diff --git a/src/sdl2/audio.rs b/src/sdl2/audio.rs
index ea1ef50f014..567215865eb 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/audio.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/audio.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use std::c_vec::CVec;
 use libc;
 use libc::{c_int, size_t, c_void};
 use libc::{uint8_t};
-use rustrt::task::Task;
 
 use get_error;
 use rwops::RWops;
@@ -246,39 +245,9 @@ pub trait AudioCallback<T> {
 
 /// The userdata as seen by the SDL callback.
 struct AudioCallbackUserdata<CB> {
-    task: AudioCallbackTask,
     callback: CB
 }
 
-/// A Task is required to use libstd from SDL's audio callback.
-struct AudioCallbackTask {
-    /// Set to None if there was an error running a previous task.
-    task: Option<Box<Task>>
-}
-
-impl Drop for AudioCallbackTask {
-    /// Destroy the callback task.
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        use rustrt::local::Local;
-        use std::mem::replace;
-
-        // Swap out the task with None in order to own it, since drop() only
-        // provides a reference.
-        match replace(&mut self.task, None) {
-            Some(task) => {
-                // pop current task
-                let old_task = Local::take();
-
-                task.destroy();
-
-                // put task back
-                Local::put(old_task);
-            },
-            None => ()
-        };
-    }
-}
-
 /// A phantom type for retreiving the SDL_AudioFormat of a given generic type.
 /// All format types are returned as native-endian.
 ///
@@ -329,25 +298,7 @@ extern "C" fn audio_callback_marshall<T: AudioFormatNum<T>, CB: AudioCallback<T>
             len: len as uint / size_of::<T>()
         });
 
-        // Perform a dance to move tasks around without compiler errors
-        let new_task = match replace(&mut cb_userdata.task.task, None) {
-            Some(task) => {
-                let n = task.run(|| {
-                    cb_userdata.callback.callback(buf);
-                });
-
-                if n.is_destroyed() { None }
-                else { Some(n) }
-            },
-            None => {
-                // Last callback had an error. Fill buffer with silence.
-                for x in buf.iter_mut() { *x = AudioFormatNum::zero(); }
-
-                None
-            }
-        };
-
-        replace(&mut cb_userdata.task.task, new_task);
+        cb_userdata.callback.callback(buf);
     }
 }
 
@@ -377,11 +328,7 @@ impl<T: AudioFormatNum<T>, CB: AudioCallback<T>> AudioSpecDesired<T, CB> {
     }
 
     fn callback_to_userdata(callback: CB) -> Box<AudioCallbackUserdata<CB>> {
-        let mut task = box Task::new(None, None);
-        task.name = Some("SDL audio callback".into_cow());
-
         box AudioCallbackUserdata {
-            task: AudioCallbackTask { task: Some(task) },
             callback: callback
         }
     }
@@ -556,8 +503,8 @@ pub struct AudioCVT {
     owned: bool,
 }
 
-impl_raw_accessors!(AudioCVT, *mut ll::SDL_AudioCVT)
-impl_owned_accessors!(AudioCVT, owned)
+impl_raw_accessors!(AudioCVT, *mut ll::SDL_AudioCVT);
+impl_owned_accessors!(AudioCVT, owned);
 
 impl Drop for AudioCVT {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
diff --git a/src/sdl2/lib.rs b/src/sdl2/lib.rs
index 6736c41b460..3dc22d4144d 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/lib.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/lib.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate collections;
-extern crate rustrt;
 
 pub use sdl::*;
 
diff --git a/src/sdl2/macros.rs b/src/sdl2/macros.rs
index 94e401e4608..167f63e25ce 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/macros.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/macros.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_raw_accessors(
         }
         )+
     )
-)
+);
 
 macro_rules! impl_owned_accessors(
     ($($t:ty, $owned:ident);+) => (
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_owned_accessors(
         }
         )+
     )
-)
+);
 
 macro_rules! impl_raw_constructor(
     ($($t:ty -> $te:ident ($($r:ident:$rt:ty),+));+) => (
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ macro_rules! impl_raw_constructor(
         }
         )+
     )
-)
+);
diff --git a/src/sdl2/pixels.rs b/src/sdl2/pixels.rs
index b1d707a22fb..7f29de9572c 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/pixels.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/pixels.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub struct Palette {
     raw: *const ll::SDL_Palette
 }
 
-impl_raw_accessors!(Palette, *const ll::SDL_Palette)
+impl_raw_accessors!(Palette, *const ll::SDL_Palette);
 
 #[deriving(PartialEq, Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum Color {
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ pub struct PixelFormat {
     raw: *const ll::SDL_PixelFormat
 }
 
-impl_raw_accessors!(PixelFormat, *const ll::SDL_PixelFormat)
-impl_raw_constructor!(PixelFormat -> PixelFormat (raw: *const ll::SDL_PixelFormat))
+impl_raw_accessors!(PixelFormat, *const ll::SDL_PixelFormat);
+impl_raw_constructor!(PixelFormat -> PixelFormat (raw: *const ll::SDL_PixelFormat));
 
 #[deriving(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Show, FromPrimitive)]
 pub enum PixelFormatFlag {
diff --git a/src/sdl2/rwops.rs b/src/sdl2/rwops.rs
index d3eeb1cc4f6..6d9fb606c8d 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/rwops.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/rwops.rs
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ pub struct RWops {
     close_on_drop: bool
 }
 
-impl_raw_accessors!(RWops, *const ll::SDL_RWops)
-impl_owned_accessors!(RWops, close_on_drop)
+impl_raw_accessors!(RWops, *const ll::SDL_RWops);
+impl_owned_accessors!(RWops, close_on_drop);
 
 /// A structure that provides an abstract interface to stream I/O.
 impl RWops {
diff --git a/src/sdl2/surface.rs b/src/sdl2/surface.rs
index 034f3ed4b43..9db7ad699f8 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/surface.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/surface.rs
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ impl Drop for Surface {
     }
 }
 
-impl_raw_accessors!(Surface, *const ll::SDL_Surface)
-impl_owned_accessors!(Surface, owned)
-impl_raw_constructor!(Surface -> Surface (raw: *const ll::SDL_Surface, owned: bool))
+impl_raw_accessors!(Surface, *const ll::SDL_Surface);
+impl_owned_accessors!(Surface, owned);
+impl_raw_constructor!(Surface -> Surface (raw: *const ll::SDL_Surface, owned: bool));
 
 impl Surface {
     pub fn new(surface_flags: SurfaceFlag, width: int, height: int, bpp: int,
diff --git a/src/sdl2/video.rs b/src/sdl2/video.rs
index 56c411f4b25..c097d190f7c 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/video.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/video.rs
@@ -343,16 +343,16 @@ pub struct Window {
 impl_raw_accessors!(
     GLContext, ll::SDL_GLContext;
     Window, *const ll::SDL_Window
-)
+);
 
 impl_owned_accessors!(
     GLContext, owned;
     Window, owned
-)
+);
 
 impl_raw_constructor!(
     Window -> Window (raw: *const ll::SDL_Window, owned: bool)
-)
+);
 
 impl Drop for Window {
     fn drop(&mut self) {