diff --git a/include/mapnik/text/vertex_cache.hpp b/include/mapnik/text/vertex_cache.hpp
index 1214d2577..eb69337b0 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/text/vertex_cache.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/text/vertex_cache.hpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public:
         pixel_position const& position() const { return current_position; }
     };
 
-    class scoped_state
+    class scoped_state : noncopyable
     {
     public:
         scoped_state(vertex_cache &pp) : pp_(pp), state_(pp.save_state()), restored_(false) {}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public:
         state const& get_state() const { return state_; }
     private:
         vertex_cache &pp_;
-        class state state_;
+        state state_;
         bool restored_;
     };
 
@@ -224,8 +224,5 @@ vertex_cache::vertex_cache(T & path)
     }
 }
 
-
-
-
 }
 #endif