diff --git a/internal/driver/glfw/canvas.go b/internal/driver/glfw/canvas.go
index 6c670926a0..fe2e4209d3 100644
--- a/internal/driver/glfw/canvas.go
+++ b/internal/driver/glfw/canvas.go
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ func (c *glCanvas) setDirty(dirty bool) {
 	c.dirty = dirty
 }
 
-func (c *glCanvas) setMenuOverlay(b *MenuBar) {
+func (c *glCanvas) setMenuOverlay(b fyne.CanvasObject) {
 	c.menu = b
 	c.menuTree = &renderCacheTree{root: &renderCacheNode{obj: c.menu}}
 	c.menuFocusMgr = app.NewFocusManager(c.menu)
diff --git a/internal/driver/glfw/driver_test.go b/internal/driver/glfw/driver_test.go
index 1f83a2afd4..d951f874df 100644
--- a/internal/driver/glfw/driver_test.go
+++ b/internal/driver/glfw/driver_test.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func Test_gLDriver_AbsolutePositionForObject(t *testing.T) {
 	// 0 is the shadow
 	// 1 is the menu bar’s background
 	// 2 is the container holding the items
-	mbarCont := cache.Renderer(movl).Objects()[2].(*fyne.Container)
+	mbarCont := cache.Renderer(movl.(fyne.Widget)).Objects()[2].(*fyne.Container)
 	m2 := mbarCont.Objects[1]
 
 	tests := map[string]struct {
diff --git a/internal/driver/glfw/menu.go b/internal/driver/glfw/menu.go
index 649acf4f8f..b7604ddc4d 100644
--- a/internal/driver/glfw/menu.go
+++ b/internal/driver/glfw/menu.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fyne.io/fyne"
 )
 
-func buildMenuOverlay(menus *fyne.MainMenu, c fyne.Canvas) *MenuBar {
+func buildMenuOverlay(menus *fyne.MainMenu, c fyne.Canvas) fyne.CanvasObject {
 	if len(menus.Items) == 0 {
 		fyne.LogError("Main menu must have at least one child menu", nil)
 		return nil