diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a2bdee819b..cd59e74854 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -432,23 +432,13 @@ if (ENABLE_SDL2)
         set(SDL2_LIBRARY "${SDL2_PREFIX}/lib/x64/SDL2.lib" CACHE PATH "Path to SDL2 library")
         set(SDL2_DLL_DIR "${SDL2_PREFIX}/lib/x64/" CACHE PATH "Path to SDL2.dll")
 
-        add_library(SDL2 INTERFACE)
-        target_link_libraries(SDL2 INTERFACE "${SDL2_LIBRARY}")
-        target_include_directories(SDL2 INTERFACE "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+        add_library(SDL2::SDL2 INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+        target_link_libraries(SDL2::SDL2 INTERFACE "${SDL2_LIBRARY}")
+        target_include_directories(SDL2::SDL2 INTERFACE "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}")
     elseif (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_SDL2)
         message(STATUS "Using SDL2 from externals.")
     else()
         find_package(SDL2 2.0.18 REQUIRED)
-
-        # Some installations don't set SDL2_LIBRARIES
-        if("${SDL2_LIBRARIES}" STREQUAL "")
-            message(WARNING "SDL2_LIBRARIES wasn't set, manually setting to SDL2::SDL2")
-            set(SDL2_LIBRARIES "SDL2::SDL2")
-        endif()
-
-        include_directories(SYSTEM ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-        add_library(SDL2 INTERFACE)
-        target_link_libraries(SDL2 INTERFACE "${SDL2_LIBRARIES}")
     endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt
index f573a23e6c..420ba62e02 100644
--- a/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/audio_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -227,11 +227,7 @@ if(ENABLE_CUBEB)
     target_compile_definitions(audio_core PRIVATE -DHAVE_CUBEB=1)
 endif()
 if(ENABLE_SDL2)
-    if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_SDL2)
-        target_link_libraries(audio_core PRIVATE SDL2-static)
-    else()
-        target_link_libraries(audio_core PRIVATE SDL2)
-    endif()
+    target_link_libraries(audio_core PRIVATE SDL2::SDL2)
     target_compile_definitions(audio_core PRIVATE HAVE_SDL2)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/input_common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/input_common/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c9e1d3590..7932aaab02 100644
--- a/src/input_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/input_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,11 +56,7 @@ if (ENABLE_SDL2)
         drivers/sdl_driver.cpp
         drivers/sdl_driver.h
     )
-    if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_SDL2)
-        target_link_libraries(input_common PRIVATE SDL2-static)
-    else()
-        target_link_libraries(input_common PRIVATE SDL2)
-    endif()
+    target_link_libraries(input_common PRIVATE SDL2::SDL2)
     target_compile_definitions(input_common PRIVATE HAVE_SDL2)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt
index 9971bdfab2..d23eb29078 100644
--- a/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/yuzu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -391,11 +391,7 @@ if (YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_QT AND QT_VERSION VERSION_LESS 6)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_SDL2)
-    if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_SDL2)
-        target_link_libraries(yuzu PRIVATE SDL2-static)
-    else()
-        target_link_libraries(yuzu PRIVATE SDL2)
-    endif()
+    target_link_libraries(yuzu PRIVATE SDL2::SDL2)
     target_compile_definitions(yuzu PRIVATE HAVE_SDL2)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/yuzu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/src/yuzu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 19b1d258c1..f6eeb9d8d2 100644
--- a/src/yuzu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/yuzu_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,13 +43,7 @@ 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})
 
-target_link_libraries(yuzu-cmd PRIVATE Vulkan::Headers)
-
-if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_SDL2)
-    target_link_libraries(yuzu-cmd PRIVATE SDL2-static)
-else()
-    target_link_libraries(yuzu-cmd PRIVATE SDL2)
-endif()
+target_link_libraries(yuzu-cmd PRIVATE SDL2::SDL2 Vulkan::Headers)
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     install(TARGETS yuzu-cmd)