diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
index 319da7ab..fa4452e0 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <qpdf/DLL.h>
 #include <qpdf/Types.h>
-#include <qpdf/PointerHolder.hh>
 #include <qpdf/JSON.hh>
 
 #include <string>
@@ -100,21 +99,12 @@ class QPDFObject
     virtual void releaseResolved() {}
 
   private:
-    QPDFObject(QPDFObject const&);
-    QPDFObject& operator=(QPDFObject const&);
-    class Members
-    {
-        friend class QPDFObject;
-      public:
-        QPDF_DLL
-        ~Members();
-      private:
-        Members();
-        QPDF* owning_qpdf;
-        std::string object_description;
-        qpdf_offset_t parsed_offset;
-    };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    QPDFObject(QPDFObject const&) = delete;
+    QPDFObject& operator=(QPDFObject const&) = delete;
+
+    QPDF* owning_qpdf;
+    std::string object_description;
+    qpdf_offset_t parsed_offset;
 };
 
 #endif // QPDFOBJECT_HH
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFObject.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFObject.cc
index 679e62d3..39eb01a2 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFObject.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFObject.cc
@@ -1,49 +1,40 @@
 #include <qpdf/QPDFObject.hh>
 
-QPDFObject::Members::Members() :
+QPDFObject::QPDFObject() :
     owning_qpdf(0),
     parsed_offset(-1)
 {
 }
 
-QPDFObject::Members::~Members()
-{
-}
-
-QPDFObject::QPDFObject() :
-    m(new Members)
-{
-}
-
 void
 QPDFObject::setDescription(QPDF* qpdf, std::string const& description)
 {
-    this->m->owning_qpdf = qpdf;
-    this->m->object_description = description;
+    this->owning_qpdf = qpdf;
+    this->object_description = description;
 }
 
 bool
 QPDFObject::getDescription(QPDF*& qpdf, std::string& description)
 {
-    qpdf = this->m->owning_qpdf;
-    description = this->m->object_description;
-    return this->m->owning_qpdf != 0;
+    qpdf = this->owning_qpdf;
+    description = this->object_description;
+    return this->owning_qpdf != 0;
 }
 
 bool
 QPDFObject::hasDescription()
 {
-    return this->m->owning_qpdf != 0;
+    return this->owning_qpdf != 0;
 }
 
 void
 QPDFObject::setParsedOffset(qpdf_offset_t offset)
 {
-    this->m->parsed_offset = offset;
+    this->parsed_offset = offset;
 }
 
 qpdf_offset_t
 QPDFObject::getParsedOffset()
 {
-    return this->m->parsed_offset;
+    return this->parsed_offset;
 }