diff --git a/src/source/rtl_text_plugin.js b/src/source/rtl_text_plugin.js
index fbd1b7fd3fa..6ff9f033c0e 100644
--- a/src/source/rtl_text_plugin.js
+++ b/src/source/rtl_text_plugin.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import {Event, Evented} from '../util/evented';
 import {getArrayBuffer} from '../util/ajax';
 import browser from '../util/browser';
-import window from '../util/window';
 import assert from 'assert';
 import {isWorker} from '../util/util';
 
@@ -17,8 +16,7 @@ const status = {
 
 export type PluginState = {
     pluginStatus: $Values<typeof status>;
-    pluginURL: ?string,
-    pluginBlobURL: ?string
+    pluginURL: ?string
 };
 
 type ErrorCallback = (error: ?Error) => void;
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ let _completionCallback = null;
 //Variables defining the current state of the plugin
 let pluginStatus = status.unavailable;
 let pluginURL = null;
-let pluginBlobURL = null;
 
 export const triggerPluginCompletionEvent = function(error: ?Error) {
     if (_completionCallback) {
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ export const triggerPluginCompletionEvent = function(error: ?Error) {
 };
 
 function sendPluginStateToWorker() {
-    evented.fire(new Event('pluginStateChange', {pluginStatus, pluginURL, pluginBlobURL}));
+    evented.fire(new Event('pluginStateChange', {pluginStatus, pluginURL}));
 }
 
 export const evented = new Evented();
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ export const getRTLTextPluginStatus = function () {
 
 export const registerForPluginStateChange = function(callback: PluginStateSyncCallback) {
     // Do an initial sync of the state
-    callback({pluginStatus, pluginURL, pluginBlobURL});
+    callback({pluginStatus, pluginURL});
     // Listen for all future state changes
     evented.on('pluginStateChange', callback);
     return callback;
@@ -57,10 +54,6 @@ export const registerForPluginStateChange = function(callback: PluginStateSyncCa
 export const clearRTLTextPlugin = function() {
     pluginStatus = status.unavailable;
     pluginURL = null;
-    if (pluginBlobURL) {
-        window.URL.revokeObjectURL(pluginBlobURL);
-    }
-    pluginBlobURL = null;
 };
 
 export const setRTLTextPlugin = function(url: string, callback: ?ErrorCallback, deferred: boolean = false) {
@@ -85,12 +78,10 @@ export const downloadRTLTextPlugin = function() {
     pluginStatus = status.loading;
     sendPluginStateToWorker();
     if (pluginURL) {
-        getArrayBuffer({url: pluginURL}, (error, data) => {
+        getArrayBuffer({url: pluginURL}, (error) => {
             if (error) {
                 triggerPluginCompletionEvent(error);
             } else {
-                const rtlBlob = new window.Blob([data], {type: 'application/javascript'});
-                pluginBlobURL = window.URL.createObjectURL(rtlBlob);
                 pluginStatus = status.loaded;
                 sendPluginStateToWorker();
             }
@@ -106,7 +97,7 @@ export const plugin: {
     isLoading: () => boolean,
     setState: (state: PluginState) => void,
     isParsed: () => boolean,
-    getURLs: () => { blob: ?string, host: ?string }
+    getPluginURL: () => ?string
 } = {
     applyArabicShaping: null,
     processBidirectionalText: null,
@@ -123,7 +114,6 @@ export const plugin: {
 
         pluginStatus = state.pluginStatus;
         pluginURL = state.pluginURL;
-        pluginBlobURL = state.pluginBlobURL;
     },
     isParsed(): boolean {
         assert(isWorker(), 'rtl-text-plugin is only parsed on the worker-threads');
@@ -132,13 +122,9 @@ export const plugin: {
             plugin.processBidirectionalText != null &&
             plugin.processStyledBidirectionalText != null;
     },
-    getURLs(): { blob: ?string, host: ?string } {
-        assert(isWorker(), 'rtl-text-plugin urls can only be queried from the worker threads');
-
-        return {
-            blob: pluginBlobURL,
-            host: pluginURL,
-        };
+    getPluginURL(): ?string {
+        assert(isWorker(), 'rtl-text-plugin url can only be queried from the worker threads');
+        return pluginURL;
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/source/worker.js b/src/source/worker.js
index e62175c43e4..7996d4caa6f 100644
--- a/src/source/worker.js
+++ b/src/source/worker.js
@@ -156,15 +156,15 @@ export default class Worker {
     syncRTLPluginState(map: string, state: PluginState, callback: Callback<boolean>) {
         try {
             globalRTLTextPlugin.setState(state);
-            const {blob, host} = globalRTLTextPlugin.getURLs();
+            const pluginURL = globalRTLTextPlugin.getPluginURL();
             if (
                 globalRTLTextPlugin.isLoaded() &&
                 !globalRTLTextPlugin.isParsed() &&
-                blob != null && host != null // Not possible when `isLoaded` is true, but keeps flow happy
+                pluginURL != null // Not possible when `isLoaded` is true, but keeps flow happy
             ) {
-                this.self.importScripts(blob);
+                this.self.importScripts(pluginURL);
                 const complete = globalRTLTextPlugin.isParsed();
-                const error = complete ? undefined : new Error(`RTL Text Plugin failed to import scripts from ${host}`);
+                const error = complete ? undefined : new Error(`RTL Text Plugin failed to import scripts from ${pluginURL}`);
                 callback(error, complete);
             }
         } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/style/style.js b/src/style/style.js
index 938bafa524e..596693ff7a4 100644
--- a/src/style/style.js
+++ b/src/style/style.js
@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ class Style extends Evented {
         this._rtlTextPluginCallback = Style.registerForPluginStateChange((event) => {
             const state = {
                 pluginStatus: event.pluginStatus,
-                pluginURL: event.pluginURL,
-                pluginBlobURL: event.pluginBlobURL
+                pluginURL: event.pluginURL
             };
             self.dispatcher.broadcast('syncRTLPluginState', state, (err, results) => {
                 triggerPluginCompletionEvent(err);
diff --git a/test/unit/style/style.test.js b/test/unit/style/style.test.js
index 9da9e12fa89..1dc032104b6 100644
--- a/test/unit/style/style.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/style/style.test.js
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ test('Style', (t) => {
         setRTLTextPlugin("/plugin.js",);
         t.ok(style.dispatcher.broadcast.calledWith('syncRTLPluginState', {
             pluginStatus: 'deferred',
-            pluginURL: "/plugin.js",
-            pluginBlobURL: null
+            pluginURL: "/plugin.js"
         }));
         window.clearFakeWorkerPresence();
         t.end();