diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3c37776..ce65ab90 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -381,10 +381,6 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring "$(PLATFORM)", "linux" "gnu_kfreebsd" "kfreebsd-gnu"))
     CLIENT_LIBS += -lrt
   endif
 
-  ifeq ($(USE_LOCAL_HEADERS),1)
-    CLIENT_CFLAGS += -I$(SDLHDIR)/include
-  endif
-
   ifeq ($(USE_FREETYPE),1)
     BASE_CFLAGS += $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS)
   endif