diff --git a/content/handlers/html/html.c b/content/handlers/html/html.c
index a8ae9e452..136c4eef2 100644
--- a/content/handlers/html/html.c
+++ b/content/handlers/html/html.c
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ html_open(struct content *c,
 	html->drag_owner.no_owner = true;
 
 	/* text selection */
-	selection_init(&html->sel, html->layout, &html->len_ctx);
+	selection_init(&html->sel, html->layout);
 	html->selection_type = HTML_SELECTION_NONE;
 	html->selection_owner.none = true;
 
diff --git a/content/handlers/html/private.h b/content/handlers/html/private.h
index ff20be837..43b0e84f2 100644
--- a/content/handlers/html/private.h
+++ b/content/handlers/html/private.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "netsurf/types.h"
 #include "content/content_protected.h"
 #include "desktop/selection.h"
+#include "content/handlers/css/utils.h"
 
 
 struct gui_layout_table;
diff --git a/content/handlers/html/textselection.c b/content/handlers/html/textselection.c
index 11e9deeb4..67fd25be3 100644
--- a/content/handlers/html/textselection.c
+++ b/content/handlers/html/textselection.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ html_create_selection(struct content *c, struct selection **sel_out)
 		return NSERROR_NOMEM;
 	}
 
-	selection_init(sel, html->layout, &html->len_ctx);
+	selection_init(sel, html->layout);
 
 	*sel_out = sel;
 	return NSERROR_OK;
diff --git a/content/handlers/text/textplain.c b/content/handlers/text/textplain.c
index 275efda83..5142291bb 100644
--- a/content/handlers/text/textplain.c
+++ b/content/handlers/text/textplain.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "content/content_factory.h"
 #include "content/hlcache.h"
 #include "content/textsearch.h"
+#include "content/handlers/css/utils.h"
 #include "desktop/selection.h"
 #include "desktop/gui_internal.h"
 
@@ -1227,7 +1228,7 @@ textplain_open(struct content *c,
 	text->bw = bw;
 
 	/* text selection */
-	selection_init(&text->sel, NULL, NULL);
+	selection_init(&text->sel, NULL);
 
 	return NSERROR_OK;
 }
@@ -1579,7 +1580,7 @@ textplain_create_selection(struct content *c, struct selection **sel_out)
 		return NSERROR_NOMEM;
 	}
 
-	selection_init(sel, NULL, NULL);
+	selection_init(sel, NULL);
 
 	*sel_out = sel;
 	return NSERROR_OK;
diff --git a/content/textsearch.c b/content/textsearch.c
index ae3c8a2b1..4ad23cf20 100644
--- a/content/textsearch.c
+++ b/content/textsearch.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "utils/errors.h"
 #include "utils/utils.h"
diff --git a/desktop/selection.c b/desktop/selection.c
index d4fa7ca7d..6839724f8 100644
--- a/desktop/selection.c
+++ b/desktop/selection.c
@@ -355,9 +355,7 @@ void selection_reinit(struct selection *s, struct box *root)
 
 /* exported interface documented in desktop/selection.h */
 void
-selection_init(struct selection *s,
-	       struct box *root,
-	       const nscss_len_ctx *len_ctx)
+selection_init(struct selection *s, struct box *root)
 {
 	if (s->defined) {
 		selection_clear(s, true);
@@ -367,13 +365,6 @@ selection_init(struct selection *s,
 	s->start_idx = 0;
 	s->end_idx = 0;
 	s->drag_state = DRAG_NONE;
-	if (len_ctx != NULL) {
-		s->len_ctx = *len_ctx;
-	} else {
-		s->len_ctx.vw = 0;
-		s->len_ctx.vh = 0;
-		s->len_ctx.root_style = NULL;
-	}
 
 	selection_reinit(s, root);
 }
diff --git a/desktop/selection.h b/desktop/selection.h
index cc8d8da4e..cb9289ac7 100644
--- a/desktop/selection.h
+++ b/desktop/selection.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include "netsurf/mouse.h"
-#include "content/handlers/css/utils.h"
 
 struct box;
 struct browser_window;
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ struct selection
 {
 	struct content *c;
 	struct box *root;
-	nscss_len_ctx len_ctx;
 
 	unsigned max_idx;  /* total bytes in text representation */
 
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ void selection_destroy(struct selection *s);
  * \param s selection object
  * \param root the root box for html document or NULL for text/plain
  */
-void selection_init(struct selection *s, struct box *root, const nscss_len_ctx *len_ctx);
+void selection_init(struct selection *s, struct box *root);
 
 /**
  * Initialise the selection object to use the given box subtree as its root,