diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL2/patches/ae7ee2a59c8d41d67c6bc80f25b6e52670dddbbf.patch b/srcpkgs/SDL2/patches/ae7ee2a59c8d41d67c6bc80f25b6e52670dddbbf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c62275830a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/SDL2/patches/ae7ee2a59c8d41d67c6bc80f25b6e52670dddbbf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From ae7ee2a59c8d41d67c6bc80f25b6e52670dddbbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ethan Lee <flibitijibibo@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:59:43 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] wayland: Ignore stateless/sizeless configs when starting in
- fullscreen mode
-
----
- src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandwindow.c | 10 ++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandwindow.c b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandwindow.c
-index 025dd30ee..451d33b76 100644
---- a/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandwindow.c
-+++ b/src/video/wayland/SDL_waylandwindow.c
-@@ -219,9 +219,15 @@ handle_configure_xdg_toplevel(void *data,
- 
-             /* Foolishly do what the compositor says here. If it's wrong, don't
-              * blame us, we were explicitly instructed to do this.
-+             *
-+             * UPDATE: Nope, we can't actually do that, the compositor may give
-+             * us a completely stateless, sizeless configure, with which we have
-+             * to enforce our own state anyway.
-              */
--            window->w = width;
--            window->h = height;
-+            if (width != 0 && height != 0) {
-+                window->w = width;
-+                window->h = height;
-+            }
- 
-             /* This part is good though. */
-             if (window->flags & SDL_WINDOW_ALLOW_HIGHDPI) {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/SDL2/template b/srcpkgs/SDL2/template
index 57189b273d3..68e459178fe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/SDL2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/SDL2/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'SDL2'
 pkgname=SDL2
-version=2.0.16
+version=2.0.18
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-alsa --disable-esd --disable-rpath --enable-libudev
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ license="Zlib"
 homepage="https://www.libsdl.org/"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/libsdl-org/SDL/main/WhatsNew.txt"
 distfiles="https://www.libsdl.org/release/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=65be9ff6004034b5b2ce9927b5a4db1814930f169c4b2dae0a1e4697075f287b
+checksum=94d40cd73dbfa10bb6eadfbc28f355992bb2d6ef6761ad9d4074eff95ee5711c
 
 # Package build options
 build_options="gles opengl pulseaudio pipewire sndio vulkan wayland x11"