diff --git a/source/main_sdl_nx.c b/source/main_sdl_nx.c
index ba7c6e3..9fa4720 100644
--- a/source/main_sdl_nx.c
+++ b/source/main_sdl_nx.c
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ static void Sys_InitSDL (void)
 	{	/*reject running under older SDL versions */
 		Sys_Error("You need at least v%d.%d.%d of SDL to run this game.", SDL_MIN_X,SDL_MIN_Y,SDL_MIN_Z);
 	}
-	if (SDL_VERSIONNUM(sdl_version->major,sdl_version->minor,sdl_version->patch) >= SDL_NEW_VERSION_REJECT)
-	{	/*reject running under newer (1.3.x) SDL */
-		Sys_Error("Your version of SDL library is incompatible with me.\n"
-			  "You need a library version in the line of %d.%d.%d\n", SDL_MIN_X,SDL_MIN_Y,SDL_MIN_Z);
-	}
 
 	if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0)
 	{