diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c9cea107..96a63ee95 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1962,7 +1962,7 @@ Libs.private:")
 
   # Clean up the different lists
   listtostr(EXTRA_LIBS _EXTRA_LIBS "-l")
-  set(SDL_STATIC_LIBS ${SDL_LIBS} ${EXTRA_LDFLAGS} ${_EXTRA_LIBS})
+  set(SDL_STATIC_LIBS ${EXTRA_LDFLAGS} ${_EXTRA_LIBS})
   list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES SDL_STATIC_LIBS)
   listtostr(SDL_STATIC_LIBS _SDL_STATIC_LIBS)
   set(SDL_STATIC_LIBS ${_SDL_STATIC_LIBS})
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5103b8429..d3c763774 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -25717,7 +25717,7 @@ else
   SDL_RLD_FLAGS=""
 fi
 
-SDL_STATIC_LIBS="$SDL_LIBS $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
+SDL_STATIC_LIBS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
 
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a8985c72b..6c8761fb5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4271,7 +4271,7 @@ else
   SDL_RLD_FLAGS=""
 fi
 
-SDL_STATIC_LIBS="$SDL_LIBS $EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
+SDL_STATIC_LIBS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS"
 
 dnl Expand the cflags and libraries needed by apps using SDL
 AC_SUBST(SDL_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/sdl2-config.in b/sdl2-config.in
index 98d6e0653..5a2aed292 100644
--- a/sdl2-config.in
+++ b/sdl2-config.in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ while test $# -gt 0; do
 @ENABLE_SHARED_TRUE@      ;;
 @ENABLE_STATIC_TRUE@@ENABLE_SHARED_TRUE@    --static-libs)
 @ENABLE_STATIC_TRUE@@ENABLE_SHARED_FALSE@    --libs|--static-libs)
-@ENABLE_STATIC_TRUE@      echo -L@libdir@ @SDL_STATIC_LIBS@
+@ENABLE_STATIC_TRUE@      echo -L@libdir@ @SDL_LIBS@ @SDL_STATIC_LIBS@
 @ENABLE_STATIC_TRUE@      ;;
     *)
       echo "${usage}" 1>&2