diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/InputCommon/CMakeLists.txt
index b79d9fef19..99cf2f9679 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ if(ENABLE_SDL)
   endif()
   if(SDL_TARGET AND TARGET ${SDL_TARGET})
     target_sources(inputcommon PRIVATE ControllerInterface/SDL/SDL.cpp)
-    target_link_libraries(inputcommon PUBLIC ${SDL_TARGET})
-    target_compile_definitions(inputcommon PRIVATE -DHAVE_SDL=1)
+    target_link_libraries(inputcommon PRIVATE ${SDL_TARGET})
+    target_compile_definitions(inputcommon PRIVATE "CIFACE_USE_SDL=1")
   else()
     message(STATUS "SDL NOT found, disabling SDL input")
   endif()
diff --git a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/ControllerInterface.h b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/ControllerInterface.h
index 06fd7c544d..c576b20fb3 100644
--- a/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/ControllerInterface.h
+++ b/Source/Core/InputCommon/ControllerInterface/ControllerInterface.h
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 #define CIFACE_USE_OSX
 #endif
-#if defined(HAVE_SDL) && HAVE_SDL
-#define CIFACE_USE_SDL
-#endif
 #if defined(HAVE_LIBEVDEV) && defined(HAVE_LIBUDEV)
 #define CIFACE_USE_EVDEV
 #endif