diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableDrawable.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableDrawable.cs
index eb0508b568..0c635a3d2f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableDrawable.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableDrawable.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
@@ -8,23 +8,13 @@
 
 namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 {
-    public class SkinnableDrawable : SkinnableDrawable<Drawable>
-    {
-        public SkinnableDrawable(string name, Func<string, Drawable> defaultImplementation, Func<ISkinSource, bool> allowFallback = null, ConfineMode confineMode = ConfineMode.ScaleDownToFit)
-            : base(name, defaultImplementation, allowFallback, confineMode)
-        {
-        }
-    }
-
     /// <summary>
     /// A drawable which can be skinned via an <see cref="ISkinSource"/>.
     /// </summary>
-    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of drawable.</typeparam>
-    public class SkinnableDrawable<T> : SkinReloadableDrawable
-        where T : Drawable
+    public class SkinnableDrawable : SkinReloadableDrawable
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// The displayed component. May or may not be a type-<typeparamref name="T"/> member.
+        /// The displayed component.
         /// </summary>
         protected Drawable Drawable { get; private set; }
 
@@ -39,7 +29,7 @@ public class SkinnableDrawable<T> : SkinReloadableDrawable
         /// <param name="defaultImplementation">A function to create the default skin implementation of this element.</param>
         /// <param name="allowFallback">A conditional to decide whether to allow fallback to the default implementation if a skinned element is not present.</param>
         /// <param name="confineMode">How (if at all) the <see cref="Drawable"/> should be resize to fit within our own bounds.</param>
-        public SkinnableDrawable(string name, Func<string, T> defaultImplementation, Func<ISkinSource, bool> allowFallback = null, ConfineMode confineMode = ConfineMode.ScaleDownToFit)
+        public SkinnableDrawable(string name, Func<string, Drawable> defaultImplementation, Func<ISkinSource, bool> allowFallback = null, ConfineMode confineMode = ConfineMode.ScaleDownToFit)
             : this(name, allowFallback, confineMode)
         {
             createDefault = defaultImplementation;
@@ -54,13 +44,13 @@ protected SkinnableDrawable(string name, Func<ISkinSource, bool> allowFallback =
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
         }
 
-        private readonly Func<string, T> createDefault;
+        private readonly Func<string, Drawable> createDefault;
 
         private readonly Cached scaling = new Cached();
 
         private bool isDefault;
 
-        protected virtual T CreateDefault(string name) => createDefault(name);
+        protected virtual Drawable CreateDefault(string name) => createDefault(name);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether to apply size restrictions (specified via <see cref="confineMode"/>) to the default implementation.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableSprite.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableSprite.cs
index 1716ec71de..07ba48d6ae 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableSprite.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableSprite.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Textures;
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning
     /// <summary>
     /// A skinnable element which uses a stable sprite and can therefore share implementation logic.
     /// </summary>
-    public class SkinnableSprite : SkinnableDrawable<Sprite>
+    public class SkinnableSprite : SkinnableDrawable
     {
         protected override bool ApplySizeRestrictionsToDefault => true;
 
@@ -23,6 +24,6 @@ public SkinnableSprite(string name, Func<ISkinSource, bool> allowFallback = null
         {
         }
 
-        protected override Sprite CreateDefault(string name) => new Sprite { Texture = textures.Get(name) };
+        protected override Drawable CreateDefault(string name) => new Sprite { Texture = textures.Get(name) };
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableSpriteText.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableSpriteText.cs
index d12a6f74f7..5af6df15e1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableSpriteText.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/SkinnableSpriteText.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 namespace osu.Game.Skinning
 {
-    public class SkinnableSpriteText : SkinnableDrawable<SpriteText>, IHasText
+    public class SkinnableSpriteText : SkinnableDrawable, IHasText
     {
         public SkinnableSpriteText(string name, Func<string, SpriteText> defaultImplementation, Func<ISkinSource, bool> allowFallback = null, ConfineMode confineMode = ConfineMode.ScaleDownToFit)
             : base(name, defaultImplementation, allowFallback, confineMode)