diff --git a/audio/Makefile.objs b/audio/Makefile.objs
index b4c0608..3c84972 100644
--- a/audio/Makefile.objs
+++ b/audio/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 common-obj-y = audio.o noaudio.o wavaudio.o mixeng.o
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_SDL) += sdlaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_OSS) += ossaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_SPICE) += spiceaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_COREAUDIO) += coreaudio.o
@@ -10,5 +9,3 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_WINWAVE) += winwaveaudio.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_PT_INT) += audio_pt_int.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIO_WIN_INT) += audio_win_int.o
 common-obj-y += wavcapture.o
-
-sdlaudio.o-cflags := $(SDL_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/audio/audio_int.h b/audio/audio_int.h
index 7445602..d593879 100644
--- a/audio/audio_int.h
+++ b/audio/audio_int.h
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ struct AudioState {
 
 extern struct audio_driver no_audio_driver;
 extern struct audio_driver oss_audio_driver;
-extern struct audio_driver sdl_audio_driver;
 extern struct audio_driver wav_audio_driver;
 extern struct audio_driver alsa_audio_driver;
 extern struct audio_driver coreaudio_audio_driver;
diff --git a/audio/sdlaudio.c b/audio/sdlaudio.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d24daa5..0000000
--- a/audio/sdlaudio.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,458 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * QEMU SDL audio driver
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Vassili Karpov (malc)
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
- * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
- * THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-#include <SDL.h>
-#include <SDL_thread.h>
-#include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "audio.h"
-
-#ifndef _WIN32
-#ifdef __sun__
-#define _POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS 1
-#elif defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
-#include <pthread.h>
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#define AUDIO_CAP "sdl"
-#include "audio_int.h"
-
-typedef struct SDLVoiceOut {
-    HWVoiceOut hw;
-    int live;
-    int rpos;
-    int decr;
-} SDLVoiceOut;
-
-static struct {
-    int nb_samples;
-} conf = {
-    .nb_samples = 1024
-};
-
-static struct SDLAudioState {
-    int exit;
-    SDL_mutex *mutex;
-    SDL_sem *sem;
-    int initialized;
-} glob_sdl;
-typedef struct SDLAudioState SDLAudioState;
-
-static void GCC_FMT_ATTR (1, 2) sdl_logerr (const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-    va_list ap;
-
-    va_start (ap, fmt);
-    AUD_vlog (AUDIO_CAP, fmt, ap);
-    va_end (ap);
-
-    AUD_log (AUDIO_CAP, "Reason: %s\n", SDL_GetError ());
-}
-
-static int sdl_lock (SDLAudioState *s, const char *forfn)
-{
-    if (SDL_LockMutex (s->mutex)) {
-        sdl_logerr ("SDL_LockMutex for %s failed\n", forfn);
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int sdl_unlock (SDLAudioState *s, const char *forfn)
-{
-    if (SDL_UnlockMutex (s->mutex)) {
-        sdl_logerr ("SDL_UnlockMutex for %s failed\n", forfn);
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int sdl_post (SDLAudioState *s, const char *forfn)
-{
-    if (SDL_SemPost (s->sem)) {
-        sdl_logerr ("SDL_SemPost for %s failed\n", forfn);
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int sdl_wait (SDLAudioState *s, const char *forfn)
-{
-    if (SDL_SemWait (s->sem)) {
-        sdl_logerr ("SDL_SemWait for %s failed\n", forfn);
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int sdl_unlock_and_post (SDLAudioState *s, const char *forfn)
