diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdlpop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdlpop/package.nix
index 070405981d03..0283038015d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdlpop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdlpop/package.nix
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   preBuild = ''
     substituteInPlace src/Makefile \
-      --replace "CC = gcc" "CC = ${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" \
-      --replace "CFLAGS += -I/opt/local/include" "CFLAGS += -I${lib.getInclude SDL2}/include/SDL2 -I${SDL2_image}/include/SDL2"
+      --replace-fail "CC = gcc" "CC = ${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
   '';
 
   # The prince binary expects two things of the working directory it is called from: