diff --git a/doc/errors/index.md b/doc/errors/index.md
index 4608ed7e6a..d4deea08cf 100644
--- a/doc/errors/index.md
+++ b/doc/errors/index.md
@@ -241,10 +241,6 @@ Support for the `OES_element_index_uint` WebGL extension is mandatory for WebGL
 
 Layer opacity must be a number.
 
-### 65
-
-A symbol literal representation must be defined on the style supplied to a `WebGLPointsLayer` instance.
-
 ### 66
 
 `forEachFeatureAtCoordinate` cannot be used on a WebGL layer if the hit detection logic has not been enabled.
diff --git a/src/ol/layer/WebGLPoints.js b/src/ol/layer/WebGLPoints.js
index b778c56898..376a341931 100644
--- a/src/ol/layer/WebGLPoints.js
+++ b/src/ol/layer/WebGLPoints.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import {assign} from '../obj.js';
 import WebGLPointsLayerRenderer from '../renderer/webgl/PointsLayer.js';
 import {getSymbolFragmentShader, getSymbolVertexShader, parseSymbolStyle} from '../webgl/ShaderBuilder.js';
-import {assert} from '../asserts.js';
 import Layer from './Layer.js';
 
 
@@ -72,24 +71,24 @@ class WebGLPointsLayer extends Layer {
     super(baseOptions);
 
     /**
-     * @type {import('../style/LiteralStyle.js').LiteralStyle}
+     * @private
+     * @type {import('../webgl/ShaderBuilder.js').StyleParseResult}
      */
-    this.style = options.style;
-
-    assert(this.style.symbol !== undefined, 65);
+    this.parseResult_ = parseSymbolStyle(
+      /** @type {import('../style/LiteralStyle.js').LiteralStyle} */
+      (options.style).symbol
+    );
   }
 
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   createRenderer() {
-    const parseResult = parseSymbolStyle(this.style.symbol);
-
     return new WebGLPointsLayerRenderer(this, {
-      vertexShader: getSymbolVertexShader(parseResult.params),
-      fragmentShader: getSymbolFragmentShader(parseResult.params),
-      uniforms: parseResult.uniforms,
-      attributes: parseResult.attributes
+      vertexShader: getSymbolVertexShader(this.parseResult_.params),
+      fragmentShader: getSymbolFragmentShader(this.parseResult_.params),
+      uniforms: this.parseResult_.uniforms,
+      attributes: this.parseResult_.attributes
     });
   }
 }