diff --git a/src/sdl2/timer.rs b/src/sdl2/timer.rs
index 56931680..3a80389d 100644
--- a/src/sdl2/timer.rs
+++ b/src/sdl2/timer.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub struct Timer<'a> {
 }
 
 impl<'a> Timer<'a> {
-    pub fn new<'b>(delay: uint, callback: ||: 'b -> uint, remove_on_drop: bool) -> Timer<'b> {
+    pub fn new(delay: uint, callback: ||: 'a -> uint, remove_on_drop: bool) -> Timer<'a> {
         unsafe {
             let c_param = mem::transmute::<_, raw::Closure>(callback);
             Timer { delay: delay, raw: 0, closure: c_param, remove_on_drop: remove_on_drop, lifetime: ContravariantLifetime }