-{
-    if (sdl_unlock (s, forfn)) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return sdl_post (s, forfn);
-}
-
-static int aud_to_sdlfmt (audfmt_e fmt)
-{
-    switch (fmt) {
-    case AUD_FMT_S8:
-        return AUDIO_S8;
-
-    case AUD_FMT_U8:
-        return AUDIO_U8;
-
-    case AUD_FMT_S16:
-        return AUDIO_S16LSB;
-
-    case AUD_FMT_U16:
-        return AUDIO_U16LSB;
-
-    default:
-        dolog ("Internal logic error: Bad audio format %d\n", fmt);
-#ifdef DEBUG_AUDIO
-        abort ();
-#endif
-        return AUDIO_U8;
-    }
-}
-
-static int sdl_to_audfmt(int sdlfmt, audfmt_e *fmt, int *endianness)
-{
-    switch (sdlfmt) {
-    case AUDIO_S8:
-        *endianness = 0;
-        *fmt = AUD_FMT_S8;
-        break;
-
-    case AUDIO_U8:
-        *endianness = 0;
-        *fmt = AUD_FMT_U8;
-        break;
-
-    case AUDIO_S16LSB:
-        *endianness = 0;
-        *fmt = AUD_FMT_S16;
-        break;
-
-    case AUDIO_U16LSB:
-        *endianness = 0;
-        *fmt = AUD_FMT_U16;
-        break;
-
-    case AUDIO_S16MSB:
-        *endianness = 1;
-        *fmt = AUD_FMT_S16;
-        break;
-
-    case AUDIO_U16MSB:
-        *endianness = 1;
-        *fmt = AUD_FMT_U16;
-        break;
-
-    default:
-        dolog ("Unrecognized SDL audio format %d\n", sdlfmt);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int sdl_open (SDL_AudioSpec *req, SDL_AudioSpec *obt)
-{
-    int status;
-#ifndef _WIN32
-    int err;
-    sigset_t new, old;
-
-    /* Make sure potential threads created by SDL don't hog signals.  */
-    err = sigfillset (&new);
-    if (err) {
-        dolog ("sdl_open: sigfillset failed: %s\n", strerror (errno));
-        return -1;
-    }
-    err = pthread_sigmask (SIG_BLOCK, &new, &old);
-    if (err) {
-        dolog ("sdl_open: pthread_sigmask failed: %s\n", strerror (err));
-        return -1;
-    }
-#endif
-
-    status = SDL_OpenAudio (req, obt);
-    if (status) {
-        sdl_logerr ("SDL_OpenAudio failed\n");
-    }
-
-#ifndef _WIN32
-    err = pthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &old, NULL);
-    if (err) {
-        dolog ("sdl_open: pthread_sigmask (restore) failed: %s\n",
-               strerror (errno));
-        /* We have failed to restore original signal mask, all bets are off,
-           so exit the process */
-        exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-#endif
-    return status;
-}
-
-static void sdl_close (SDLAudioState *s)
-{
-    if (s->initialized) {
-        sdl_lock (s, "sdl_close");
-        s->exit = 1;
-        sdl_unlock_and_post (s, "sdl_close");
-        SDL_PauseAudio (1);
-        SDL_CloseAudio ();
-        s->initialized = 0;
-    }
-}
-
-static void sdl_callback (void *opaque, Uint8 *buf, int len)
-{
-    SDLVoiceOut *sdl = opaque;
-    SDLAudioState *s = &glob_sdl;
-    HWVoiceOut *hw = &sdl->hw;
-    int samples = len >> hw->info.shift;
-
-    if (s->exit) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    while (samples) {
-        int to_mix, decr;
-
-        /* dolog ("in callback samples=%d\n", samples); */
-        sdl_wait (s, "sdl_callback");
-        if (s->exit) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (sdl_lock (s, "sdl_callback")) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (audio_bug (AUDIO_FUNC, sdl->live < 0 || sdl->live > hw->samples)) {
-            dolog ("sdl->live=%d hw->samples=%d\n",
-                   sdl->live, hw->samples);
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (!sdl->live) {
-            goto again;
-        }
-
-        /* dolog ("in callback live=%d\n", live); */
-        to_mix = audio_MIN (samples, sdl->live);
-        decr = to_mix;
-        while (to_mix) {
