diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4e6c3432c..2bdb64092 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15474,11 +15474,7 @@ done
 
 INCLUDE="-I$srcdir/include"
 if test x$srcdir != x.; then
-    # Remove SDL_config.h from the source directory, since it's the
-    # default one, and we want to include the one that we generate.
-    if test -f $srcdir/include/SDL_config.h; then
-        rm $srcdir/include/SDL_config.h
-    fi
+    # We want to include the generated SDL_config.h first
     INCLUDE="-Iinclude $INCLUDE"
 fi
 case "$host" in
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4fddcd30f..494a18126 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -65,11 +65,7 @@ AC_CHECK_PROGS(WINDRES, [windres $hostaliaswindres $host_os-windres])
 dnl Set up the compiler and linker flags
 INCLUDE="-I$srcdir/include"
 if test x$srcdir != x.; then
-    # Remove SDL_config.h from the source directory, since it's the
-    # default one, and we want to include the one that we generate.
-    if test -f $srcdir/include/SDL_config.h; then
-        rm $srcdir/include/SDL_config.h
-    fi
+    # We want to include the generated SDL_config.h first
     INCLUDE="-Iinclude $INCLUDE"
 fi
 case "$host" in