diff --git a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/BitmapTileMapActivity.java b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/BitmapTileMapActivity.java
index 02587576..c002fbda 100644
--- a/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/BitmapTileMapActivity.java
+++ b/vtm-android-example/src/org/oscim/android/test/BitmapTileMapActivity.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2014 Hannes Janetzek
+ * Copyright 2017 devemux86
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
  * terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software
@@ -17,10 +18,8 @@ package org.oscim.android.test;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 
 import org.oscim.android.cache.TileCache;
-import org.oscim.backend.canvas.Color;
 import org.oscim.core.MapPosition;
 import org.oscim.core.MercatorProjection;
-import org.oscim.layers.TileGridLayer;
 import org.oscim.layers.tile.bitmap.BitmapTileLayer;
 import org.oscim.renderer.MapRenderer;
 import org.oscim.tiling.source.bitmap.BitmapTileSource;
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ public class BitmapTileMapActivity extends MapActivity {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
         MapRenderer.setBackgroundColor(0xff777777);
-        mMap.layers().add(new TileGridLayer(mMap, Color.GRAY, 1.8f, 8));
 
         if (mTileSource == null)
             return;
diff --git a/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/TileRenderTest.java b/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/TileRenderTest.java
index f17aed5c..6cd1b5e3 100644
--- a/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/TileRenderTest.java
+++ b/vtm-playground/src/org/oscim/test/TileRenderTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016 devemux86
+ * Copyright 2016-2017 devemux86
  *
  * This file is part of the OpenScienceMap project (http://www.opensciencemap.org).
  *
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
  */
 package org.oscim.test;
 
-import org.oscim.backend.canvas.Color;
 import org.oscim.core.GeometryBuffer.GeometryType;
 import org.oscim.core.MapElement;
 import org.oscim.core.MapPosition;
 import org.oscim.core.MercatorProjection;
 import org.oscim.event.Event;
 import org.oscim.gdx.GdxMapApp;
-import org.oscim.layers.TileGridLayer;
 import org.oscim.layers.tile.MapTile;
 import org.oscim.layers.tile.MapTile.TileNode;
 import org.oscim.layers.tile.TileLoader;
@@ -54,8 +52,6 @@ public class TileRenderTest extends GdxMapApp {
     @Override
     public void createLayers() {
 
-        mMap.layers().add(new TileGridLayer(mMap, Color.LTGRAY, 1.2f, 1));
-
         MapTile tile = new MapTile(null, tileX, tileY, tileZ);
 
         double w = 1.0 / (1 << tile.zoomLevel);