diff --git a/audio/out/ao.c b/audio/out/ao.c
index 0acd439033..5834345d59 100644
--- a/audio/out/ao.c
+++ b/audio/out/ao.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static const struct ao_driver * const audio_out_drivers[] = {
 #if HAVE_OPENSLES
     &audio_out_opensles,
 #endif
-#if HAVE_SDL1 || HAVE_SDL2
+#if HAVE_SDL2
     &audio_out_sdl,
 #endif
 #if HAVE_SNDIO
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index eb0a6df636..49cb12a9c3 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -481,12 +481,6 @@ audio_output_features = [
         'desc': 'SDL2',
         'func': check_pkg_config('sdl2'),
         'default': 'disable'
-    }, {
-        'name': '--sdl1',
-        'desc': 'SDL (1.x)',
-        'deps': '!sdl2',
-        'func': check_pkg_config('sdl'),
-        'default': 'disable'
     }, {
         'name': '--oss-audio',
         'desc': 'OSS',
diff --git a/wscript_build.py b/wscript_build.py
index 78db131beb..efd9dc8424 100644
--- a/wscript_build.py
+++ b/wscript_build.py
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ def build(ctx):
         ( "audio/out/ao_pcm.c" ),
         ( "audio/out/ao_pulse.c",                "pulse" ),
         ( "audio/out/ao_rsound.c",               "rsound" ),
-        ( "audio/out/ao_sdl.c",                  "sdl1" ),
         ( "audio/out/ao_sdl.c",                  "sdl2" ),
         ( "audio/out/ao_sndio.c",                "sndio" ),
         ( "audio/out/ao_wasapi.c",               "wasapi" ),