diff --git a/menu/drivers/menu_generic.c b/menu/drivers/menu_generic.c
index b70dbac4fd..59faba21f3 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/menu_generic.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/menu_generic.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static enum action_iterate_type action_iterate_type(uint32_t hash)
  *
  * Returns: 0 on success, -1 if we need to quit out of the loop. 
  **/
-int generic_menu_iterate(bool render_this_frame, enum menu_action action)
+int generic_menu_iterate(enum menu_action action)
 {
    size_t selection;
    menu_entry_t entry;
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ int generic_menu_iterate(bool render_this_frame, enum menu_action action)
 
    if (action != MENU_ACTION_NOOP || menu_entries_needs_refresh() || menu_display_ctl(MENU_DISPLAY_CTL_UPDATE_PENDING, NULL))
    {
-      if (render_this_frame)
-         BIT64_SET(menu->state, MENU_STATE_RENDER_FRAMEBUFFER);
+      BIT64_SET(menu->state, MENU_STATE_RENDER_FRAMEBUFFER);
    }
 
    switch (iterate_type)
@@ -299,8 +298,7 @@ int generic_menu_iterate(bool render_this_frame, enum menu_action action)
          break;
    }
 
-   if (render_this_frame)
-      BIT64_SET(menu->state, MENU_STATE_BLIT);
+   BIT64_SET(menu->state, MENU_STATE_BLIT);
 
    if (BIT64_GET(menu->state, MENU_STATE_POP_STACK))
    {
diff --git a/menu/drivers/menu_generic.h b/menu/drivers/menu_generic.h
index 608a40ed96..5742d29cb4 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/menu_generic.h
+++ b/menu/drivers/menu_generic.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ enum action_iterate_type
    ITERATE_TYPE_BIND
 };
 
-int generic_menu_iterate(bool render_this_frame, enum menu_action action);
+int generic_menu_iterate(enum menu_action action);
 
 bool generic_menu_init_list(void *data);
 
diff --git a/menu/drivers/zarch.c b/menu/drivers/zarch.c
index aaca8488cd..875e0812b1 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/zarch.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/zarch.c
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ static void zarch_context_reset(void)
    zui_font(menu);
 }
 
-static int zarch_iterate(bool render_this_frame, enum menu_action action)
+static int zarch_iterate(enum menu_action action)
 {
    zui_t *zui           = NULL;
    menu_handle_t *menu  = menu_driver_get_ptr();
@@ -1185,11 +1185,8 @@ static int zarch_iterate(bool render_this_frame, enum menu_action action)
    if (!zui)
       return -1;
 
-   if (render_this_frame)
-   {
-      BIT64_SET(menu->state, MENU_STATE_RENDER_FRAMEBUFFER);
-      BIT64_SET(menu->state, MENU_STATE_BLIT);
-   }
+   BIT64_SET(menu->state, MENU_STATE_RENDER_FRAMEBUFFER);
+   BIT64_SET(menu->state, MENU_STATE_BLIT);
 
    switch (action)
    {
@@ -1209,7 +1206,6 @@ static int zarch_iterate(bool render_this_frame, enum menu_action action)
          break;
    }
 
-
    if (zui->time_to_exit)
    {
       RARCH_LOG("Gets here.\n");
diff --git a/menu/menu_driver.c b/menu/menu_driver.c
index 54783b627b..3367981d07 100644
--- a/menu/menu_driver.c
+++ b/menu/menu_driver.c
@@ -331,12 +331,12 @@ bool menu_driver_alive(void)
    return menu_alive;
 }
 
-int menu_driver_iterate(bool render, enum menu_action action)
+int menu_driver_iterate(enum menu_action action)
 {
    const menu_ctx_driver_t *driver = menu_ctx_driver_get_ptr();
 
    if (driver->iterate)
-      return driver->iterate(render, action);
+      return driver->iterate(action);
    return -1;
 }
 
diff --git a/menu/menu_driver.h b/menu/menu_driver.h
index 72eb42bd1b..9c21ccbc0c 100644
--- a/menu/menu_driver.h
+++ b/menu/menu_driver.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ typedef struct menu_ctx_driver
 {
    void  (*set_texture)(void);
    void  (*render_messagebox)(const char *msg);
-   int   (*iterate)(bool render, enum menu_action action);
+   int   (*iterate)(enum menu_action action);
    void  (*render)(void);
    void  (*frame)(void);
    void* (*init)(void);
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ size_t  menu_driver_list_get_selection(void);
 
 bool menu_environment_cb(menu_environ_cb_t type, void *data);
 
-int menu_driver_iterate(bool render, enum menu_action action);
+int menu_driver_iterate(enum menu_action action);
 
 int menu_driver_bind_init(menu_file_list_cbs_t *cbs,
       const char *path, const char *label, unsigned type, size_t idx,
diff --git a/runloop.c b/runloop.c
index 8b7f93bf31..175020ddb2 100644
--- a/runloop.c
+++ b/runloop.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ int rarch_main_iterate(unsigned *sleep_ms)
 #ifdef HAVE_MENU
    if (menu_driver_alive())
    {
-      if (menu_driver_iterate(true, (enum menu_action)menu_input_frame(input, trigger_input)) == -1)
+      if (menu_driver_iterate((enum menu_action)menu_input_frame(input, trigger_input)) == -1)
          rarch_ctl(RARCH_ACTION_STATE_MENU_RUNNING_FINISHED, NULL);
 
       if (!input && settings->menu.pause_libretro)