diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1888a72f324..f979216b5ba 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -230,17 +230,7 @@ add_compile_definitions(
 )
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
-    find_package(SDL2 2.0.18 REQUIRED)
-    # Fix to support older SDL2
-    # https://github.com/OpenXRay/xray-16/issues/1595
-    if (NOT TARGET SDL2::SDL2 AND DEFINED SDL2_LIBRARIES)
-        add_library(SDL2::SDL2 UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-        set_target_properties(
-            SDL2::SDL2 PROPERTIES
-            IMPORTED_LOCATION "${SDL2_LIBRARIES}"
-            INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
-        )
-    endif()
+    find_package(SDL2 2.0.18 REQUIRED NAMES SDL2 sdl2 sdl2-2.0-0)
     find_package(OpenAL REQUIRED)
     find_package(JPEG)
     find_package(Ogg REQUIRED)