diff --git a/src/misc_utilities/classifychars.cpp b/src/misc_utilities/classifychars.cpp
index 08d0fc1..c98c235 100644
--- a/src/misc_utilities/classifychars.cpp
+++ b/src/misc_utilities/classifychars.cpp
@@ -159,9 +159,6 @@ int main( int argc, const char** argv )
         if (pipeline_data.plate_inverted)
           bitwise_not(pipeline_data.crop_gray, pipeline_data.crop_gray);
         
-        CharacterSegmenter charSegmenter(&pipeline_data);
-
-        //ocr.cleanCharRegions(charSegmenter.thresholds, charSegmenter.characters);
 
         ocr->performOCR(&pipeline_data);
         ocr->postProcessor.analyze(statecodestr, 25);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
index ac68680..71b00a7 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
@@ -38,13 +38,11 @@ namespace alpr
 
   LicensePlateCandidate::~LicensePlateCandidate()
   {
-    delete charSegmenter;
   }
 
   // Must delete this pointer in parent class
   void LicensePlateCandidate::recognize()
   {
-    charSegmenter = NULL;
 
     pipeline_data->isMultiline = config->multiline;
 
@@ -136,7 +134,6 @@ namespace alpr
       cout << "deskew Time: " << diffclock(startTime, endTime) << "ms." << endl;
     }
 
-    charSegmenter = new CharacterSegmenter(pipeline_data);
 
 
   }
diff --git a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.h b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.h
index bce39fb..2a48193 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "edges/platelines.h"
 #include "transformation.h"
 #include "textdetection/characteranalysis.h"
-#include "segmentation/charactersegmenter.h"
 #include "edges/platecorners.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "pipeline_data.h"
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ namespace alpr
       PipelineData* pipeline_data;
       Config* config;
 
-      CharacterSegmenter* charSegmenter;
 
       cv::Mat filterByCharacterHue(std::vector<std::vector<cv::Point> > charRegionContours);
       std::vector<cv::Point> findPlateCorners(cv::Mat inputImage, PlateLines plateLines, CharacterAnalysis textAnalysis);	// top-left, top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left