diff --git a/src/kernel/approximation.rs b/src/kernel/approximation.rs
index 26482bb13..7cb2938b3 100644
--- a/src/kernel/approximation.rs
+++ b/src/kernel/approximation.rs
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ impl Approximation {
         let mut points = Vec::new();
         edge.curve.approx(tolerance, &mut points);
 
-        if edge.reverse {
-            points.reverse()
-        }
-
         // Insert the exact vertices of this edge into the approximation. This
         // means we don't rely on the curve approximation to deliver accurate
         // representations of these vertices, which they might not be able to
@@ -265,20 +261,6 @@ mod tests {
                 segments: vec![Segment::from([b, c]), Segment::from([c, b])],
             }
         );
-
-        let mut edge_reversed = Edge::new(curve.clone(), Some([v2, v1]));
-        edge_reversed.reverse();
-        assert_eq!(
-            Approximation::for_edge(&edge_reversed, tolerance),
-            Approximation {
-                points: vec![d, c, b, a],
-                segments: vec![
-                    Segment::from([d, c]),
-                    Segment::from([c, b]),
-                    Segment::from([b, a]),
-                ],
-            }
-        );
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/kernel/shapes/difference_2d.rs b/src/kernel/shapes/difference_2d.rs
index f6b2195ee..2b8db4dcf 100644
--- a/src/kernel/shapes/difference_2d.rs
+++ b/src/kernel/shapes/difference_2d.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl Shape for fj::Difference2d {
         let mut a = self.a.edges();
         let mut b = self.b.edges();
 
-        let (a, mut b) = if a.cycles.len() == 1 && b.cycles.len() == 1 {
+        let (a, b) = if a.cycles.len() == 1 && b.cycles.len() == 1 {
             (a.cycles.pop().unwrap(), b.cycles.pop().unwrap())
         } else {
             // See issue:
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ impl Shape for fj::Difference2d {
             );
         };
 
-        for edge in &mut b.edges {
-            edge.reverse();
-        }
-
         Edges { cycles: vec![a, b] }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/topology/edges.rs b/src/kernel/topology/edges.rs
index 47e10da4a..298009c58 100644
--- a/src/kernel/topology/edges.rs
+++ b/src/kernel/topology/edges.rs
@@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ pub struct Edge {
     /// If there are no such vertices, that means the edge is connected to
     /// itself (like a full circle, for example).
     pub vertices: Option<[Vertex<1>; 2]>,
-
-    /// Indicates whether the curve's direction is reversed
-    ///
-    /// Once this struct keeps track of the vertices that bound the edge, this
-    /// field can probably be made redundant. The order of the bounding points
-    /// will simply define the direction of the curve.
-    pub reverse: bool,
 }
 
 impl Edge {
@@ -86,11 +79,7 @@ impl Edge {
         let vertices = vertices
             .map(|vertices| vertices.map(|vertex| vertex.to_1d(&curve)));
 
-        Self {
-            curve,
-            vertices,
-            reverse: false,
-        }
+        Self { curve, vertices }
     }
 
     /// Create a circle
@@ -101,15 +90,9 @@ impl Edge {
                 radius: Vector::from([radius, 0.]),
             }),
             vertices: None,
-            reverse: false,
         }
     }
 
-    /// Reverse the edge
-    pub fn reverse(&mut self) {
-        self.reverse = !self.reverse;
-    }
-
     /// Create a transformed edge
     ///
     /// This method constructs new instances of [`Vertex`], by calling