diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/drawsdl.c b/src/osd/sdl/drawsdl.c
index 79a28d809f5..7577416e0e0 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/drawsdl.c
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/drawsdl.c
@@ -627,10 +627,12 @@ static render_primitive_list &drawsdl_window_get_primitives(sdl_window_info *win
 	{
 		sdlwindow_blit_surface_size(window, window->monitor->center_width, window->monitor->center_height);
 	}
+
 	if (!sdl->scale_mode->is_scale)
 		window->target->set_bounds(window->blitwidth, window->blitheight, sdlvideo_monitor_get_aspect(window->monitor));
 	else
 		window->target->set_bounds(sdl->hw_scale_width, sdl->hw_scale_height);
+
 	return window->target->get_primitives();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/sdlmain.c b/src/osd/sdl/sdlmain.c
index a71c8303525..bac117baae0 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/sdlmain.c
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/sdlmain.c
@@ -904,11 +904,7 @@ osd_font sdl_osd_interface::font_open(const char *_name, int &height)
 	bool bold = (name.replace(0, "[B]", "") + name.replace(0, "[b]", "") > 0);
 	bool italic = (name.replace(0, "[I]", "") + name.replace(0, "[i]", "") > 0);
 	bool underline = (name.replace(0, "[U]", "") + name.replace(0, "[u]", "") > 0);
-#if TTF_MAJOR_VERSION >= 2
-#if TTF_PATCHLEVEL >= 10  // SDL_ttf 2.0.9 and earlier does not define TTF_STYLE_STRIKETHROUGH
 	bool strike = (name.replace(0, "[S]", "") + name.replace(0, "[s]", "") > 0);
-#endif // MAJOR_VERSION
-#endif // PATCHLEVEL
 
 	// first up, try it as a filename
 	font = TTF_OpenFont(name.cstr(), POINT_SIZE);
@@ -949,10 +945,12 @@ osd_font sdl_osd_interface::font_open(const char *_name, int &height)
 		style |= italic ? TTF_STYLE_ITALIC : 0;
 	}
 	style |= underline ? TTF_STYLE_UNDERLINE : 0;
-#if TTF_MAJOR_VERSION >= 2
-#if TTF_PATCHLEVEL >= 10
+	// SDL_ttf 2.0.9 and earlier does not define TTF_STYLE_STRIKETHROUGH
+#if SDL_VERSIONNUM(TTF_MAJOR_VERSION, TTF_MINOR_VERSION, TTF_PATCHLEVEL) > SDL_VERSIONNUM(2,0,9)
 	style |= strike ? TTF_STYLE_STRIKETHROUGH : 0;
-#endif // MAJOR_VERSION
+#else
+	if (strike)
+		mame_printf_warning("Ignoring strikethrough for SDL_TTF with version less 2.0.10\n");
 #endif // PATCHLEVEL
 	TTF_SetFontStyle(font, style);