diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5954e435..c8ea0080 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
 find_package(Nanopb 0.4.5...<1.0.0 REQUIRED)
 find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
 message("SDL2 include dir: ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-find_package(SDL2_image REQUIRED)
 find_package(SDL2_mixer REQUIRED)
 if(BUILD_EDITOR)
 	find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ elseif(APPLE)
 
 	# copy SDL frameworks
 	set(APPS cdogs-sdl cdogs-sdl-editor)
-	set(LIBS SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_mixer)
+	set(LIBS SDL2 SDL2_mixer)
 	foreach(APP ${APPS})
 		foreach(LIB ${LIBS})
 			install(DIRECTORY /Library/Frameworks/${LIB}.framework
diff --git a/src/cdogs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cdogs/CMakeLists.txt
index 9015e0a6..d687aacf 100644
--- a/src/cdogs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cdogs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -250,6 +250,5 @@ target_link_libraries(cdogs
 	SDL_joystickbuttonnames
 	yajl_s
 	SDL2::SDL2
-	SDL2_image::SDL2_image
 	SDL2_mixer::SDL2_mixer
 	${ENet_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/src/cdogsed/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cdogsed/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bd9464f..99da7bce 100644
--- a/src/cdogsed/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cdogsed/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ set(CDOGSED_HEADERS
 	tile_brush.h
 	ui_object.h)
 add_library(cdogsedlib STATIC ${CDOGSED_SOURCES} ${CDOGSED_HEADERS})
-target_link_libraries(cdogsedlib SDL2::SDL2 SDL2_image::SDL2_image SDL2_mixer::SDL2_mixer)
+target_link_libraries(cdogsedlib SDL2::SDL2 SDL2_mixer::SDL2_mixer)
diff --git a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 4489ea51..24654b74 100644
--- a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ target_link_libraries(pic_test
 	cdogs
 	cdogs_proto
 	SDL2::SDL2
-	SDL2_image::SDL2_image
 	${EXTRA_LIBRARIES})
 # TODO: test disabled since CI fails with Couldn't find matching render driver
 #add_test(NAME pic_test COMMAND pic_test)