diff --git a/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake b/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake
index 90d093731..8dcb39265 100644
--- a/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake
+++ b/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ endmacro()
 # - HAVE_SDL_LOADSO opt
 macro(CheckWayland)
   if(SDL_WAYLAND)
-    pkg_check_modules(WAYLAND wayland-client wayland-egl wayland-cursor egl "xkbcommon>=0.5.0")
+    pkg_check_modules(WAYLAND "wayland-client>=1.18" wayland-egl wayland-cursor egl "xkbcommon>=0.5.0")
 
     if(WAYLAND_FOUND)
       find_program(WAYLAND_SCANNER NAMES wayland-scanner REQUIRED)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 28d620d94..25b6e9e4c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ CheckWayland()
         video_wayland=no
         if  test x$video_opengl_egl = xyes && \
             test x$video_opengles_v2 = xyes; then
-            if $PKG_CONFIG --exists wayland-client wayland-scanner wayland-egl wayland-cursor egl 'xkbcommon >= 0.5.0'; then
+            if $PKG_CONFIG --exists 'wayland-client >= 1.18' wayland-scanner wayland-egl wayland-cursor egl 'xkbcommon >= 0.5.0'; then
                 WAYLAND_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags wayland-client wayland-egl wayland-cursor xkbcommon`
                 WAYLAND_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs wayland-client wayland-egl wayland-cursor xkbcommon`
                 WAYLAND_SCANNER=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=wayland_scanner wayland-scanner`
diff --git a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandsym.h b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandsym.h
index fa29bedb1..b28e826af 100644
--- a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandsym.h
+++ b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandsym.h
@@ -72,18 +72,15 @@ SDL_WAYLAND_SYM(void, wl_list_remove, (struct wl_list *))
 SDL_WAYLAND_SYM(int, wl_list_length, (const struct wl_list *))
 SDL_WAYLAND_SYM(int, wl_list_empty, (const struct wl_list *))
 SDL_WAYLAND_SYM(void, wl_list_insert_list, (struct wl_list *, struct wl_list *))
-
-/* These functions are available in Wayland >= 1.4 */
-SDL_WAYLAND_MODULE(WAYLAND_CLIENT_1_4)
 SDL_WAYLAND_SYM(struct wl_proxy *, wl_proxy_marshal_constructor, (struct wl_proxy *, uint32_t opcode, const struct wl_interface *interface, ...))
-
-SDL_WAYLAND_MODULE(WAYLAND_CLIENT_1_10)
 SDL_WAYLAND_SYM(struct wl_proxy *, wl_proxy_marshal_constructor_versioned, (struct wl_proxy *proxy, uint32_t opcode, const struct wl_interface *interface, uint32_t version, ...))
-
-SDL_WAYLAND_MODULE(WAYLAND_CLIENT_1_18)
 SDL_WAYLAND_SYM(void, wl_proxy_set_tag, (struct wl_proxy *, const char * const *))
 SDL_WAYLAND_SYM(const char * const *, wl_proxy_get_tag, (struct wl_proxy *))
 
+/* These were introduced in 1.20 and introduce a handful of build issues.
+ * See GitHub #5376 and #4636
+ * -flibit
+ */
 SDL_WAYLAND_MODULE(WAYLAND_CLIENT_1_20)
 SDL_WAYLAND_SYM(struct wl_proxy*, wl_proxy_marshal_flags, (struct wl_proxy *proxy, uint32_t opcode, const struct wl_interface *interfac, uint32_t version, uint32_t flags, ...))
 SDL_WAYLAND_SYM(struct wl_proxy*, wl_proxy_marshal_array_flags, (struct wl_proxy *proxy, uint32_t opcode, const struct wl_interface *interface, uint32_t version,  uint32_t flags, union wl_argument *args))
diff --git a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandvideo.c b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandvideo.c
index 61940cca4..c9c28bb90 100644
--- a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandvideo.c
+++ b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandvideo.c
@@ -133,32 +133,22 @@ static const char *SDL_WAYLAND_output_tag = "sdl-output";
 
 void SDL_WAYLAND_register_surface(struct wl_surface *surface)
 {
-    if (SDL_WAYLAND_HAVE_WAYLAND_CLIENT_1_18) {
-        wl_proxy_set_tag((struct wl_proxy *)surface, &SDL_WAYLAND_surface_tag);
-    }
+    wl_proxy_set_tag((struct wl_proxy *)surface, &SDL_WAYLAND_surface_tag);
 }
 
 void SDL_WAYLAND_register_output(struct wl_output *output)
 {
-    if (SDL_WAYLAND_HAVE_WAYLAND_CLIENT_1_18) {
-        wl_proxy_set_tag((struct wl_proxy *)output, &SDL_WAYLAND_output_tag);
-    }
+    wl_proxy_set_tag((struct wl_proxy *)output, &SDL_WAYLAND_output_tag);
 }
 
 SDL_bool SDL_WAYLAND_own_surface(struct wl_surface *surface)
 {
-    if (SDL_WAYLAND_HAVE_WAYLAND_CLIENT_1_18) {
-        return wl_proxy_get_tag((struct wl_proxy *) surface) == &SDL_WAYLAND_surface_tag;
-    }
-    return SDL_TRUE; /* For older clients we have to assume this is us... */
+    return wl_proxy_get_tag((struct wl_proxy *) surface) == &SDL_WAYLAND_surface_tag;
 }
 
 SDL_bool SDL_WAYLAND_own_output(struct wl_output *output)
 {
-    if (SDL_WAYLAND_HAVE_WAYLAND_CLIENT_1_18) {
-        return wl_proxy_get_tag((struct wl_proxy *) output) == &SDL_WAYLAND_output_tag;
-    }
-    return SDL_TRUE; /* For older clients we have to assume this is us... */
+    return wl_proxy_get_tag((struct wl_proxy *) output) == &SDL_WAYLAND_output_tag;
 }
 
 static void