diff --git a/src/ol/color/color.js b/src/ol/color/color.js
index 324bbe39d1..551cee056d 100644
--- a/src/ol/color/color.js
+++ b/src/ol/color/color.js
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@ ol.Color;
 ol.color.hexColorRe_ = /^#(?:[0-9a-f]{3}){1,2}$/i;
 
 
-/**
- * @type {RegExp}
- * @private
- * This RegExp matches # followed by 4 or 8 hex digits.
- */
-ol.color.hexaColorRe_ = /^#(?:[0-9a-f]{4}){1,2}$/i;
-
-
 /**
  * @type {RegExp}
  * @private