diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cc488ef38..c1ee25ecc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ option(THUMBNAILER "Builds thumbnailer" ON)
 option(VOXCONVERT "Builds voxconvert" ON)
 option(MAPVIEW "Builds mapview" ON)
 option(NOISETOOL "Builds noisetool" ON)
-set(GIT_EXECUTABLE "git" CACHE STRING "The git binary to use for the update-libs target")
-set(HG_EXECUTABLE "hg" CACHE STRING "The mercurial binary to use for the update-libs target")
 option(USE_CCACHE "Use ccache" ON)
 option(USE_GPROF "Use gprof - will become slow" OFF)
 option(USE_GCOV "Use gcov - will become slow" OFF)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ab69a01e..38ce76d21 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -60,14 +60,6 @@ define UPDATE_GIT
 	fi;
 endef
 
-define UPDATE_HG
-	$(Q)if [ ! -d $(UPDATEDIR)/$(1).sync ]; then \
-		hg clone $(2) $(UPDATEDIR)/$(1).sync; \
-	else \
-		cd $(UPDATEDIR)/$(1).sync && hg pull && hg update; \
-	fi;
-endef
-
 update-libuv:
 	$(call UPDATE_GIT,libuv,https://github.com/libuv/libuv.git)
 	rm -rf contrib/libs/libuv/include/uv/*.[ch]
@@ -140,7 +132,7 @@ update-glm:
 	rm contrib/libs/glm/glm/CMakeLists.txt
 
 update-sdl2:
-	$(call UPDATE_HG,sdl2,https://hg.libsdl.org/SDL)
+	$(call UPDATE_GIT,sdl2,https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL.git)
 	rm -rf contrib/libs/sdl2/src/* contrib/libs/sdl2/include/* contrib/libs/sdl2/cmake/*
 	cp -r $(UPDATEDIR)/sdl2.sync/src/* contrib/libs/sdl2/src
 	cp -r $(UPDATEDIR)/sdl2.sync/wayland-protocols/* contrib/libs/sdl2/wayland-protocols