diff -ru work.orig/src/osd/modules/font/font_sdl.c work/src/osd/modules/font/font_sdl.c
--- work.orig/src/osd/modules/font/font_sdl.c	2015-03-11 18:43:43.528037322 -0700
+++ work/src/osd/modules/font/font_sdl.c	2015-03-11 18:44:00.170439682 -0700
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@
 
 #if defined(SDLMAME_UNIX) && (!defined(SDLMAME_MACOSX)) && (!defined(SDLMAME_SOLARIS)) && (!defined(SDLMAME_HAIKU)) && (!defined(SDLMAME_EMSCRIPTEN))
 
-#if (SDLMAME_SDL2)
-#include <SDL2/SDL_ttf.h>
-#else
 #include <SDL/SDL_ttf.h>
-#endif
 #ifndef SDLMAME_HAIKU
 #include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
 #endif
diff -ru work.orig/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak work/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak
--- work.orig/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak	2015-03-11 18:43:43.526037273 -0700
+++ work/src/osd/sdl/sdl.mak	2015-03-11 18:44:00.170439682 -0700
@@ -649,11 +649,7 @@
 endif
 LIBS += $(FONTCONFIGLIBS)
 
-ifeq ($(SDL_LIBVER),sdl2)
-LIBS += -lSDL2_ttf
-else
 LIBS += -lSDL_ttf
-endif
 
 # FIXME: should be dealt with elsewhere
 # libs that Haiku doesn't want but are mandatory on *IX