diff --git a/src/components/gui/gui.jsx b/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
index 2e94229f2..dfcc7d8dd 100644
--- a/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
+++ b/src/components/gui/gui.jsx
@@ -129,11 +129,7 @@ const GUIComponent = props => {
     };
 
     if (isRendererSupported === null) {
-        if (vm.renderer) {
-            isRendererSupported = true;
-        } else {
-            isRendererSupported = Renderer.isSupported();
-        }
+        isRendererSupported = Renderer.isSupported();
     }
 
     return (<MediaQuery minWidth={layout.fullSizeMinWidth}>{isFullSize => {
diff --git a/src/containers/gui.jsx b/src/containers/gui.jsx
index 2a4ecdea6..173f1218a 100644
--- a/src/containers/gui.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/gui.jsx
@@ -35,13 +35,10 @@ import storage from '../lib/storage';
 import vmListenerHOC from '../lib/vm-listener-hoc.jsx';
 import vmManagerHOC from '../lib/vm-manager-hoc.jsx';
 import cloudManagerHOC from '../lib/cloud-manager-hoc.jsx';
-import Loader from '../components/loader/loader.jsx';
 
-// import GUIComponent from '../components/gui/gui.jsx';
+import GUIComponent from '../components/gui/gui.jsx';
 import {setIsScratchDesktop} from '../lib/isScratchDesktop.js';
 
-import VideoProvider from '../lib/video/video-provider';
-
 const messages = defineMessages({
     defaultProjectTitle: {
         id: 'gui.gui.defaultProjectTitle',
@@ -55,22 +52,6 @@ class GUI extends React.Component {
         setIsScratchDesktop(this.props.isScratchDesktop);
         this.setReduxTitle(this.props.projectTitle);
         this.props.onStorageInit(storage);
-
-        // Use setTimeout. Do not use requestAnimationFrame or a resolved
-        // Promise. We want this work delayed until after the data request is
-        // made.
-        setTimeout(this.ensureRenderer.bind(this));
-
-        // Once the GUI component has been rendered, always render GUI and do
-        // not revert back to a Loader in this component.
-        //
-        // This makes GUI container not a pure component. We don't want to use
-        // state for this. That would possibly cause a full second render of GUI
-        // after the first one.
-        const {fontsLoaded, fetchingProject, isLoading} = this.props;
-        this.isAfterGUI = this.isAfterGUI || (
-            fontsLoaded && !fetchingProject && !isLoading
-        );
     }
     componentDidUpdate (prevProps) {
         if (this.props.projectId !== prevProps.projectId && this.props.projectId !== null) {
@@ -84,17 +65,6 @@ class GUI extends React.Component {
             // At this time the project view in www doesn't need to know when a project is unloaded
             this.props.onProjectLoaded();
         }
-
-        // Once the GUI component has been rendered, always render GUI and do
-        // not revert back to a Loader in this component.
-        //
-        // This makes GUI container not a pure component. We don't want to use
-        // state for this. That would possibly cause a full second render of GUI
-        // after the first one.
-        const {fontsLoaded, fetchingProject, isLoading} = this.props;
-        this.isAfterGUI = this.isAfterGUI || (
-            fontsLoaded && !fetchingProject && !isLoading
-        );
     }
     setReduxTitle (newTitle) {
         if (newTitle === null || typeof newTitle === 'undefined') {
@@ -105,36 +75,6 @@ class GUI extends React.Component {
             this.props.onUpdateReduxProjectTitle(newTitle);
         }
     }
-    ensureRenderer () {
-        if (this.props.vm.renderer) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // Wait to load svg-renderer and render after the data request. This
-        // way the data request is made earlier.
-        const Renderer = require('scratch-render');
-        const {
-            SVGRenderer: V2SVGAdapter,
-            BitmapAdapter: V2BitmapAdapter
-        } = require('scratch-svg-renderer');
-
-        const vm = this.props.vm;
-        this.canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-        this.renderer = new Renderer(this.canvas);
-        vm.attachRenderer(this.renderer);
-
-        vm.attachV2SVGAdapter(new V2SVGAdapter());
-        vm.attachV2BitmapAdapter(new V2BitmapAdapter());
-
-        // Only attach a video provider once because it is stateful
-        vm.setVideoProvider(new VideoProvider());
-
-        // Calling draw a single time before any project is loaded just
-        // makes the canvas white instead of solid black–needed because it
-        // is not possible to use CSS to style the canvas to have a
-        // different default color
-        vm.renderer.draw();
-    }
     render () {
         if (this.props.isError) {
             throw new Error(
@@ -145,7 +85,6 @@ class GUI extends React.Component {
             assetHost,
             cloudHost,
             error,
-            fontsLoaded,
             isError,
             isScratchDesktop,
             isShowingProject,
@@ -163,16 +102,6 @@ class GUI extends React.Component {
             loadingStateVisible,
             ...componentProps
         } = this.props;
-
-        if (!this.isAfterGUI && (
-            !fontsLoaded || fetchingProject || isLoading
-        )) {
-            // Make sure a renderer exists.
-            if (fontsLoaded && !fetchingProject) this.ensureRenderer();
-            return <Loader />;
-        }
-
-        const GUIComponent = require('../components/gui/gui.jsx').default;
         return (
             <GUIComponent
                 loading={fetchingProject || isLoading || loadingStateVisible}
@@ -190,7 +119,6 @@ GUI.propTypes = {
     cloudHost: PropTypes.string,
     error: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.object, PropTypes.string]),
     fetchingProject: PropTypes.bool,
-    fontsLoaded: PropTypes.bool,
     intl: intlShape,
     isError: PropTypes.bool,
     isLoading: PropTypes.bool,
@@ -229,7 +157,6 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => {
         costumeLibraryVisible: state.scratchGui.modals.costumeLibrary,
         costumesTabVisible: state.scratchGui.editorTab.activeTabIndex === COSTUMES_TAB_INDEX,
         error: state.scratchGui.projectState.error,
-        fontsLoaded: state.scratchGui.fontsLoaded,
         isError: getIsError(loadingState),
         isFullScreen: state.scratchGui.mode.isFullScreen,
         isPlayerOnly: state.scratchGui.mode.isPlayerOnly,