diff --git a/gpu/src/dawn_impl.zig b/gpu/src/dawn_impl.zig
index 5e7d9535..9b5ec678 100644
--- a/gpu/src/dawn_impl.zig
+++ b/gpu/src/dawn_impl.zig
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ var procs: c.DawnProcTable = undefined;
 /// A Dawn implementation of the gpu.Interface, which merely directs calls to the Dawn proc table.
 ///
 /// Before use, it must be `.init()`ialized in order to set the global proc table.
-pub const Interface = gpu.Interface(struct {
-    pub fn init() @This() {
+pub const Interface = struct {
+    pub fn init() void {
         procs = c.machDawnGetProcTable();
-        return @This(){};
     }
 
     pub inline fn createInstance(descriptor: ?*const gpu.Instance.Descriptor) ?*gpu.Instance {
@@ -1200,7 +1199,7 @@ pub const Interface = gpu.Interface(struct {
     pub inline fn textureViewRelease(texture_view: *gpu.TextureView) void {
         procs.textureViewRelease.?(@ptrCast(c.WGPUTextureView, texture_view));
     }
-});
+};
 
 test "dawn_impl" {
     _ = gpu.Export(Interface);
diff --git a/gpu/src/interface.zig b/gpu/src/interface.zig
index 00d2acf2..ee8e6a0e 100644
--- a/gpu/src/interface.zig
+++ b/gpu/src/interface.zig
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ pub const Impl = blk: {
         break :blk StubInterface;
     } else {
         const root = @import("root");
-        if (!@hasField(root, "GPUInterface")) @compileError("expected to find `pub const GPUInterface = T;` in root file");
-        _ = gpu.Interface(@TypeOf(root.GPUInterface)); // verify the type
+        if (!@hasDecl(root, "GPUInterface")) @compileError("expected to find `pub const GPUInterface = T;` in root file");
+        _ = gpu.Interface(root.GPUInterface); // verify the type
         break :blk root.GPUInterface;
     }
 };