diff --git a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.js b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.js
index 6f01156..fc3d6d0 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.js
@@ -203,13 +203,9 @@
 /**
  * Removes everything from the renderer and optionally removes the Canvas DOM element.
  *
- * @param [removeView=true] {boolean} Removes the Canvas element from the DOM.
+ * @param [removeView=false] {boolean} Removes the Canvas element from the DOM.
  */
 CanvasRenderer.prototype.destroy = function (removeView) {
-    if (typeof removeView === 'undefined') {
-        removeView = true;
-    }
-
     if (removeView && this.view.parent) {
         this.view.parent.removeChild(this.view);
     }

diff --git a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.js b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.js
index 6f01156..fc3d6d0 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/canvas/CanvasRenderer.js
@@ -203,13 +203,9 @@
 /**
  * Removes everything from the renderer and optionally removes the Canvas DOM element.
  *
- * @param [removeView=true] {boolean} Removes the Canvas element from the DOM.
+ * @param [removeView=false] {boolean} Removes the Canvas element from the DOM.
  */
 CanvasRenderer.prototype.destroy = function (removeView) {
-    if (typeof removeView === 'undefined') {
-        removeView = true;
-    }
-
     if (removeView && this.view.parent) {
         this.view.parent.removeChild(this.view);
     }
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGLRenderer.js b/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGLRenderer.js
index ed5fdfc..00e1ca7 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/WebGLRenderer.js
@@ -452,8 +452,13 @@
 /**
  * Removes everything from the renderer (event listeners, spritebatch, etc...)
  *
+ * @param [removeView=false] {boolean} Removes the Canvas element from the DOM.
  */
-WebGLRenderer.prototype.destroy = function () {
+WebGLRenderer.prototype.destroy = function (removeView) {
+    if (removeView && this.view.parent) {
+        this.view.parent.removeChild(this.view);
+    }
+
     // remove listeners
     this.view.removeEventListener('webglcontextlost', this.contextLostBound);
     this.view.removeEventListener('webglcontextrestored', this.contextRestoredBound);