diff --git a/External/build.sh b/External/build.sh
index c689e6b..3dba7bf 100755
--- a/External/build.sh
+++ b/External/build.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ git reset --hard HEAD
 
 if [[ $RUNNER_OS == 'Windows' ]]; then
     echo "Patching SDL to not include gameinput.h"
-    patch -Np1 -i ../exclude-gameinput.patch
+    sed -i 's/#include <gameinput.h>/#_include <gameinput.h>/g' CMakeLists.txt
 fi
 
 cmake -B build $FLAGS -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DSDL_SHARED_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT=ON -DSDL_STATIC_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT=ON
diff --git a/External/exclude-gameinput.patch b/External/exclude-gameinput.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c85c42f..0000000
--- a/External/exclude-gameinput.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -1953,6 +1953,7 @@ elseif(WINDOWS)
-   check_c_source_compiles("
-     #include <stdbool.h>
-     #define COBJMACROS
-+    #error SDL does not build on Github Actions with GameInput
-     #include <gameinput.h>
-     int main(int argc, char **argv) { return 0; }" HAVE_GAMEINPUT_H
-   )