3 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/AboutDialog.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/AboutDialog.cpp
index 0326d9888f..5261decdbd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/AboutDialog.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/AboutDialog.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 #include <QTextEdit>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
 #include <QtGlobal>
+#ifdef HAVE_SDL3
 #include <SDL3/SDL_version.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "Common/Version.h"
 
@@ -27,11 +29,13 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent)
         tr("%1 commit(s) ahead of %2").arg(commits_ahead).arg(QStringLiteral("master")));
   }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SDL3
   const int sdl_version = SDL_GetVersion();
   QString sdl_str = QString::fromStdString("%1.%2.%3")
                         .arg(SDL_VERSIONNUM_MAJOR(sdl_version))
                         .arg(SDL_VERSIONNUM_MINOR(sdl_version))
                         .arg(SDL_VERSIONNUM_MICRO(sdl_version));
+#endif
 
   const QString text =
       QStringLiteral(R"(
@@ -72,7 +76,11 @@ AboutDialog::AboutDialog(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent)
                    tr("Revision: %1").arg(QString::fromUtf8(Common::GetScmRevGitStr().c_str())))
           .replace(QStringLiteral("%QT_VERSION%"),
                    tr("Using Qt %1").arg(QStringLiteral(QT_VERSION_STR)))
+#ifdef HAVE_SDL3
           .replace(QStringLiteral("%SDL_VERSION%"), tr("Using SDL %1").arg(sdl_str))
+#else
+          .replace(QStringLiteral("%SDL_VERSION%"), tr("SDL disabled"))
+#endif
           .replace(QStringLiteral("%CHECK_FOR_UPDATES%"), tr("Check for updates"))
           .replace(QStringLiteral("%ABOUT_DOLPHIN%"),
                    // i18n: The word "free" in the standard phrase "free and open source"
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/CMakeLists.txt
index ddfe35cb6d..1e97ad47c4 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -458,9 +458,15 @@ PRIVATE
   uicommon
   imgui
   implot
-  SDL3::SDL3
 )
 
+if(ENABLE_SDL)
+  target_link_libraries(dolphin-emu
+  PRIVATE
+    SDL3::SDL3
+  )
+endif()
+
 if (NEED_QT_GUI_PRIVATE_COMPONENT)
   target_link_libraries(dolphin-emu
   PRIVATE
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/InputCommon/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e5612f353..5cc6b66ca6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ if(ENABLE_SDL)
     ControllerInterface/SDL/SDLGamepad.h
   )
   target_link_libraries(inputcommon PRIVATE SDL3::SDL3)
-  target_compile_definitions(inputcommon PUBLIC HAVE_SDL3=1)
 endif()
 
 if(MSVC)