diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 761a4a299..af3e3a7d1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,39 +150,20 @@ endif()
 
 if (SYSTEM_SDL2)
   if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
-    pkg_check_modules(SDL sdl>=${SYSTEM_SDL_MIN_VER})
-    if (SDL_FOUND)
-      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SDL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_COMPILE_OPTIONS ${SDL_CFLAGS_OTHER})
-      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES ${SDL_LIBRARIES})
-      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARY_DIRS ${SDL_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LINK_OPTIONS ${SDL_LDFLAGS_OTHER})
-      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LEGACY_LDFLAGS ${SDL_LDFLAGS})
+    pkg_check_modules(SDL2 sdl2>=${SYSTEM_SDL_MIN_VER})
+    if (SDL2_FOUND)
+      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_COMPILE_OPTIONS ${SDL2_CFLAGS_OTHER})
+      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
+      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARY_DIRS ${SDL2_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LINK_OPTIONS ${SDL2_LDFLAGS_OTHER})
+      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LEGACY_LDFLAGS ${SDL2_LDFLAGS})
     endif()
   endif()
-  if (NOT SDL_FOUND)
-    find_package(SDL ${SYSTEM_SDL_MIN_VER})
-    if (SDL_FOUND)
-      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES ${SDL_LIBRARY})
-    else()
-      if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
-        pkg_check_modules(SDL2 sdl2>=${SYSTEM_SDL_MIN_VER})
-        if (SDL2_FOUND)
-          list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-          list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_COMPILE_OPTIONS ${SDL2_CFLAGS_OTHER})
-          list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
-          list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARY_DIRS ${SDL2_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-          list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LINK_OPTIONS ${SDL2_LDFLAGS_OTHER})
-          list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LEGACY_LDFLAGS ${SDL2_LDFLAGS})
-        endif()
-      endif()
-      if (NOT SDL2_FOUND)
-        find_package(SDL2 ${SYSTEM_SDL_MIN_VER} REQUIRED)
-        list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR})
-        list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES ${SDL2_LIBRARY})
-      endif()
-    endif()
+  if (NOT SDL2_FOUND)
+    find_package(SDL2 ${SYSTEM_SDL_MIN_VER} REQUIRED)
+    list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_LIBRARIES ${SDL2_LIBRARY})
   endif()
   message(STATUS "Using system-installed SDL2")
 else()