diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/metal/mod.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/metal/mod.rs
index cf26b7199c..baa51d1c6e 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/metal/mod.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/metal/mod.rs
@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ pub struct Device {
 }
 
 pub struct Surface {
-    view: Option<NonNull<objc::runtime::Object>>,
     render_layer: Mutex<metal::MetalLayer>,
     swapchain_format: RwLock<Option<wgt::TextureFormat>>,
     extent: RwLock<wgt::Extent3d>,
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/metal/surface.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/metal/surface.rs
index e6e79812e8..864b821a07 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/metal/surface.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/metal/surface.rs
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@ impl HalManagedMetalLayerDelegate {
 }
 
 impl super::Surface {
-    fn new(view: Option<NonNull<Object>>, layer: metal::MetalLayer) -> Self {
+    fn new(layer: metal::MetalLayer) -> Self {
         Self {
-            view,
             render_layer: Mutex::new(layer),
             swapchain_format: RwLock::new(None),
             extent: RwLock::new(wgt::Extent3d::default()),
@@ -86,16 +85,14 @@ impl super::Surface {
         // SAFETY: The layer is an initialized instance of `CAMetalLayer`, and
         // we transfer the retain count to `MetalLayer` using `ManuallyDrop`.
         let layer = unsafe { metal::MetalLayer::from_ptr(layer.cast()) };
-        let view: *mut Object = msg_send![view.as_ptr(), retain];
-        let view = NonNull::new(view).expect("retain should return the same object");
-        Self::new(Some(view), layer)
+        Self::new(layer)
     }
 
     pub unsafe fn from_layer(layer: &metal::MetalLayerRef) -> Self {
         let class = class!(CAMetalLayer);
         let proper_kind: BOOL = msg_send![layer, isKindOfClass: class];
         assert_eq!(proper_kind, YES);
-        Self::new(None, layer.to_owned())
+        Self::new(layer.to_owned())
     }
 
     /// Get or create a new `CAMetalLayer` associated with the given `NSView`
@@ -279,16 +276,6 @@ impl super::Surface {
     }
 }
 
-impl Drop for super::Surface {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if let Some(view) = self.view {
-            unsafe {
-                let () = msg_send![view.as_ptr(), release];
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl crate::Surface for super::Surface {
     type A = super::Api;