diff --git a/src/ol/Map.js b/src/ol/Map.js
index 5987b2f158..128a273429 100644
--- a/src/ol/Map.js
+++ b/src/ol/Map.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * @module ol/Map
  */
-import {ENABLE_CANVAS, ENABLE_WEBGL, inherits} from './index.js';
+import {ENABLE_WEBGL, inherits} from './index.js';
 import _ol_PluggableMap_ from './PluggableMap.js';
 import _ol_PluginType_ from './PluginType.js';
 import _ol_control_ from './control.js';
@@ -19,15 +19,13 @@ import _ol_renderer_webgl_TileLayer_ from './renderer/webgl/TileLayer.js';
 import _ol_renderer_webgl_VectorLayer_ from './renderer/webgl/VectorLayer.js';
 
 
-if (ENABLE_CANVAS) {
-  _ol_plugins_.register(_ol_PluginType_.MAP_RENDERER, _ol_renderer_canvas_Map_);
-  _ol_plugins_.registerMultiple(_ol_PluginType_.LAYER_RENDERER, [
-    _ol_renderer_canvas_ImageLayer_,
-    _ol_renderer_canvas_TileLayer_,
-    _ol_renderer_canvas_VectorLayer_,
-    _ol_renderer_canvas_VectorTileLayer_
-  ]);
-}
+_ol_plugins_.register(_ol_PluginType_.MAP_RENDERER, _ol_renderer_canvas_Map_);
+_ol_plugins_.registerMultiple(_ol_PluginType_.LAYER_RENDERER, [
+  _ol_renderer_canvas_ImageLayer_,
+  _ol_renderer_canvas_TileLayer_,
+  _ol_renderer_canvas_VectorLayer_,
+  _ol_renderer_canvas_VectorTileLayer_
+]);
 
 if (ENABLE_WEBGL) {
   _ol_plugins_.register(_ol_PluginType_.MAP_RENDERER, _ol_renderer_webgl_Map_);
diff --git a/src/ol/has.js b/src/ol/has.js
index c529f1abf4..182eaea2ea 100644
--- a/src/ol/has.js
+++ b/src/ol/has.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * @module ol/has
  */
-import {ENABLE_CANVAS, HAS_WEBGL} from './index.js';
+import {HAS_WEBGL} from './index.js';
 
 var _ol_has_ = {};
 
@@ -51,13 +51,12 @@ _ol_has_.CANVAS_LINE_DASH = false;
 
 
 /**
- * True if both the library and browser support Canvas.  Always `false`
- * if `ol.ENABLE_CANVAS` is set to `false` at compile time.
+ * True if the and browsers support Canvas.
  * @const
  * @type {boolean}
  * @api
  */
-_ol_has_.CANVAS = ENABLE_CANVAS && (
+_ol_has_.CANVAS = (
   /**
    * @return {boolean} Canvas supported.
    */
diff --git a/src/ol/index.js b/src/ol/index.js
index 8bc8c7e1e5..e5203d9a0a 100644
--- a/src/ol/index.js
+++ b/src/ol/index.js
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ import webgl from './webgl.js';
 export var DEFAULT_WMS_VERSION = '1.3.0';
 
 
-/**
- * @type {boolean} Enable the Canvas renderer.  Default is `true`. Setting
- *     this to false at compile time in advanced mode removes all code
- *     supporting the Canvas renderer from the build.
- */
-export var ENABLE_CANVAS = true;
-
-
 /**
  * @type {boolean} Enable integration with the Proj4js library.  Default is
  *     `true`.
@@ -160,7 +152,6 @@ export default {
   inherits: inherits,
   VERSION: VERSION,
   DEFAULT_WMS_VERSION: DEFAULT_WMS_VERSION,
-  ENABLE_CANVAS: ENABLE_CANVAS,
   ENABLE_PROJ4JS: ENABLE_PROJ4JS,
   ENABLE_RASTER_REPROJECTION: ENABLE_RASTER_REPROJECTION,
   ENABLE_WEBGL: ENABLE_WEBGL,