diff --git a/ffi/SDL2_0.lua b/ffi/SDL2_0.lua
index 77573bf9a..7a3b2feb7 100644
--- a/ffi/SDL2_0.lua
+++ b/ffi/SDL2_0.lua
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function S.open(w, h, x, y)
     -- What's even more curious is that we still only get a single SDL_WINDOWEVENT_MOVED on startup, except that way it's at the requested coordinates...
     SDL.SDL_SetWindowPosition(S.screen, pos_x, pos_y)
 
-    S.renderer = ffi.gc(SDL.SDL_CreateRenderer(S.screen, -1, 0), SDL.SDL_DestroyRenderer)
+    S.renderer = SDL.SDL_CreateRenderer(S.screen, -1, 0)
     local output_w = ffi.new("int[1]", 0)
     local output_h = ffi.new("int[1]", 0)
     if SDL.SDL_GetRendererOutputSize(S.renderer, output_w, output_h) == 0 and tonumber(output_w[0]) ~= w then
diff --git a/ffi/framebuffer_SDL2_0.lua b/ffi/framebuffer_SDL2_0.lua
index 26ed8e57f..ad670f74e 100644
--- a/ffi/framebuffer_SDL2_0.lua
+++ b/ffi/framebuffer_SDL2_0.lua
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ function framebuffer:setWindowIcon(icon)
 end
 
 function framebuffer:close()
+    SDL.SDL.SDL_DestroyRenderer(SDL.renderer)
     SDL.SDL.SDL_Quit()
 end