diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index e1234641..57099fe7 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -313,22 +313,21 @@ ifeq ($(WIN32),)  #*nix Environments (&& cygwin)
       OS_CCDEFS += -DHAVE_FNMATCH    
     endif
   endif
-  ifneq (,$(call find_include,SDL/SDL))
-    SDL_VERSION = $(shell grep SDL_MAJOR_VERSION $(call find_include,SDL/SDL_version) | awk '{ print $$3 }')
-    ifeq (2,$(SDL_VERSION))
-      ifneq (,$(call find_lib,SDL2))
-        OS_CCDEFS += -DHAVE_LIBSDL -I$(dir $(call find_include,SDL/SDL))
-        OS_LDFLAGS += -lSDL2
-        $(info using libSDL2:  $(call find_lib,SDL2) $(call find_include,SDL/SDL))
-        ifeq (Darwin,$(OSTYPE))
-          OS_LDFLAGS += -lobjc -framework cocoa
-        endif
+  ifneq (,$(call find_include,SDL2/SDL))
+    ifneq (,$(call find_lib,SDL2))
+      OS_CCDEFS += -DHAVE_LIBSDL -I$(dir $(call find_include,SDL2/SDL))
+      OS_LDFLAGS += -lSDL2
+      $(info using libSDL2: $(call find_lib,SDL2) $(call find_include,SDL2/SDL))
+      ifeq (Darwin,$(OSTYPE))
+        OS_LDFLAGS += -lobjc -framework cocoa
       endif
-    else
+    endif
+  else
+    ifneq (,$(call find_include,SDL/SDL))
       ifneq (,$(call find_lib,SDL))
         OS_CCDEFS += -DHAVE_LIBSDL -I$(dir $(call find_include,SDL/SDL))
         OS_LDFLAGS += -lSDL
-        $(info using libSDL:  $(call find_lib,SDL) $(call find_include,SDL/SDL))
+        $(info using libSDL: $(call find_lib,SDL) $(call find_include,SDL/SDL))
         ifeq (Darwin,$(OSTYPE))
           OS_LDFLAGS += -lobjc -framework cocoa
         endif