-            int chunk = audio_MIN (to_mix, hw->samples - hw->rpos);
-            struct st_sample *src = hw->mix_buf + hw->rpos;
-
-            /* dolog ("in callback to_mix %d, chunk %d\n", to_mix, chunk); */
-            hw->clip (buf, src, chunk);
-            sdl->rpos = (sdl->rpos + chunk) % hw->samples;
-            to_mix -= chunk;
-            buf += chunk << hw->info.shift;
-        }
-        samples -= decr;
-        sdl->live -= decr;
-        sdl->decr += decr;
-
-    again:
-        if (sdl_unlock (s, "sdl_callback")) {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-    /* dolog ("done len=%d\n", len); */
-}
-
-static int sdl_write_out (SWVoiceOut *sw, void *buf, int len)
-{
-    return audio_pcm_sw_write (sw, buf, len);
-}
-
-static int sdl_run_out (HWVoiceOut *hw, int live)
-{
-    int decr;
-    SDLVoiceOut *sdl = (SDLVoiceOut *) hw;
-    SDLAudioState *s = &glob_sdl;
-
-    if (sdl_lock (s, "sdl_run_out")) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if (sdl->decr > live) {
-        ldebug ("sdl->decr %d live %d sdl->live %d\n",
-                sdl->decr,
-                live,
-                sdl->live);
-    }
-
-    decr = audio_MIN (sdl->decr, live);
-    sdl->decr -= decr;
-
-    sdl->live = live - decr;
-    hw->rpos = sdl->rpos;
-
-    if (sdl->live > 0) {
-        sdl_unlock_and_post (s, "sdl_run_out");
-    }
-    else {
-        sdl_unlock (s, "sdl_run_out");
-    }
-    return decr;
-}
-
-static void sdl_fini_out (HWVoiceOut *hw)
-{
-    (void) hw;
-
-    sdl_close (&glob_sdl);
-}
-
-static int sdl_init_out (HWVoiceOut *hw, struct audsettings *as)
-{
-    SDLVoiceOut *sdl = (SDLVoiceOut *) hw;
-    SDLAudioState *s = &glob_sdl;
-    SDL_AudioSpec req, obt;
-    int endianness;
-    int err;
-    audfmt_e effective_fmt;
-    struct audsettings obt_as;
-
-    req.freq = as->freq;
-    req.format = aud_to_sdlfmt (as->fmt);
-    req.channels = as->nchannels;
-    req.samples = conf.nb_samples;
-    req.callback = sdl_callback;
-    req.userdata = sdl;
-
-    if (sdl_open (&req, &obt)) {
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    err = sdl_to_audfmt(obt.format, &effective_fmt, &endianness);
-    if (err) {
-        sdl_close (s);
-        return -1;
-    }
-
-    obt_as.freq = obt.freq;
-    obt_as.nchannels = obt.channels;
-    obt_as.fmt = effective_fmt;
-    obt_as.endianness = endianness;
-
-    audio_pcm_init_info (&hw->info, &obt_as);
-    hw->samples = obt.samples;
-
-    s->initialized = 1;
-    s->exit = 0;
-    SDL_PauseAudio (0);
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int sdl_ctl_out (HWVoiceOut *hw, int cmd, ...)
-{
-    (void) hw;
-
-    switch (cmd) {
-    case VOICE_ENABLE:
-        SDL_PauseAudio (0);
-        break;
-
-    case VOICE_DISABLE:
-        SDL_PauseAudio (1);
-        break;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static void *sdl_audio_init (void)
-{
-    SDLAudioState *s = &glob_sdl;
-
-    if (SDL_InitSubSystem (SDL_INIT_AUDIO)) {
-        sdl_logerr ("SDL failed to initialize audio subsystem\n");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    s->mutex = SDL_CreateMutex ();
-    if (!s->mutex) {
-        sdl_logerr ("Failed to create SDL mutex\n");
-        SDL_QuitSubSystem (SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    s->sem = SDL_CreateSemaphore (0);
-    if (!s->sem) {
-        sdl_logerr ("Failed to create SDL semaphore\n");
-        SDL_DestroyMutex (s->mutex);
-        SDL_QuitSubSystem (SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return s;
-}
-
-static void sdl_audio_fini (void *opaque)
-{
-    SDLAudioState *s = opaque;
-    sdl_close (s);
-    SDL_DestroySemaphore (s->sem);
-    SDL_DestroyMutex (s->mutex);
