diff --git a/modules/gdnative/gdnative_api.json b/modules/gdnative/gdnative_api.json
index 459ca12ae99..31b021b7510 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/gdnative_api.json
+++ b/modules/gdnative/gdnative_api.json
@@ -5234,7 +5234,6 @@
       "name": "godot_arvr_register_interface",
       "return_type": "void",
       "arguments": [
-        ["const char *", "p_name"],
         ["const godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *", "p_interface"]
       ]
     },
diff --git a/modules/gdnative/include/nativearvr/godot_nativearvr.h b/modules/gdnative/include/nativearvr/godot_nativearvr.h
index ee557843c67..1a8970d3961 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/include/nativearvr/godot_nativearvr.h
+++ b/modules/gdnative/include/nativearvr/godot_nativearvr.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	void (*process)(void *);
 } godot_arvr_interface_gdnative;
 
-void GDAPI godot_arvr_register_interface(const char *p_name, const godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *p_interface);
+void GDAPI godot_arvr_register_interface(const godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *p_interface);
 
 // helper functions to access ARVRServer data
 godot_real GDAPI godot_arvr_get_worldscale();
diff --git a/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/arvr_interface_gdnative.cpp b/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/arvr_interface_gdnative.cpp
index 2f60339afa5..ff8bda162f6 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/arvr_interface_gdnative.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/arvr_interface_gdnative.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
 #include "servers/arvr/arvr_positional_tracker.h"
 #include "servers/visual/visual_server_global.h"
 
-#include "oa_hash_map.h"
-
-extern OAHashMap<StringName, godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *> *_registered_interfaces;
-
 ARVRInterfaceGDNative::ARVRInterfaceGDNative() {
 	// testing
 	printf("Construct gdnative interface\n");
@@ -66,23 +62,16 @@ void ARVRInterfaceGDNative::cleanup() {
 	}
 }
 
-void ARVRInterfaceGDNative::set_interface(StringName p_name) {
-
-	godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *new_interface;
-
-	if (!_registered_interfaces->lookup(p_name, &new_interface)) {
-		ERR_PRINT((String("ARVR interface \"") + p_name + "\" does not exist.").utf8().get_data());
-		return;
-	}
-
+void ARVRInterfaceGDNative::set_interface(const godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *p_interface) {
+	// this should only be called once, just being paranoid..
 	if (interface) {
 		cleanup();
 	}
 
-	interface = new_interface;
+	// bind to our interface
+	interface = p_interface;
 
 	// Now we do our constructing...
-
 	data = interface->constructor((godot_object *)this);
 }
 
@@ -222,20 +211,16 @@ void ARVRInterfaceGDNative::process() {
 	interface->process(data);
 }
 
-void ARVRInterfaceGDNative::_bind_methods() {
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_interface", "name"), &ARVRInterfaceGDNative::set_interface);
-}
-
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // some helper callbacks
 
 extern "C" {
 
-void GDAPI godot_arvr_register_interface(const char *p_name, const godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *p_interface) {
-	// this method is supposed to only be called by GDNative singletons
-	// which are initialized in a thread safe way, so using a global map is fine here
-
-	_registered_interfaces->set(StringName(p_name), (godot_arvr_interface_gdnative * const)p_interface);
+void GDAPI godot_arvr_register_interface(const godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *p_interface) {
+	Ref<ARVRInterfaceGDNative> new_interface;
+	new_interface.instance();
+	new_interface->set_interface((godot_arvr_interface_gdnative * const)p_interface);
+	ARVRServer::get_singleton()->add_interface(new_interface);
 }
 
 godot_real GDAPI godot_arvr_get_worldscale() {
diff --git a/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/arvr_interface_gdnative.h b/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/arvr_interface_gdnative.h
index 04730571b7b..e45b51e0708 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/arvr_interface_gdnative.h
+++ b/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/arvr_interface_gdnative.h
@@ -46,17 +46,15 @@ class ARVRInterfaceGDNative : public ARVRInterface {
 	void cleanup();
 
 protected:
-	godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *interface;
+	const godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *interface;
 	void *data;
 
-	static void _bind_methods();
-
 public:
 	/** general interface information **/
 	ARVRInterfaceGDNative();
 	~ARVRInterfaceGDNative();
 
-	void set_interface(StringName p_name);
+	void set_interface(const godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *p_interface);
 
 	virtual StringName get_name() const;
 	virtual int get_capabilities() const;
diff --git a/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/register_types.cpp b/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/register_types.cpp
index 09debe25501..c7d7847a213 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/register_types.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdnative/nativearvr/register_types.cpp
@@ -29,29 +29,11 @@
 /*************************************************************************/
 
 #include "register_types.h"
-
 #include "arvr_interface_gdnative.h"
-#include "core/os/os.h"
-
-#include "oa_hash_map.h"
-#include "ustring.h"
-
-// what is this?? I can't memnew(OAHashMap<String, godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *>)
-// but with this typedef it's working just fine...
-// C++ grammar can be a joy.
-typedef OAHashMap<StringName, godot_arvr_interface_gdnative *> InterfaceMap;
-
-InterfaceMap *_registered_interfaces;
 
 void register_nativearvr_types() {
-
-	_registered_interfaces = memnew(InterfaceMap);
-
 	ClassDB::register_class<ARVRInterfaceGDNative>();
 }
 
 void unregister_nativearvr_types() {
-	memdelete(_registered_interfaces);
-
-	_registered_interfaces = NULL;
 }