diff --git a/examples/hello_triangle_rust/main.rs b/examples/hello_triangle_rust/main.rs
index b193fbd13..2568bb67b 100644
--- a/examples/hello_triangle_rust/main.rs
+++ b/examples/hello_triangle_rust/main.rs
@@ -117,39 +117,4 @@ fn main() {
             ControlFlow::Continue
         });
     }
-
-    #[cfg(not(feature = "winit"))]
-    {
-        let _ = render_pipeline;
-        let texture = device.create_texture(&wgpu::TextureDescriptor {
-            size: wgpu::Extent3d {
-                width: 256,
-                height: 256,
-                depth: 1,
-            },
-            array_size: 1,
-            dimension: wgpu::TextureDimension::D2,
-            format: wgpu::TextureFormat::R8g8b8a8Unorm,
-            usage: wgpu::TextureUsageFlags::OUTPUT_ATTACHMENT,
-        });
-        let color_view = texture.create_default_texture_view();
-
-        let mut cmd_buf = device.create_command_buffer(&wgpu::CommandBufferDescriptor {});
-        {
-            let rpass = cmd_buf.begin_render_pass(&wgpu::RenderPassDescriptor {
-                color_attachments: &[wgpu::RenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptor {
-                    attachment: &color_view,
-                    load_op: wgpu::LoadOp::Clear,
-                    store_op: wgpu::StoreOp::Store,
-                    clear_color: wgpu::Color::GREEN,
-                }],
-                depth_stencil_attachment: None,
-            });
-            rpass.end_pass();
-        }
-
-        device
-            .get_queue()
-            .submit(&[cmd_buf]);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/command/compute.rs b/wgpu-native/src/command/compute.rs
index ba9d217d3..e9a739d86 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/command/compute.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/command/compute.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ pub extern "C" fn wgpu_compute_pass_set_bind_group(
     let bind_group_guard = HUB.bind_groups.read();
     let bind_group = bind_group_guard.get(bind_group_id);
 
+    //Note: currently, WebGPU compute passes have synchronization defined
+    // at a dispatch granularity, so we insert the necessary barriers here.
+
     CommandBuffer::insert_barriers(
         &mut pass.raw,
         pass.buffer_tracker.consume_by_replace(&bind_group.used_buffers),
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/command/render.rs b/wgpu-native/src/command/render.rs
index 648befdf0..b5b42b801 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/command/render.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/command/render.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ pub extern "C" fn wgpu_render_pass_set_index_buffer(
             TrackPermit::EXTEND,
         )
         .unwrap();
-        buffer_guard.get(buffer_id);
 
     let view = hal::buffer::IndexBufferView {
         buffer: &buffer.raw,