diff --git a/build/premake/extern_libs5.lua b/build/premake/extern_libs5.lua
index b9444b8d6c..17301b3295 100644
--- a/build/premake/extern_libs5.lua
+++ b/build/premake/extern_libs5.lua
@@ -627,6 +627,15 @@ extern_lib_defs = {
 		link_settings = function()
 			if os.istarget("windows") then
 				add_default_lib_paths("sdl2")
+				add_default_links({
+					win_names  = { "SDL2", "SDL2main" },
+					no_delayload = 1,
+				})
+
+				-- SDL2maind.pdb dont provide debug info, so we ignore the warning
+				filter { "system:windows", "configurations:Debug" }
+					linkoptions { "/IGNORE:4099" }
+				filter{}
 			elseif not _OPTIONS["android"] then
 				pkgconfig.add_links("sdl2")
 			end
diff --git a/source/lib/external_libraries/libsdl.h b/source/lib/external_libraries/libsdl.h
index 6ba1255562..8aee8c494d 100644
--- a/source/lib/external_libraries/libsdl.h
+++ b/source/lib/external_libraries/libsdl.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2022 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2025 Wildfire Games.
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@
 // another header that toggles between wsdl and SDL_endian.h.
 # include "SDL_endian.h"
 
-# if MSC_VERSION
-#  pragma comment(lib, "SDL2")
-#  pragma comment(lib, "SDL2main")
-# endif
-
 // complete definition of our forward-declared SDL_Event (see sdl_fwd.h)
 struct SDL_Event_
 {