diff --git a/objc_darwin.go b/objc_darwin.go
index 8f8ef2c..dce8c0f 100644
--- a/objc_darwin.go
+++ b/objc_darwin.go
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ func objc_alloc(class C.id) C.id {
 	return C.objc_msgSend_noargs(class, _alloc)
 }
 
-func objc_release(obj C.id) {
-	C.objc_msgSend_noargs(obj, _release)
-}
-
 func toNSString(str string) C.id {
 	cstr := C.CString(str)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cstr))
diff --git a/uitask_darwin.go b/uitask_darwin.go
index fa2aa75..c05baf6 100644
--- a/uitask_darwin.go
+++ b/uitask_darwin.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func ui(main func()) error {
 				_uitask,
 				fp,
 				C.BOOL(C.YES))			// wait so we can properly drain the autorelease pool; on other platforms we wind up waiting anyway (since the main thread can only handle one thing at a time) so
-			objc_release(pool)
+			C.objc_msgSend_noargs(pool, _release)
 		}
 	}()