diff --git a/src/text.cpp b/src/text.cpp
index fa4ea2be333e..55f9d3bc5f8d 100644
--- a/src/text.cpp
+++ b/src/text.cpp
@@ -162,13 +162,6 @@ surface ttext::render() const
 	return surface_;
 }
 
-#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2,0,0)
-sdl::ttexture ttext::render_as_texture() const
-{
-	rerender();
-	return texture_;
-}
-#else
 #ifdef SDL_GPU
 sdl::ttexture ttext::render_as_texture() const
 {
@@ -176,7 +169,6 @@ sdl::ttexture ttext::render_as_texture() const
 	return texture_;
 }
 #endif
-#endif
 
 int ttext::get_width() const
 {
@@ -707,13 +699,8 @@ void ttext::rerender(const bool force) const
 		surface_.assign(SDL_CreateRGBSurfaceFrom(
 			surface_buffer_, width, height, 32, stride,
 			0x00FF0000, 0x0000FF00, 0x000000FF, 0xFF000000));
-#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2,0,0)
-		texture_ = CVideo::get_window()->create_texture
-				(SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STATIC, surface_);
-#else
 #ifdef SDL_GPU
 		texture_ = sdl::ttexture(surface_);
-#endif
 #endif
 		cairo_destroy(cr);
 		cairo_surface_destroy(cairo_surface);
diff --git a/src/text.hpp b/src/text.hpp
index 1a1b22c4a5a6..d0aad57cb3fc 100644
--- a/src/text.hpp
+++ b/src/text.hpp
@@ -81,15 +81,6 @@ class ttext
 	 */
 	surface render() const;
 
-#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2,0,0)
-	/**
-	 * Returns the rendered text as a texture.
-	 *
-	 * Before rendering it tests whether a redraw is needed and if so it first
-	 * redraws the texture before returning it.
-	 */
-	sdl::ttexture render_as_texture() const;
-#else
 #ifdef SDL_GPU
 	/**
 	 * Returns the rendered text as a texture.
@@ -98,7 +89,6 @@ class ttext
 	 * redraws the texture before returning it.
 	 */
 	sdl::ttexture render_as_texture() const;
-#endif
 #endif
 
 	/** Returns the width needed for the text. */