diff --git a/src/Key.zig b/src/Key.zig
index 066ae7c..981de69 100644
--- a/src/Key.zig
+++ b/src/Key.zig
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ base_layout_codepoint: ?u21 = null,
 
 mods: Modifiers = .{},
 
-/// Internal buffer to hold text contents. If text is longer than 16 bytes, it is stored in a
-/// separate ring buffer by the main Vaxis object
-buffer: [16]u8 = undefined,
-/// Length of text stored in the buffer
-text_len: u4 = 0,
-
 // matches follows a loose matching algorithm for key matches.
 // 1. If the codepoint and modifiers are exact matches, after removing caps_lock
 //    and num_lock