diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index d25626ccc..eb6cb706d 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_SDL2)
     endif()
 
     add_subdirectory(SDL EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-    target_link_directories(SDL2-static INTERFACE "${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}")
 endif()
 
 # ENet
diff --git a/src/yuzu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/src/yuzu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 607b4e6aa..1c0c1a9fe 100644
--- a/src/yuzu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/yuzu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ target_link_libraries(yuzu-cmd PRIVATE inih glad)
 if (MSVC)
     target_link_libraries(yuzu-cmd PRIVATE getopt)
 endif()
-target_link_libraries(yuzu-cmd PRIVATE ${PLATFORM_LIBRARIES} SDL2 Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(yuzu-cmd PRIVATE ${PLATFORM_LIBRARIES} Threads::Threads)
 
 create_resource("../../dist/yuzu.bmp" "yuzu_cmd/yuzu_icon.h" "yuzu_icon")
 target_include_directories(yuzu-cmd PRIVATE ${RESOURCES_DIR})