diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorrenderer.js
index 02d4924b3c..183412b679 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorrenderer.js
@@ -272,22 +272,12 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorRenderer.prototype.renderPointFeatures_ =
 ol.renderer.canvas.VectorRenderer.prototype.renderText_ =
     function(features, text, texts) {
   var context = this.context_,
-      fontArray = [],
-      color = text.color,
       vecs, vec;
 
-  if (color) {
-    context.fillStyle = color;
-  }
-  if (goog.isDef(text.fontSize)) {
-    fontArray.push(text.fontSize + 'px');
-  }
-  if (goog.isDef(text.fontFamily)) {
-    fontArray.push(text.fontFamily);
-  }
-  if (fontArray.length) {
-    context.font = fontArray.join(' ');
+  if (context.fillStyle !== text.color) {
+    context.fillStyle = text.color;
   }
+  context.font = text.fontSize + 'px ' + text.fontFamily;
   context.globalAlpha = text.opacity;
 
   // TODO: make alignments configurable
diff --git a/src/ol/style/text.js b/src/ol/style/text.js
index 0ffa64d391..200ce377b3 100644
--- a/src/ol/style/text.js
+++ b/src/ol/style/text.js
@@ -26,18 +26,13 @@ ol.style.TextLiteralOptions;
  */
 ol.style.TextLiteral = function(options) {
 
+  goog.asserts.assertString(options.color, 'color must be a string');
   /** @type {string} */
   this.color = options.color;
-  if (goog.isDef(options.color)) {
-    goog.asserts.assertString(options.color, 'color must be a string');
-  }
 
+  goog.asserts.assertString(options.fontFamily, 'fontFamily must be a string');
   /** @type {string} */
   this.fontFamily = options.fontFamily;
-  if (goog.isDef(options.fontFamily)) {
-    goog.asserts.assertString(options.fontFamily,
-        'fontFamily must be a string');
-  }
 
   goog.asserts.assertNumber(options.fontSize, 'fontSize must be a number');
   /** @type {number} */