diff --git a/android-activity/CHANGELOG.md b/android-activity/CHANGELOG.md
index aebf0b5..f26262b 100644
--- a/android-activity/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/android-activity/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 - *Breaking*: updates to `ndk 0.7` and `ndk-sys 0.4`
 - *Breaking*: `AndroidApp::config()` now returns a clonable `ConfigurationRef` instead of a deep `Configuration` copy
+### Removed
+- The `NativeWindowRef` wrapper struct was removed since `NativeWindow` now implements `Clone` and `Drop` in `ndk 0.7`
 
 ## [0.1.1] - 2022-07-04
 ### Changed
diff --git a/android-activity/src/game_activity/mod.rs b/android-activity/src/game_activity/mod.rs
index ce30444..de9440d 100644
--- a/android-activity/src/game_activity/mod.rs
+++ b/android-activity/src/game_activity/mod.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use ndk::configuration::Configuration;
 use ndk::looper::FdEvent;
 use ndk::native_window::NativeWindow;
 
-use crate::{util, AndroidApp, ConfigurationRef, MainEvent, NativeWindowRef, PollEvent, Rect};
+use crate::{util, AndroidApp, ConfigurationRef, MainEvent, PollEvent, Rect};
 
 mod ffi;
 
@@ -154,13 +154,8 @@ pub struct AndroidAppInner {
 }
 
 impl AndroidAppInner {
-    pub fn native_window<'a>(&self) -> Option<NativeWindowRef> {
-        let guard = self.native_window.read().unwrap();
-        if let Some(ref window) = *guard {
-            Some(NativeWindowRef::new(window))
-        } else {
-            None
-        }
+    pub fn native_window<'a>(&self) -> Option<NativeWindow> {
+        self.native_window.read().unwrap().clone()
     }
 
     pub fn poll_events<F>(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>, mut callback: F)
diff --git a/android-activity/src/lib.rs b/android-activity/src/lib.rs
index 99ffdb5..b98e8f1 100644
--- a/android-activity/src/lib.rs
+++ b/android-activity/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use std::hash::Hash;
-use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::RwLock;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{os::unix::prelude::RawFd, sync::Arc};
@@ -55,39 +54,6 @@ pub struct Rect {
     pub bottom: i32,
 }
 
-// XXX: NativeWindow is a ref-counted object but the NativeWindow rust API
-// doesn't currently implement Clone() in terms of acquiring a reference
-// and Drop() in terms of releasing a reference. NativeWindowRef lets
-// us expose a pointer to a NativeWindow more safely by ensuring it won't
-// become invalid, even it it gets 'terminated'.
-
-/// A reference to a `NativeWindow`, used for rendering
-pub struct NativeWindowRef {
-    inner: NativeWindow,
-}
-impl NativeWindowRef {
-    pub fn new(native_window: &NativeWindow) -> Self {
-        unsafe {
-            ndk_sys::ANativeWindow_acquire(native_window.ptr().as_ptr());
-        }
-        Self {
-            inner: native_window.clone(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-impl Drop for NativeWindowRef {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        unsafe { ndk_sys::ANativeWindow_release(self.inner.ptr().as_ptr()) }
-    }
-}
-impl Deref for NativeWindowRef {
-    type Target = NativeWindow;
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        &self.inner
-    }
-}
-
 pub type StateSaver<'a> = activity_impl::StateSaver<'a>;
 pub type StateLoader<'a> = activity_impl::StateLoader<'a>;
 
@@ -240,7 +206,7 @@ impl AndroidApp {
     /// This will only return `Some(window)` between
     /// [`AndroidAppMainEvent::InitWindow`] and [`AndroidAppMainEvent::TerminateWindow`]
     /// events.
-    pub fn native_window<'a>(&self) -> Option<NativeWindowRef> {
+    pub fn native_window<'a>(&self) -> Option<NativeWindow> {
         self.inner.read().unwrap().native_window()
     }
 
diff --git a/android-activity/src/native_activity/mod.rs b/android-activity/src/native_activity/mod.rs
index 5faca83..e32845b 100644
--- a/android-activity/src/native_activity/mod.rs
+++ b/android-activity/src/native_activity/mod.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use ndk::input_queue::InputQueue;
 use ndk::looper::FdEvent;
 use ndk::native_window::NativeWindow;
 
-use crate::{util, AndroidApp, ConfigurationRef, MainEvent, NativeWindowRef, PollEvent, Rect};
+use crate::{util, AndroidApp, ConfigurationRef, MainEvent, PollEvent, Rect};
 
 mod ffi;
 
@@ -163,13 +163,8 @@ impl AndroidAppInner {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn native_window<'a>(&self) -> Option<NativeWindowRef> {
-        let guard = self.native_window.read().unwrap();
-        if let Some(ref window) = *guard {
-            Some(NativeWindowRef::new(window))
-        } else {
-            None
-        }
+    pub fn native_window<'a>(&self) -> Option<NativeWindow> {
+        self.native_window.read().unwrap().clone()
     }
 
     pub fn poll_events<F>(&self, timeout: Option<Duration>, mut callback: F)