diff --git a/widget/material/loader.go b/widget/material/loader.go
index bec82b77..75ba0f16 100644
--- a/widget/material/loader.go
+++ b/widget/material/loader.go
@@ -60,73 +60,32 @@ func (l LoaderStyle) Layout(gtx layout.Context) layout.Dimensions {
 func clipLoader(ops *op.Ops, startAngle, endAngle, radius float64) {
 	const thickness = .25
 
-	outer := float32(radius)
-	inner := float32(radius) * (1. - thickness)
+	var (
+		outer = float32(radius)
+		delta = float32(endAngle - startAngle)
+
+		vy, vx = math.Sincos(startAngle)
+
+		pen    = f32.Pt(float32(vx), float32(vy)).Mul(outer)
+		center = f32.Pt(0, 0).Sub(pen)
+
+		p clip.Path
+	)
 
-	var p clip.Path
 	p.Begin(ops)
-
-	vy, vx := math.Sincos(startAngle)
-
-	start := f32.Pt(float32(vx), float32(vy))
-
-	// Use quadratic beziér curves to approximate a circle arc and
-	// minimize the error by capping the length of each curve segment.
-
-	nsegments := math.Round(20 * math.Pi / (endAngle - startAngle))
-
-	θ := (endAngle - startAngle) / nsegments
-
-	// To avoid a math.Sincos for every segment, compute a clockwise
-	// rotation matrix once and apply for each segment.
-	//
-	// [ cos θ -sin θ]
-	// [sin θ cos θ]
-	sinθ64, cosθ64 := math.Sincos(θ)
-	sinθ, cosθ := float32(sinθ64), float32(cosθ64)
-	rotate := func(clockwise float32, p f32.Point) f32.Point {
-		return f32.Point{
-			X: p.X*cosθ - p.Y*clockwise*sinθ,
-			Y: p.X*clockwise*sinθ + p.Y*cosθ,
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Compute control point C according to
-	// https://pomax.github.io/bezierinfo/#circles.
-	// If S is the starting point, S' is the orthogonal
-	// tangent, θ is clockwise:
-	//
-	// C = S + b*S', b = (cos θ - 1)/sin θ
-	//
-	b := (cosθ - 1.) / sinθ
-
-	control := func(clockwise float32, S f32.Point) f32.Point {
-		tangent := f32.Pt(-S.Y, S.X)
-		return S.Add(tangent.Mul(b * -clockwise))
-	}
-
-	pen := start.Mul(outer)
 	p.Move(pen)
 
-	end := start
-	arc := func(clockwise float32, radius float32) {
-		for i := 0; i < int(nsegments); i++ {
-			ctrl := control(clockwise, end)
-			end = rotate(clockwise, end)
-			p.Quad(ctrl.Mul(radius).Sub(pen), end.Mul(radius).Sub(pen))
-			pen = end.Mul(radius)
-		}
-	}
-	// Outer arc, clockwise.
-	arc(+1, outer)
+	// Outer arc.
+	p.Arc(center, center, delta)
 
 	// Arc cap.
-	cap := end.Mul(inner)
+	pen = p.Pos()
+	cap := pen.Mul(1 - thickness)
 	p.Line(cap.Sub(pen))
-	pen = cap
 
-	// Inner arc, counter-clockwise.
-	arc(-1, inner)
+	// Inner arc.
+	center = f32.Pt(0, 0).Sub(p.Pos())
+	p.Arc(center, center, -delta)
 
 	// Second arc cap automatically completed by End.
 	p.End().Add(ops)