diff --git a/src/rendering/hwrenderer/hw_entrypoint.cpp b/src/rendering/hwrenderer/hw_entrypoint.cpp
index e55c041a6..bfa0d8b1c 100644
--- a/src/rendering/hwrenderer/hw_entrypoint.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/hwrenderer/hw_entrypoint.cpp
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ sector_t* RenderView(player_t* player)
 		// Draw all canvases that changed
 		for (FCanvas* canvas : AllCanvases)
 		{
-			if (canvas->Tex && canvas->Tex->CheckNeedsUpdate())
+			if (canvas->Tex->CheckNeedsUpdate())
 			{
 				screen->RenderTextureView(canvas->Tex, [=](IntRect& bounds)
 					{
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/actor.zs b/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/actor.zs
index 93a9b7da6..5c4dc376e 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/actor.zs
+++ b/wadsrc/static/zscript/actors/actor.zs
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ class Actor : Thinker native
 	native bool LookForPlayers(bool allaround, LookExParams params = null);
 	native bool TeleportMove(Vector3 pos, bool telefrag, bool modifyactor = true);
 	native clearscope double DistanceBySpeed(Actor other, double speed) const;
-	native clearscope name GetSpecies();
+	native name GetSpecies();
 	native void PlayActiveSound();
 	native void Howl();
 	native void DrawSplash (int count, double angle, int kind);