diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c7d73325db..e0e8c028e2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6101,9 +6101,7 @@ fi
 
 if enabled sdl2; then
     SDL2_CONFIG="${cross_prefix}sdl2-config"
-    if check_pkg_config sdl2 SDL_events.h SDL_PollEvent; then
-        check_cpp_condition SDL.h "(SDL_MAJOR_VERSION<<16 | SDL_MINOR_VERSION<<8 | SDL_PATCHLEVEL) >= 0x020001" $sdl2_cflags &&
-        check_cpp_condition SDL.h "(SDL_MAJOR_VERSION<<16 | SDL_MINOR_VERSION<<8 | SDL_PATCHLEVEL) < 0x020100" $sdl2_cflags &&
+    if check_pkg_config "sdl2 >= 2.0.1 sdl2 < 2.1.0" SDL_events.h SDL_PollEvent; then
         check_func SDL_Init $sdl2_extralibs $sdl2_cflags ||
             disable sdl2
     elif "${SDL2_CONFIG}" --version > /dev/null 2>&1; then