diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js
index 65fa90866e..25538ddf56 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 goog.provide('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
 
 goog.require('goog.array');
+goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
 goog.require('ol.dom');
+goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.render.Event');
 goog.require('ol.render.EventType');
@@ -44,6 +46,35 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.composeFrame =
 
   var image = this.getImage();
   if (!goog.isNull(image)) {
+
+    // clipped rendering if layer extent is set
+    var extent = layerState.extent;
+    var clipped = goog.isDef(extent);
+    if (clipped) {
+      goog.asserts.assert(goog.isDef(extent));
+      var topLeft = ol.extent.getTopLeft(extent);
+      var topRight = ol.extent.getTopRight(extent);
+      var bottomRight = ol.extent.getBottomRight(extent);
+      var bottomLeft = ol.extent.getBottomLeft(extent);
+
+      ol.vec.Mat4.multVec2(frameState.coordinateToPixelMatrix,
+          topLeft, topLeft);
+      ol.vec.Mat4.multVec2(frameState.coordinateToPixelMatrix,
+          topRight, topRight);
+      ol.vec.Mat4.multVec2(frameState.coordinateToPixelMatrix,
+          bottomRight, bottomRight);
+      ol.vec.Mat4.multVec2(frameState.coordinateToPixelMatrix,
+          bottomLeft, bottomLeft);
+
+      context.save();
+      context.beginPath();
+      context.moveTo(topLeft[0], topLeft[1]);
+      context.lineTo(topRight[0], topRight[1]);
+      context.lineTo(bottomRight[0], bottomRight[1]);
+      context.lineTo(bottomLeft[0], bottomLeft[1]);
+      context.clip();
+    }
+
     var imageTransform = this.getImageTransform();
     // for performance reasons, context.save / context.restore is not used
     // to save and restore the transformation matrix and the opacity.
@@ -72,6 +103,10 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.composeFrame =
       context.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
     }
     context.globalAlpha = alpha;
+
+    if (clipped) {
+      context.restore();
+    }
   }
 
   this.dispatchPostComposeEvent(context, frameState);
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
index 8ccc72d1ac..978aa41aa4 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
@@ -5,16 +5,13 @@ goog.provide('ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer');
 
 goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.events');
 goog.require('goog.object');
 goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
-goog.require('ol.Object');
 goog.require('ol.Size');
 goog.require('ol.TileRange');
 goog.require('ol.TileState');
 goog.require('ol.dom');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
-goog.require('ol.layer.LayerProperty');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Tile');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.Map');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
@@ -81,32 +78,10 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer = function(mapRenderer, tileLayer) {
    */
   this.renderedTiles_ = null;
 
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {Array.<goog.events.Key>}
-   */
-  this.eventKeys_ = [
-    goog.events.listen(
-        tileLayer, ol.Object.getChangeEventType(ol.layer.LayerProperty.EXTENT),
-        this.handleLayerExtentChanged_, false, this)
-  ];
-
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer, ol.renderer.canvas.Layer);
 
 
-/**
- * @inheritDoc
- */
-ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.disposeInternal = function() {
-  for (var i = 0, ii = this.eventKeys_.length; i < ii; ++i) {
-    goog.events.unlistenByKey(this.eventKeys_[i]);
-  }
-  this.eventKeys_.length = 0;
-  goog.base(this, 'disposeInternal');
-};
-
-
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
@@ -123,19 +98,6 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.getImageTransform = function() {
 };
 
 
-/**
- * Handle layer extent changes.  We clear the canvas any time the layer extent
- * changes.
- * @private
- */
-ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.handleLayerExtentChanged_ = function() {
-  if (!goog.isNull(this.context_)) {
-    this.context_.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvasSize_[0], this.canvasSize_[1]);
-    this.renderedCanvasZ_ = NaN;
-  }
-};
-
-
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
@@ -278,11 +240,6 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame =
       if (z != this.renderedCanvasZ_ ||
           !this.renderedCanvasTileRange_.containsTileRange(tileRange)) {
         this.renderedCanvasTileRange_ = null;
-        // Due to limited layer extent, we may be rendering tiles on a small
-        // portion of the canvas.
-        if (z < this.renderedCanvasZ_) {
-          this.context_.clearRect(0, 0, canvasWidth, canvasHeight);
-        }
       }
     }
   }