-    SDL_QuitSubSystem (SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
-}
-
-static struct audio_option sdl_options[] = {
-    {
-        .name  = "SAMPLES",
-        .tag   = AUD_OPT_INT,
-        .valp  = &conf.nb_samples,
-        .descr = "Size of SDL buffer in samples"
-    },
-    { /* End of list */ }
-};
-
-static struct audio_pcm_ops sdl_pcm_ops = {
-    .init_out = sdl_init_out,
-    .fini_out = sdl_fini_out,
-    .run_out  = sdl_run_out,
-    .write    = sdl_write_out,
-    .ctl_out  = sdl_ctl_out,
-};
-
-struct audio_driver sdl_audio_driver = {
-    .name           = "sdl",
-    .descr          = "SDL http://www.libsdl.org",
-    .options        = sdl_options,
-    .init           = sdl_audio_init,
-    .fini           = sdl_audio_fini,
-    .pcm_ops        = &sdl_pcm_ops,
-    .can_be_default = 1,
-    .max_voices_out = 1,
-    .max_voices_in  = 0,
-    .voice_size_out = sizeof (SDLVoiceOut),
-    .voice_size_in  = 0
-};
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cdece43..154ecbe 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -562,24 +562,24 @@ case $targetos in
 CYGWIN*)
   mingw32="yes"
   QEMU_CFLAGS="-mno-cygwin $QEMU_CFLAGS"
-  audio_possible_drivers="winwave sdl"
+  audio_possible_drivers="winwave"
   audio_drv_list="winwave"
 ;;
 MINGW32*)
   mingw32="yes"
-  audio_possible_drivers="winwave dsound sdl"
+  audio_possible_drivers="winwave dsound"
   audio_drv_list="winwave"
 ;;
 GNU/kFreeBSD)
   bsd="yes"
   audio_drv_list="oss"
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl pa"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss pa"
 ;;
 FreeBSD)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
   audio_drv_list="oss"
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl pa"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss pa"
   # needed for kinfo_getvmmap(3) in libutil.h
   LIBS="-lutil $LIBS"
   netmap=""  # enable netmap autodetect
@@ -589,22 +589,20 @@ DragonFly)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
   audio_drv_list="oss"
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl pa"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss pa"
   HOST_VARIANT_DIR="dragonfly"
 ;;
 NetBSD)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
   audio_drv_list="oss"
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss"
   oss_lib="-lossaudio"
   HOST_VARIANT_DIR="netbsd"
 ;;
 OpenBSD)
   bsd="yes"
   make="${MAKE-gmake}"
-  audio_drv_list="sdl"
-  audio_possible_drivers="sdl"
   HOST_VARIANT_DIR="openbsd"
 ;;
 Darwin)
@@ -617,7 +615,7 @@ Darwin)
   fi
   cocoa="yes"
   audio_drv_list="coreaudio"
-  audio_possible_drivers="coreaudio sdl"
+  audio_possible_drivers="coreaudio"
   LDFLAGS="-framework CoreFoundation -framework IOKit $LDFLAGS"
   libs_softmmu="-F/System/Library/Frameworks -framework Cocoa -framework IOKit $libs_softmmu"
   # Disable attempts to use ObjectiveC features in os/object.h since they
@@ -651,7 +649,7 @@ SunOS)
   if test -f /usr/include/sys/soundcard.h ; then
     audio_drv_list="oss"
   fi
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss sdl"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss"
 # needed for CMSG_ macros in sys/socket.h
   QEMU_CFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 $QEMU_CFLAGS"
 # needed for TIOCWIN* defines in termios.h
@@ -672,7 +670,7 @@ Haiku)
 ;;
 *)
   audio_drv_list="oss"
-  audio_possible_drivers="oss alsa sdl pa"
+  audio_possible_drivers="oss alsa pa"
   linux="yes"
   linux_user="yes"
   kvm="yes"
@@ -2630,8 +2628,8 @@ for drv in $audio_drv_list; do
       libs_softmmu="$oss_lib $libs_softmmu"
     ;;
 
-    sdl|wav)
-    # XXX: Probes for CoreAudio, DirectSound, SDL(?)
+    wav)
+    # XXX: Probes for CoreAudio, DirectSound
     ;;
 
     winwave)
