = 0; y < height[i]; y++) {
         System.arraycopy(bitmaps[i].pixels, y*width[i],
                          images[i].pixels, y*mbox2,
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java b/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java
index e01f0df01..d25d55469 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ public class PImage implements PConstants, Cloneable {
   }
 
 
+  /*
   public PImage(int pixels[], int width, int height, int format) {
     this.pixels = pixels;
     this.width = width;
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ public class PImage implements PConstants, Cloneable {
     this.format = format;
     this.cache = null;
   }
+  */
 
 
   /**
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ public class PImage implements PConstants, Cloneable {
     if (x + w > width) w = width - x;
     if (y + h > height) h = height - y;
 
-    PImage newbie = new PImage(new int[w*h], w, h, format);
+    PImage newbie = new PImage(w, h, format);
 
     int index = y*width + x;
     int index2 = 0;