diff --git a/.changes/mac-view.md b/.changes/mac-view.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a57a2086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/mac-view.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"wry": patch
+---
+
+On macOS, add WKWebview as subview of existing NSView directly.
+
diff --git a/src/webview/wkwebview/mod.rs b/src/webview/wkwebview/mod.rs
index 5114e55e5..5637a062b 100644
--- a/src/webview/wkwebview/mod.rs
+++ b/src/webview/wkwebview/mod.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use std::{
   slice, str,
 };
 
-use core_graphics::geometry::{CGPoint, CGRect, CGSize};
+use core_graphics::geometry::CGRect;
 use objc::{
   declare::ClassDecl,
   runtime::{Class, Object, Sel, BOOL},
@@ -317,9 +317,9 @@ impl InnerWebView {
 
       #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
       {
-        // Initialize webview with zero point
-        let zero = CGRect::new(&CGPoint::new(0., 0.), &CGSize::new(0., 0.));
-        let _: () = msg_send![webview, initWithFrame:zero configuration:config];
+        let ns_view = window.ns_view() as id;
+        let frame: CGRect = msg_send![ns_view, frame];
+        let _: () = msg_send![webview, initWithFrame:frame configuration:config];
         // Auto-resize on macOS
         webview.setAutoresizingMask_(NSViewHeightSizable | NSViewWidthSizable);
       }
@@ -663,38 +663,13 @@ r#"Object.defineProperty(window, 'ipc', {
       // Inject the web view into the window as main content
       #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
       {
-        let parent_view_cls = match ClassDecl::new("WryWebViewParent", class!(NSView)) {
-          Some(mut decl) => {
-            decl.add_method(
-              sel!(keyDown:),
-              key_down as extern "C" fn(&mut Object, Sel, id),
-            );
-
-            extern "C" fn key_down(_this: &mut Object, _sel: Sel, _event: id) {
-              // do nothing; this prevents macOS from playing an unsupported key feedback sound
-            }
-
-            decl.register()
-          }
-          None => class!(NSView),
-        };
-
-        // Create a view to contain the webview, without it devtools will try to
-        // inject a subview into the frame causing an obnoxious warning.
-        // See https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry/issues/273
-        let parent_view: id = msg_send![parent_view_cls, alloc];
-        let _: () = msg_send![parent_view, init];
-        parent_view.setAutoresizingMask_(NSViewHeightSizable | NSViewWidthSizable);
-        let _: () = msg_send![parent_view, addSubview: webview];
+        let ns_view = window.ns_view() as id;
+        let _: () = msg_send![ns_view, addSubview: webview];
 
         // Tell the webview we use layers (macOS only)
         let _: () = msg_send![webview, setWantsLayer: YES];
         // inject the webview into the window
         let ns_window = window.ns_window() as id;
-        // NOTE: We ignore the fact that we may get back the existing view as we
-        // expect tao::Window to hold a handle to it and release it for us
-        // eventually.
-        let _: () = msg_send![ns_window, setContentView: parent_view];
         // Tell the webview receive keyboard events in the window.
         // See https://github.com/tauri-apps/wry/issues/739
         let _: () = msg_send![ns_window, makeFirstResponder: webview];