diff --git a/src/ol/format/gmlformat.js b/src/ol/format/gmlformat.js
index 8632080665..5940c5694f 100644
--- a/src/ol/format/gmlformat.js
+++ b/src/ol/format/gmlformat.js
@@ -48,17 +48,6 @@ ol.format.GML = function(opt_options) {
 goog.inherits(ol.format.GML, ol.format.XML);
 
 
-/**
- * @const
- * @private
- * @type {Array.<string>}
- */
-ol.format.GML.NAMESPACE_URIS_ = [
-  'http://www.opengis.net/gml',
-  'http://www.opengis.net/wfs'
-];
-
-
 /**
  * @param {Node} node Node.
  * @param {Array.<*>} objectStack Object stack.