diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7d20a6f8e576b..83e76c776e822 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ install:
       gettext git-core gperf libasound2-dev libass-dev libbz2-dev libcap-dev libcdio-dev libcec4-dev libcrossguid-dev libcurl3
       libcurl4-openssl-dev libdbus-1-dev libfmt3-dev libfontconfig-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libfreetype6-dev libfribidi-dev libgif-dev
       libiso9660-dev libjpeg-dev liblcms2-dev libltdl-dev liblzo2-dev libmicrohttpd-dev libmysqlclient-dev libnfs-dev
-      libpcre3-dev libplist-dev libpng-dev libpulse-dev libsdl2-dev libsmbclient-dev libsqlite3-dev libssh-dev
+      libpcre3-dev libplist-dev libpng-dev libpulse-dev libsmbclient-dev libsqlite3-dev libssh-dev
       libssl-dev libtag1-dev libtinyxml-dev libtool libudev-dev libusb-dev libva-dev libvdpau-dev
       libxml2-dev libxmu-dev libxrandr-dev libxrender-dev libxslt1-dev libxt-dev libyajl-dev mesa-utils
       nasm pmount python-dev python-imaging python-sqlite swig unzip uuid-dev yasm zip zlib1g-dev;
diff --git a/docs/README.linux b/docs/README.linux
index 5f6c1a2281415..5e311c7b1cfd0 100644
--- a/docs/README.linux
+++ b/docs/README.linux
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Build-Depends: autoconf, automake, autopoint, autotools-dev, cmake, curl,
   libfribidi-dev, libgif-dev (>= 4.1.6), libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev | libglu-dev,
   libiso9660-dev, libjpeg-dev, libltdl-dev, liblzo2-dev, libmicrohttpd-dev,
   libmpcdec-dev, libmysqlclient-dev, libnfs-dev,
-  libpcre3-dev, libplist-dev, libpng12-dev | libpng-dev, libpulse-dev, libsdl2-dev,
+  libpcre3-dev, libplist-dev, libpng12-dev | libpng-dev, libpulse-dev,
   libshairplay-dev, libsmbclient-dev, libsqlite3-dev, libssh-dev, libssl-dev, libswscale-dev,
   libtag1-dev (>= 1.8), libtinyxml-dev (>= 2.6.2), libtool, libudev-dev,
   libusb-dev, libva-dev, libvdpau-dev, libxml2-dev,
diff --git a/docs/README.opensuse b/docs/README.opensuse
index 7c8337af8ac67..b90022a017e2a 100644
--- a/docs/README.opensuse
+++ b/docs/README.opensuse
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Build-Depends: autoconf, automake, autopoint, autotools-dev, cmake, curl,
   libfribidi-dev, libgif-dev (>= 4.1.6), libgl1-mesa-dev | libgl-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev | libglu-dev,
   libiso9660-dev, libjpeg-dev, libltdl-dev, liblzo2-dev, libmicrohttpd-dev,
   libmpcdec-dev, libmysqlclient-dev, libnfs-dev,
-  libpcre3-dev, libplist-dev, libpng12-dev | libpng-dev, libpulse-dev, libsdl2-dev,
+  libpcre3-dev, libplist-dev, libpng12-dev | libpng-dev, libpulse-dev,
   libshairplay-dev, libsmbclient-dev, libsqlite3-dev, libssh-dev, libssl-dev, libswscale-dev,
   libtag1-dev (>= 1.8), libtinyxml-dev (>= 2.6.2), libtool, libudev-dev,
   libusb-dev, libva-dev, libvdpau-dev, libxml2-dev,
diff --git a/docs/README.ubuntu b/docs/README.ubuntu
index 2c34056c6745c..7abae0cd848fe 100644
--- a/docs/README.ubuntu
+++ b/docs/README.ubuntu
