diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8fc50afcd..853b15dd8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3096,12 +3096,6 @@ if(SDL_STATIC)
     set_target_properties(SDL2-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "SDL2")
   endif()
   set_target_properties(SDL2-static PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE "${SDL_STATIC_PIC}")
-  # Note: The clang toolset for Visual Studio does not support /NODEFAULTLIB.
-  if(MSVC AND NOT SDL_LIBC AND NOT MSVC_CLANG AND NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM STREQUAL "ARM")
-    set_target_properties(SDL2-static PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_RELEASE "/NODEFAULTLIB")
-    set_target_properties(SDL2-static PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS_DEBUG "/NODEFAULTLIB")
-    set_target_properties(SDL2-static PROPERTIES STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB")
-  endif()
   # TODO: Win32 platforms keep the same suffix .lib for import and static
   # libraries - do we need to consider this?
   target_link_libraries(SDL2-static PRIVATE ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${EXTRA_LDFLAGS})