diff --git a/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak b/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
index c2c5eeedf50..b57243751df 100644
--- a/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
+++ b/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ USE_DISPATCH_GL = 1
 # active development on sdlmame or SDL.
 
 # uncomment the next line to compile and link against SDL2.0
-SDL_LIBVER = sdl2
+# SDL_LIBVER = sdl2
 
 # uncomment the next line to use couriersud's multi-keyboard patch for SDL 2.1? (this API was removed prior to the 2.0 release)
 # SDL2_MULTIAPI = 1