diff --git a/src/window/canvas.rs b/src/window/canvas.rs
index a7782934a..442579303 100644
--- a/src/window/canvas.rs
+++ b/src/window/canvas.rs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl Canvas {
     }
 
     /// Run the platform-specific render loop.
-    pub fn render_loop(data: impl RenderLoopClosure) {
+    pub fn render_loop(data: impl FnMut(f64) -> bool + 'static) {
         CanvasImpl::render_loop(data)
     }
 
@@ -148,13 +148,6 @@ impl Canvas {
     }
 }
 
-/// Note: the closure must have static lifetime because of the constraints imposed by wasm-bindgen:
-/// https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-bindgen/api/wasm_bindgen/closure/struct.Closure.html
-pub trait RenderLoopClosure: 'static {
-    /// Call the closure
-    fn call(&mut self, x: f64) -> bool;
-}
-
 pub(crate) trait AbstractCanvas {
     fn open(
         title: &str,
@@ -164,7 +157,7 @@ pub(crate) trait AbstractCanvas {
         window_setup: Option<CanvasSetup>,
         out_events: Sender<WindowEvent>,
     ) -> Self;
-    fn render_loop(data: impl RenderLoopClosure);
+    fn render_loop(data: impl FnMut(f64) -> bool + 'static);
     fn poll_events(&mut self);
     fn swap_buffers(&mut self);
     fn size(&self) -> (u32, u32);
diff --git a/src/window/gl_canvas.rs b/src/window/gl_canvas.rs
index 44af52acc..f7760e570 100644
--- a/src/window/gl_canvas.rs
+++ b/src/window/gl_canvas.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::event::{Action, Key, Modifiers, MouseButton, TouchAction, WindowEvent};
-use crate::window::canvas::{CanvasSetup, NumSamples, RenderLoopClosure};
+use crate::window::canvas::{CanvasSetup, NumSamples};
 use crate::window::AbstractCanvas;
 use glutin::{
     self,
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ impl AbstractCanvas for GLCanvas {
         }
     }
 
-    fn render_loop(mut callback: impl RenderLoopClosure) {
+    fn render_loop(mut callback: impl FnMut(f64) -> bool + 'static) {
         loop {
-            if !callback.call(0.0) {
+            if !callback(0.0) {
                 break;
             } // XXX: timestamp
         }
diff --git a/src/window/mod.rs b/src/window/mod.rs
index 028a2569c..8c9c29c10 100644
--- a/src/window/mod.rs
+++ b/src/window/mod.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mod window;
 mod window_cache;
 
 pub(crate) use canvas::AbstractCanvas;
-pub use canvas::{Canvas, CanvasSetup, NumSamples, RenderLoopClosure};
+pub use canvas::{Canvas, CanvasSetup, NumSamples};
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 pub use gl_canvas::GLCanvas;
 pub use state::State;
diff --git a/src/window/webgl_canvas.rs b/src/window/webgl_canvas.rs
index 35ac55906..620e73e4d 100644
--- a/src/window/webgl_canvas.rs
+++ b/src/window/webgl_canvas.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::event::{Action, Key, Modifiers, MouseButton, TouchAction, WindowEvent};
-use crate::window::{AbstractCanvas, CanvasSetup, RenderLoopClosure};
+use crate::window::{AbstractCanvas, CanvasSetup};
 use image::{GenericImage, Pixel};
 use wasm_bindgen::closure::Closure;
 use wasm_bindgen::{JsCast, JsValue};
@@ -424,13 +424,13 @@ impl AbstractCanvas for WebGLCanvas {
         }
     }
 
-    fn render_loop(mut callback: impl RenderLoopClosure) {
+    fn render_loop(mut callback: impl FnMut(f64) -> bool + 'static) {
         // See https://rustwasm.github.io/docs/wasm-bindgen/examples/request-animation-frame.html
         if let Some(window) = web_sys::window() {
             let f = Rc::new(RefCell::new(None));
             let g: Rc<RefCell<Option<Closure<_>>>> = f.clone();
             *g.borrow_mut() = Some(Closure::wrap(Box::new(move || {
-                if callback.call(0.0) {
+                if callback(0.0) {
                     let _ = window.request_animation_frame(
                         f.borrow().as_ref().unwrap().as_ref().unchecked_ref(),
                     );
diff --git a/src/window/window.rs b/src/window/window.rs
index c6bff03a5..92fdc2694 100644
--- a/src/window/window.rs
+++ b/src/window/window.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use crate::resource::{
 use crate::scene::{PlanarSceneNode, SceneNode};
 use crate::text::{Font, TextRenderer};
 use crate::window::canvas::CanvasSetup;
-use crate::window::{Canvas, RenderLoopClosure, State};
+use crate::window::{Canvas, State};
 use image::imageops;
 use image::{GenericImage, Pixel};
 use image::{ImageBuffer, Rgb};
@@ -59,26 +59,6 @@ impl ConrodContext {
     }
 }
 
-// Note: this struct, and the RenderLoopClosure trait it implements, were created solely to control
-// the drop order of its members.
-// Since the Window contains the OpenGL context, it must be dropped _after_ the state, and there's
-// no way to control that in a plain old closure.
-struct RenderLoopClosureImpl<S: State, F: Fn(f64, &mut Window, &mut S) -> bool> {
-    pub state: S,
-    pub window: Window,
-    pub closure: F,
-}
-
-impl<S, F> RenderLoopClosure for RenderLoopClosureImpl<S, F>
-where
-    S: State,
-    F: Fn(f64, &mut Window, &mut S) -> bool + 'static,
-{
-    fn call(&mut self, x: f64) -> bool {
-        (self.closure)(x, &mut self.window, &mut self.state)
-    }
-}
-
 /// Structure representing a window and a 3D scene.
 ///
 /// This is the main interface with the 3d engine.
@@ -943,11 +923,27 @@ impl Window {
 
     /// Runs the render and event loop until the window is closed.
     pub fn render_loop<S: State>(self, state: S) {
-        Canvas::render_loop(RenderLoopClosureImpl {
-            window: self,
+        // We have to be really careful here about drop order.
+        //
+        // The State may contain various OpenGL objects (for example, shaders),
+        // that, when dropped, make calls to the OpenGL context.
+        // Since the Window contains the OpenGL context, we must not drop it
+        // until we are done dropping the state.
+        //
+        // Since we can't directly control the drop order of fields in a closure,
+        // we instead put the relevant objects into a struct, for which the
+        // drop order _is_ controllable (top-to-bottom).
+        struct DropControl<S> {
+            state: S,
+            window: Window,
+        }
+
+        let mut dc = DropControl {
             state,
-            closure: |_, window, state| window.do_render_with_state(state),
-        });
+            window: self,
+        };
+
+        Canvas::render_loop(move |_| dc.window.do_render_with_state(&mut dc.state));
     }
 
     /// Render one frame using the specified state.