diff --git a/src/platform/common.zig b/src/platform/common.zig
index 2dfadedf..62ed49ac 100644
--- a/src/platform/common.zig
+++ b/src/platform/common.zig
@@ -6,17 +6,8 @@ pub fn checkApplication(comptime app_pkg: type) void {
     }
     const App = app_pkg.App;
 
-    // If App has no fields, it gets interpretted as '*const App' when it should be '*App'
-    // This gives a more useful compiler error.
-    switch (@typeInfo(App)) {
-        .Struct => |app| {
-            if (app.fields.len == 0) {
-                @compileError("App must contain fields. Example: '_unused: i32,'");
-            }
-        },
-        else => {
-            @compileError("App must be a struct type. Found:" ++ @typeName(App));
-        },
+    if (@typeInfo(App) != .Struct) {
+        @compileError("App must be a struct type. Found:" ++ @typeName(App));
     }
 
     if (@hasDecl(App, "init")) {
diff --git a/src/platform/libmach.zig b/src/platform/libmach.zig
index a128f1ea..478b96c6 100644
--- a/src/platform/libmach.zig
+++ b/src/platform/libmach.zig
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ const native = @import("native.zig");
 
 pub const App = @This();
 
-// TODO(self-hosted): https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/12275
-_unused: i32,
-
 pub const GPUInterface = gpu.dawn.Interface;
 
 const _ = gpu.Export(GPUInterface);