diff --git a/include/osgText/Text b/include/osgText/Text
index 4300788a5..67d861461 100644
--- a/include/osgText/Text
+++ b/include/osgText/Text
@@ -338,12 +338,12 @@ public:
         const LineNumbers& getLineNumbers() const { return _lineNumbers; }
         
         /** Resize any per context GLObject buffers to specified size. */
-        virtual void resizeGLObjectBuffers(unsigned int maxSize);
+        void resizeGLObjectBuffers(unsigned int maxSize);
 
         /** If State is non-zero, this function releases OpenGL objects for
         * the specified graphics context. Otherwise, releases OpenGL objexts
         * for all graphics contexts. */
-        virtual void releaseGLObjects(osg::State* state=0) const;
+        void releaseGLObjects(osg::State* state=0) const;
         
     private: