diff --git a/src/render/SDL_render.c b/src/render/SDL_render.c
index 4b8845931..8309fabd5 100644
--- a/src/render/SDL_render.c
+++ b/src/render/SDL_render.c
@@ -1894,12 +1894,29 @@ SDL_RenderPresent(SDL_Renderer * renderer)
     renderer->RenderPresent(renderer);
 }
 
-/* this isn't responsible for removing the deleted texture from the list!
-   (this is to keep static analysis happy in SDL_DestroyRenderer().) */
-static void
-SDL_DestroyTextureInternal(SDL_Texture * texture)
+void
+SDL_DestroyTexture(SDL_Texture * texture)
 {
-    SDL_Renderer *renderer = texture->renderer;
+    SDL_Renderer *renderer;
+
+    CHECK_TEXTURE_MAGIC(texture, );
+
+    renderer = texture->renderer;
+    if (texture == renderer->target) {
+        SDL_SetRenderTarget(renderer, NULL);
+    }
+
+    texture->magic = NULL;
+
+    if (texture->next) {
+        texture->next->prev = texture->prev;
+    }
+    if (texture->prev) {
+        texture->prev->next = texture->next;
+    } else {
+        renderer->textures = texture->next;
+    }
+
     if (texture->native) {
         SDL_DestroyTexture(texture->native);
     }
@@ -1912,45 +1929,14 @@ SDL_DestroyTextureInternal(SDL_Texture * texture)
     SDL_free(texture);
 }
 
-void
-SDL_DestroyTexture(SDL_Texture * texture)
-{
-    SDL_Renderer *renderer;
-
-    CHECK_TEXTURE_MAGIC(texture, );
-
-    renderer = texture->renderer;
-    if (texture == renderer->target) {
-        SDL_SetRenderTarget(renderer, NULL);
-    }
-
-    texture->magic = NULL;  /* just in case, but we're about to free this... */
-
-    if (texture->next) {
-        texture->next->prev = texture->prev;
-    }
-    if (texture->prev) {
-        texture->prev->next = texture->next;
-    } else {
-        renderer->textures = texture->next;
-    }
-
-    SDL_DestroyTextureInternal(texture);
-}
-
 void
 SDL_DestroyRenderer(SDL_Renderer * renderer)
 {
-    SDL_Texture *texture = NULL;
-    SDL_Texture *nexttexture = NULL;
-
     CHECK_RENDERER_MAGIC(renderer, );
 
     SDL_DelEventWatch(SDL_RendererEventWatch, renderer);
 
     /* Free existing textures for this renderer */
-    SDL_SetRenderTarget(renderer, NULL);
-
     while (renderer->textures) {
         SDL_DestroyTexture(renderer->textures);
     }