diff --git a/dom/svg/SVGAnimatedPathSegList.cpp b/dom/svg/SVGAnimatedPathSegList.cpp
index 27b91272350e..1a2dd5c89878 100644
--- a/dom/svg/SVGAnimatedPathSegList.cpp
+++ b/dom/svg/SVGAnimatedPathSegList.cpp
@@ -144,12 +144,6 @@ SVGAnimatedPathSegList::ClearAnimValue(nsSVGElement *aElement)
   aElement->DidAnimatePathSegList();
 }
 
-bool
-SVGAnimatedPathSegList::IsRendered() const
-{
-  return mAnimVal ? !mAnimVal->IsEmpty() : !mBaseVal.IsEmpty();
-}
-
 UniquePtr<nsISMILAttr>
 SVGAnimatedPathSegList::ToSMILAttr(nsSVGElement *aElement)
 {
diff --git a/dom/svg/SVGAnimatedPathSegList.h b/dom/svg/SVGAnimatedPathSegList.h
index 17e7a17a76b7..eda6de84abe6 100644
--- a/dom/svg/SVGAnimatedPathSegList.h
+++ b/dom/svg/SVGAnimatedPathSegList.h
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ public:
 
   void ClearAnimValue(nsSVGElement *aElement);
 
-  /**
-   * Empty paths are not rendered.
-   */
-  bool IsRendered() const;
-
   /**
    * Needed for correct DOM wrapper construction since GetAnimValue may
    * actually return the baseVal!
diff --git a/dom/svg/SVGTextPathElement.h b/dom/svg/SVGTextPathElement.h
index 4f8fd30e42e4..3cd45b546f85 100644
--- a/dom/svg/SVGTextPathElement.h
+++ b/dom/svg/SVGTextPathElement.h
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "nsSVGEnum.h"
 #include "nsSVGLength2.h"
 #include "nsSVGString.h"
-#include "mozilla/dom/SVGAnimatedPathSegList.h"
 #include "mozilla/dom/SVGTextContentElement.h"
 
 class nsAtom;
@@ -45,14 +44,6 @@ public:
   virtual nsresult Clone(mozilla::dom::NodeInfo *aNodeInfo, nsINode **aResult,
                          bool aPreallocateChildren) const override;
 
-  SVGAnimatedPathSegList* GetAnimPathSegList() override {
-    return &mPath;
-  }
-
-  nsAtom* GetPathDataAttrName() const override {
-    return nsGkAtoms::path;
-  }
-
   // WebIDL
   already_AddRefed<SVGAnimatedLength> StartOffset();
   already_AddRefed<SVGAnimatedEnumeration> Method();
@@ -84,8 +75,6 @@ public:
   enum { HREF, XLINK_HREF };
   nsSVGString mStringAttributes[2];
   static StringInfo sStringInfo[2];
-
-  SVGAnimatedPathSegList mPath;
 };
 
 } // namespace dom
diff --git a/dom/svg/moz.build b/dom/svg/moz.build
index 6f79fc07d6e3..f61bf775e6a2 100644
--- a/dom/svg/moz.build
+++ b/dom/svg/moz.build
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ EXPORTS.mozilla.dom += [
     'SVGAnimatedInteger.h',
     'SVGAnimatedLength.h',
     'SVGAnimatedNumber.h',
-    'SVGAnimatedPathSegList.h',
     'SVGAnimatedRect.h',
     'SVGAnimatedString.h',
     'SVGAnimatedTransformList.h',
diff --git a/layout/reftests/svg/reftest.list b/layout/reftests/svg/reftest.list
index ff00fceb45a2..10f17f0a697e 100644
--- a/layout/reftests/svg/reftest.list
+++ b/layout/reftests/svg/reftest.list
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ fuzzy-if(skiaContent,1,610) == textPath-03.svg pass.svg
 == textPath-05.html pass.svg
 == textPath-06.svg pass.svg
 == textPath-line-01.svg textPath-line-01-ref.svg
-== textPath-path-attribute-01.svg pass.svg
 == textPath-side-attribute-01.svg pass.svg
 
