diff --git a/src/core/platform/glfw/Core.zig b/src/core/platform/glfw/Core.zig
index 83d0b7ed..d617344b 100644
--- a/src/core/platform/glfw/Core.zig
+++ b/src/core/platform/glfw/Core.zig
@@ -137,11 +137,8 @@ pub fn init(
     input: *Frequency,
     options: Options,
 ) !void {
-    if (!@import("builtin").is_test and !mach.use_sysgpu) _ = mach.wgpu.Export(blk: {
-        if (@hasDecl(@import("root"), "GPUInterface")) break :blk @import("root").GPUInterface;
-        break :blk mach.wgpu.dawn.Interface;
-    });
-    if (!@import("builtin").is_test and mach.use_sysgpu) _ = mach.sysgpu.sysgpu.Export(@import("root").SYSGPUInterface);
+    if (!@import("builtin").is_test and !mach.use_sysgpu) _ = mach.wgpu.Export(mach.wgpu.Impl);
+    if (!@import("builtin").is_test and mach.use_sysgpu) _ = mach.sysgpu.sysgpu.Export(mach.sysgpu.Impl);
 
     const backend_type = try detectBackendType(allocator);
 
diff --git a/src/core/platform/x11/Core.zig b/src/core/platform/x11/Core.zig
index b42a0ca5..afff7b55 100644
--- a/src/core/platform/x11/Core.zig
+++ b/src/core/platform/x11/Core.zig
@@ -300,11 +300,8 @@ pub fn init(
     input: *Frequency,
     options: Options,
 ) !void {
-    if (!@import("builtin").is_test and !mach.use_sysgpu) _ = mach.wgpu.Export(blk: {
-        if (@hasDecl(@import("root"), "GPUInterface")) break :blk @import("root").GPUInterface;
-        break :blk mach.wgpu.dawn.Interface;
-    });
-    if (!@import("builtin").is_test and mach.use_sysgpu) _ = mach.sysgpu.sysgpu.Export(@import("root").SYSGPUInterface);
+    if (!@import("builtin").is_test and !mach.use_sysgpu) _ = mach.wgpu.Export(mach.wgpu.Impl);
+    if (!@import("builtin").is_test and mach.use_sysgpu) _ = mach.sysgpu.sysgpu.Export(mach.sysgpu.Impl);
 
     const libx11 = try LibX11.load();
     const libxcursor: ?LibXCursor = LibXCursor.load() catch |err| switch (err) {
diff --git a/src/sysgpu/sysgpu/interface.zig b/src/sysgpu/sysgpu/interface.zig
index e32975ae..a3c25484 100644
--- a/src/sysgpu/sysgpu/interface.zig
+++ b/src/sysgpu/sysgpu/interface.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ pub const Impl = blk: {
         break :blk StubInterface;
     } else {
         const root = @import("root");
-        if (!@hasDecl(root, "SYSGPUInterface")) @compileError("expected to find `pub const SYSGPUInterface = T;` in root file");
+
+        // Default to standard implementation of sysgpu.Interface if none was specified.
+        if (!@hasDecl(root, "SYSGPUInterface")) break :blk Interface(@import("../main.zig").Impl);
+
         _ = sysgpu.Interface(root.SYSGPUInterface); // verify the type
         break :blk root.SYSGPUInterface;
     }