diff --git a/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake b/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
index deb103d999..69451b7db2 100644
--- a/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ApiValidation.cmake
@@ -84,38 +84,6 @@ int main()
 }
 ")
 
-if (NOT PCSX2_CORE)
-	function(WX_vs_SDL)
-		file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_sdl.c" "${wx_sdl_c_code}")
-		enable_language(C)
-
-		try_compile(
-			wx_linked_to_sdl
-			"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
-			"${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_sdl.c"
-			CMAKE_FLAGS "-DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES:STRING=${wxWidgets_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
-			LINK_LIBRARIES "${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES}"
-			COPY_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_sdl"
-		)
-
-		if (NOT wx_linked_to_sdl)
-			return()
-		endif()
-
-		execute_process(
-			COMMAND ldd "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/wx_sdl"
-			COMMAND grep -c SDL2
-			OUTPUT_VARIABLE sdl2_count
-		)
-
-		if (SDL2_API AND sdl2_count STREQUAL "0")
-			message(FATAL_ERROR "wxWidgets is linked to SDL1.2. Please use -DSDL2_API=FALSE.")
-		elseif (NOT SDL2_API AND NOT sdl2_count STREQUAL "0")
-			message(FATAL_ERROR "wxWidgets is linked to SDL2. Please use -DSDL2_API=TRUE")
-		endif()
-	endfunction()
-endif()
-
 function(GCC7_BUG)
 	# try_run doesn't work when cross-compiling is enabled. It is completely silly in our case
 	# as i386 binaries are 100% fine on x64.
diff --git a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
index e860508921..5d8d8f21ad 100644
--- a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
@@ -188,10 +188,6 @@ endif()
 #----------------------------------------
 include(ApiValidation)
 
-if(NOT PCSX2_CORE)
-	WX_vs_SDL()
-endif()
-
 # Blacklist bad GCC
 if(GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "7.0" OR GCC_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL "7.1")
 	GCC7_BUG()