diff --git a/include/mapnik/svg/output/svg_renderer.hpp b/include/mapnik/svg/output/svg_renderer.hpp
index 0851ce088..171907c97 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/svg/output/svg_renderer.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/svg/output/svg_renderer.hpp
@@ -73,9 +73,8 @@ class MAPNIK_DECL svg_renderer : public feature_style_processor<svg_renderer<Out
 {
 public:
     typedef svg_renderer<OutputIterator> processor_impl_type;
-    svg_renderer(Map const& m, OutputIterator& output_iterator, attributes const& vars, double scale_factor=1.0, unsigned offset_x=0, unsigned offset_y=0);
     svg_renderer(Map const& m, OutputIterator& output_iterator, double scale_factor=1.0, unsigned offset_x=0, unsigned offset_y=0);
-    svg_renderer(Map const& m, request const& req, OutputIterator& output_iterator, double scale_factor=1.0, unsigned offset_x=0, unsigned offset_y=0);
+    svg_renderer(Map const& m, request const& req, attributes const& vars, OutputIterator& output_iterator, double scale_factor=1.0, unsigned offset_x=0, unsigned offset_y=0);
     ~svg_renderer();
 
     void start_map_processing(Map const& map);
diff --git a/src/svg/output/svg_renderer.cpp b/src/svg/output/svg_renderer.cpp
index 075173af4..68ba930dc 100644
--- a/src/svg/output/svg_renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/svg/output/svg_renderer.cpp
@@ -36,15 +36,6 @@
 namespace mapnik
 {
 
-template <typename T>
-svg_renderer<T>::svg_renderer(Map const& m, T & output_iterator, attributes const& vars, double scale_factor, unsigned offset_x, unsigned offset_y) :
-    feature_style_processor<svg_renderer>(m, scale_factor),
-    output_iterator_(output_iterator),
-    generator_(output_iterator),
-    painted_(false),
-    common_(m, vars, offset_x, offset_y, m.width(), m.height(), scale_factor)
-{}
-
 template <typename T>
 svg_renderer<T>::svg_renderer(Map const& m, T & output_iterator, double scale_factor, unsigned offset_x, unsigned offset_y) :
     feature_style_processor<svg_renderer>(m, scale_factor),
@@ -55,12 +46,12 @@ svg_renderer<T>::svg_renderer(Map const& m, T & output_iterator, double scale_fa
 {}
 
 template <typename T>
-svg_renderer<T>::svg_renderer(Map const& m, request const& req, T & output_iterator, double scale_factor, unsigned offset_x, unsigned offset_y) :
+svg_renderer<T>::svg_renderer(Map const& m, request const& req,  attributes const& vars, T & output_iterator, double scale_factor, unsigned offset_x, unsigned offset_y) :
     feature_style_processor<svg_renderer>(m, scale_factor),
     output_iterator_(output_iterator),
     generator_(output_iterator),
     painted_(false),
-    common_(req, attributes(), offset_x, offset_y, req.width(), req.height(), scale_factor)
+    common_(req, vars, offset_x, offset_y, req.width(), req.height(), scale_factor)
 {}
 
 template <typename T>