diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1a5d9cd42..ac6e02396 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -27900,15 +27900,7 @@ else
   SDL_RLD_FLAGS=""
 fi
 
-case "$ARCH" in
-  macosx)
-    # Evil hack to allow static linking on Mac OS X
-    SDL_STATIC_LIBS="\${libdir}/libSDL2.a $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    SDL_STATIC_LIBS="$SDL_LIBS $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
-    ;;
-esac
+SDL_STATIC_LIBS="$SDL_LIBS $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
 
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9a8edd810..263cbc35c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2559,15 +2559,7 @@ else
   SDL_RLD_FLAGS=""
 fi
 
-case "$ARCH" in
-  macosx)
-    # Evil hack to allow static linking on Mac OS X
-    SDL_STATIC_LIBS="\${libdir}/libSDL2.a $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
-    ;;
-  *)
-    SDL_STATIC_LIBS="$SDL_LIBS $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
-    ;;
-esac
+SDL_STATIC_LIBS="$SDL_LIBS $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
 
 dnl Expand the cflags and libraries needed by apps using SDL
 AC_SUBST(SDL_CFLAGS)