 == text-white-space-01.svg text-white-space-01-ref.svg
diff --git a/layout/reftests/svg/textPath-path-attribute-01.svg b/layout/reftests/svg/textPath-path-attribute-01.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index 444098158c5a..000000000000
--- a/layout/reftests/svg/textPath-path-attribute-01.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-     Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
-     http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
--->
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
-
-  <defs>
-    <path id="path" d="M 100 100 h 400"/>
-  </defs>
-
-  <style>
-    .cover {
-      fill: lime;
-      stroke: lime;
-      stroke-width: 3px;
-    }
-  </style>
-
-  <rect width="100%" height="100%" fill="lime" />
-
-  <text font-size="20">
-    <textPath href="#path" fill="red">1 Should not see this</textPath>
-    <textPath path="M 100 100 h 400" class="cover">1 Should not see this</textPath>
-  </text>
-
-  <text transform="translate(0,50)" font-size="20">
-    <textPath fill="red">2 Should not see this
-      <set attributeName="path" to="M 100 100 h 400"/>
-    </textPath>
-    <textPath href="#path" class="cover">2 Should not see this
-    </textPath>
-  </text>
-
-  <text transform="translate(0,100)" font-size="20">
-    <textPath fill="red" path="M 400 100 h 400" href="#path">3 Should not see this
-      <set attributeName="path" to=""/>
-    </textPath>
-    <textPath href="#path" class="cover">3 Should not see this
-    </textPath>
-  </text>
-
-</svg>
diff --git a/layout/svg/SVGTextFrame.cpp b/layout/svg/SVGTextFrame.cpp
index 46b62f78a8e2..003337d013a7 100644
--- a/layout/svg/SVGTextFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/svg/SVGTextFrame.cpp
@@ -3382,7 +3382,6 @@ SVGTextFrame::HandleAttributeChangeInDescendant(Element* aElement,
   if (aElement->IsSVGElement(nsGkAtoms::textPath)) {
     if (aNameSpaceID == kNameSpaceID_None &&
         (aAttribute == nsGkAtoms::startOffset ||
-         aAttribute == nsGkAtoms::path ||
          aAttribute == nsGkAtoms::side_)) {
       NotifyGlyphMetricsChange();
     } else if ((aNameSpaceID == kNameSpaceID_XLink ||
@@ -5020,27 +5019,18 @@ SVGTextFrame::GetTextPathGeometryElement(nsIFrame* aTextPathFrame)
 already_AddRefed<Path>
 SVGTextFrame::GetTextPath(nsIFrame* aTextPathFrame)
 {
-  nsIContent* content = aTextPathFrame->GetContent();
-  SVGTextPathElement* tp = static_cast<SVGTextPathElement*>(content);
-  if (tp->mPath.IsRendered()) {
-    // This is just an attribute so there's no transform that can apply
-    // so we can just return the path directly.
-    return tp->mPath.GetAnimValue().BuildPathForMeasuring();
-  }
-
-  SVGGeometryElement* geomElement = GetTextPathGeometryElement(aTextPathFrame);
-  if (!geomElement) {
+  SVGGeometryElement* element = GetTextPathGeometryElement(aTextPathFrame);
+  if (!element) {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-  RefPtr<Path> path = geomElement->GetOrBuildPathForMeasuring();
+  RefPtr<Path> path = element->GetOrBuildPathForMeasuring();
   if (!path) {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-  gfxMatrix matrix = geomElement->PrependLocalTransformsTo(gfxMatrix());
+  gfxMatrix matrix = element->PrependLocalTransformsTo(gfxMatrix());
   if (!matrix.IsIdentity()) {
-    // Apply the geometry element's transform
     RefPtr<PathBuilder> builder =
       path->TransformedCopyToBuilder(ToMatrix(matrix));
     path = builder->Finish();
@@ -5052,19 +5042,11 @@ SVGTextFrame::GetTextPath(nsIFrame* aTextPathFrame)
 gfxFloat
 SVGTextFrame::GetOffsetScale(nsIFrame* aTextPathFrame)
 {
-  nsIContent* content = aTextPathFrame->GetContent();
-  SVGTextPathElement* tp = static_cast<SVGTextPathElement*>(content);
-  if (tp->mPath.IsRendered()) {
-    // A path attribute has no pathLength or transform
-    // so we return a unit scale.
-    return 1.0;
-  }
-
-  SVGGeometryElement* geomElement = GetTextPathGeometryElement(aTextPathFrame);
-  if (!geomElement)
+  SVGGeometryElement* element = GetTextPathGeometryElement(aTextPathFrame);
+  if (!element)
     return 1.0;
 
-  return geomElement->GetPathLengthScale(SVGGeometryElement::eForTextPath);
+  return element->GetPathLengthScale(SVGGeometryElement::eForTextPath);
 }
 
 gfxFloat