diff --git a/html.go b/html.go
index 0c1362d..934fc96 100644
--- a/html.go
+++ b/html.go
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ type HTMLRenderer struct {
 	// Track header IDs to prevent ID collision in a single generation.
 	headerIDs map[string]int
 
-	w             HTMLWriter
 	lastOutputLen int
 	disableTags   int
 }
@@ -112,16 +111,6 @@ const (
 	htmlClose  = ">"
 )
 
-type HTMLWriter struct {
-	bytes.Buffer
-}
-
-// Writes out a newline if the output is not pristine. Used at the beginning of
-// every rendering func
-func (w *HTMLWriter) Newline() {
-	w.WriteByte('\n')
-}
-
 // NewHTMLRenderer creates and configures an HTMLRenderer object, which
 // satisfies the Renderer interface.
 func NewHTMLRenderer(params HTMLRendererParameters) Renderer {
@@ -135,13 +124,11 @@ func NewHTMLRenderer(params HTMLRendererParameters) Renderer {
 		params.FootnoteReturnLinkContents = `<sup>[return]</sup>`
 	}
 
-	var writer HTMLWriter
 	return &HTMLRenderer{
 		HTMLRendererParameters: params,
 
 		closeTag:  closeTag,
 		headerIDs: make(map[string]int),
-		w:         writer,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/latex.go b/latex.go
index c2ae9cf..ad69a2c 100644
--- a/latex.go
+++ b/latex.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import "bytes"
 //
 // Do not create this directly, instead use the NewLatexRenderer function.
 type Latex struct {
-	w HTMLWriter
+	w bytes.Buffer
 }
 
 // NewLatexRenderer creates and configures a Latex object, which
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type Latex struct {
 // flags is a set of LATEX_* options ORed together (currently no such options
 // are defined).
 func NewLatexRenderer(flags int) Renderer {
-	var writer HTMLWriter
+	var writer bytes.Buffer
 	return &Latex{
 		w: writer,
 	}