diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 518046b80..146ee5123 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ For the current status of the project, please refer to the [project wiki](https:
 - [wine-staging](https://wine-staging.com/) for Vulkan support
 - [Meson](http://mesonbuild.com/) build system
 - [MinGW64](http://mingw-w64.org/) compiler and headers
-- [SDL2](https://www.libsdl.org/) headers and DLL
 
 ### Building DLLs
 Inside the dxvk directory, run:
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ Both `dxgi.dll` and `d3d11.dll`as well as some demo executables will be located
 
 ## How to use
 In order to run `executable.exe` with DXVK,
-* Copy `dxgi.dll`, `d3d11.dll` and `SDL2.dll` into the same directory as the executable
+* Copy `dxgi.dll` and `d3d11.dll` into the same directory as the executable
 * Run `WINEDLLOVERRIDES=d3d11,dxgi=n wine executable.exe`
 
 DXVK will create a file `dxgi.log` in the current working directory and may print out messages to stderr.
diff --git a/lib/SDL2.lib b/lib/SDL2.lib
deleted file mode 100755
index 12caaa794..000000000
Binary files a/lib/SDL2.lib and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/lib32/SDL2.lib b/lib32/SDL2.lib
deleted file mode 100755
index 533337bf7..000000000
Binary files a/lib32/SDL2.lib and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d744e3270..fd4bb67b6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ else
 endif
 
 lib_vulkan = dxvk_compiler.find_library('vulkan-1', dirs : dxvk_library_path)
-lib_sdl2   = dxvk_compiler.find_library('SDL2',     dirs : dxvk_library_path)
 
 lib_d3d11          = dxvk_compiler.find_library('d3d11')
 lib_dxgi           = dxvk_compiler.find_library('dxgi')
diff --git a/src/dxgi/dxgi_include.h b/src/dxgi/dxgi_include.h
index ec9c2a397..87fd9452b 100644
--- a/src/dxgi/dxgi_include.h
+++ b/src/dxgi/dxgi_include.h
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 #include <dxgi1_2.h>
 
-#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
-
 // For some reason, these are not exposed
 #ifndef DXGI_RESOURCE_PRIORITY_NORMAL
   #define DXGI_RESOURCE_PRIORITY_MINIMUM (0x28000000)
diff --git a/src/dxgi/dxgi_main.cpp b/src/dxgi/dxgi_main.cpp
index 125193e2f..f5cf4179c 100644
--- a/src/dxgi/dxgi_main.cpp
+++ b/src/dxgi/dxgi_main.cpp
@@ -5,19 +5,6 @@ namespace dxvk {
   
   Logger Logger::s_instance("dxgi.log");
   
-  struct SdlInstance {
-    SdlInstance() {
-      if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_NOPARACHUTE))
-        Logger::err("Instance::init: Failed to initialize SDL");
-    }
-    
-    ~SdlInstance() {
-      SDL_Quit();
-    }
-  };
-  
-  SdlInstance sdl;
-  
   HRESULT createDxgiFactory(REFIID riid, void **ppFactory) {
     if (riid != __uuidof(IDXGIFactory)
      && riid != __uuidof(IDXGIFactory1)) {
diff --git a/src/dxvk/meson.build b/src/dxvk/meson.build
index e822b7272..e240736d4 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/meson.build
+++ b/src/dxvk/meson.build
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ thread_dep = dependency('threads')
 
 dxvk_lib = static_library('dxvk', dxvk_src, glsl_generator.process(dxvk_hud_shaders),
   link_with           : [ util_lib, spirv_lib ],
-  dependencies        : [ thread_dep, lib_vulkan, lib_sdl2 ],
+  dependencies        : [ thread_dep, lib_vulkan ],
   include_directories : [ dxvk_include_path ])
 
 dxvk_dep = declare_dependency(