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ For Ubuntu (all versions >= 7.04):
       libcurl4-openssl-dev libdbus-1-dev libfontconfig-dev libegl1-mesa-dev libfreetype6-dev \
       libfribidi-dev libgif-dev libiso9660-dev libjpeg-dev liblzo2-dev \
       libmicrohttpd-dev libmysqlclient-dev libnfs-dev \
-      libpcre3-dev libplist-dev libpng-dev libpulse-dev libsdl2-dev libsmbclient-dev \
+      libpcre3-dev libplist-dev libpng-dev libpulse-dev libsmbclient-dev \
       libsqlite3-dev libssh-dev libssl-dev libtinyxml-dev libtool libudev-dev libusb-dev \
       libva-dev libvdpau-dev libxml2-dev libxmu-dev libxrandr-dev \
       libxrender-dev libxslt1-dev libxt-dev libyajl-dev mesa-utils nasm pmount python-dev \
diff --git a/tools/depends/target/Makefile b/tools/depends/target/Makefile
index a47d19bb1f2df..4edbc286df531 100644
--- a/tools/depends/target/Makefile
+++ b/tools/depends/target/Makefile
@@ -61,13 +61,11 @@ ifeq ($(NEED_LIBICONV),1)
 endif
 
 ALSA_LIB=
-LINUX_SYSTEM_LIBS=
 ifeq ($(OS),linux)
   DEPENDS += libuuid
   #not for raspberry pi
   ifneq ($(TARGET_PLATFORM),raspberry-pi)
-    DEPENDS += libsdl2 linux-system-libs
-    LINUX_SYSTEM_LIBS = linux-system-libs
+    DEPENDS += linux-system-libs
   endif
   DEPENDS += alsa-lib
   ALSA_LIB = alsa-lib
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@ nettle: gmp
 pythonmodule-pycryptodome: python27 pythonmodule-setuptools
 pythonmodule-pil: $(ZLIB) libjpeg-turbo libpng freetype2 python27 pythonmodule-setuptools
 pythonmodule-setuptools: python27
-libsdl2: $(LINUX_SYSTEM_LIBS)
 libxslt: libgcrypt libxml2
 ffmpeg: $(ICONV) $(ZLIB) bzip2 $(FFMPEG_DEPENDS)
 platform: p8-platform
diff --git a/tools/depends/target/libsdl2/Makefile b/tools/depends/target/libsdl2/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c6eb5a26a38b..0000000000000
--- a/tools/depends/target/libsdl2/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-include ../../Makefile.include
-DEPS= ../../Makefile.include Makefile
-
-# lib name, version
-LIBNAME=SDL2
-VERSION=2.0.3
-SOURCE=$(LIBNAME)-$(VERSION)
-ARCHIVE=$(SOURCE).tar.gz
-
-# configuration settings
-CONFIGURE=./configure --prefix=$(PREFIX) --disable-video-directfb
-ifneq ($(OS),linux)
-CONFIGURE += --without-x --disable-video-x11
-endif
-
-LIBDYLIB=$(PLATFORM)/build/.libs/lib$(LIBNAME).a
-
-all: .installed-$(PLATFORM)
-
-$(TARBALLS_LOCATION)/$(ARCHIVE):
-	cd $(TARBALLS_LOCATION); $(RETRIEVE_TOOL) $(RETRIEVE_TOOL_FLAGS) $(BASE_URL)/$(ARCHIVE)
-
-$(PLATFORM): $(TARBALLS_LOCATION)/$(ARCHIVE) $(DEPS)
-	rm -rf $(PLATFORM); mkdir -p $(PLATFORM)
-	cd $(PLATFORM); $(ARCHIVE_TOOL) $(ARCHIVE_TOOL_FLAGS) $(TARBALLS_LOCATION)/$(ARCHIVE)
-	cd $(PLATFORM); ./autogen.sh
-	cd $(PLATFORM); $(CONFIGURE)
-
-$(LIBDYLIB): $(PLATFORM)
-	$(MAKE) -C $(PLATFORM)
-
-.installed-$(PLATFORM): $(LIBDYLIB)
-	$(MAKE) -C $(PLATFORM) install
-	touch $@
-
-clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(PLATFORM) clean
-	rm -f .installed-$(PLATFORM)
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf $(PLATFORM) .installed-$(PLATFORM)