diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl2-compat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl2-compat/package.nix
index 6d4507dc41ae..0aabebd3a9cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl2-compat/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl2-compat/package.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
   sdl3,
   stdenv,
   testers,
+  libX11,
+  libGL,
   testSupport ? true,
 }:
 
@@ -35,6 +37,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [
     sdl3
+    libX11
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    libGL
   ];
 
   outputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3/package.nix
index fea18b66aed7..fcb105e9947e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/sdl3/package.nix
@@ -137,12 +137,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       xorg.libXfixes
       xorg.libXi
       xorg.libXrandr
-    ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = finalAttrs.dlopenPropagatedBuildInputs;
-
-  dlopenPropagatedBuildInputs =
-    [
+    ]
+    ++ [
       vulkan-headers
       vulkan-loader
     ]
@@ -176,12 +172,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   env = {
     # Many dependencies are not directly linked to, but dlopen()'d at runtime. Adding them to the RPATH
     # helps them be found
-    NIX_LDFLAGS =
-      lib.optionalString
-        (stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries && stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary == ".so")
-        "-rpath ${
-          lib.makeLibraryPath (finalAttrs.dlopenBuildInputs ++ finalAttrs.dlopenPropagatedBuildInputs)
-        }";
+    NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString (
+      stdenv.hostPlatform.hasSharedLibraries && stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary == ".so"
+    ) "-rpath ${lib.makeLibraryPath (finalAttrs.dlopenBuildInputs)}";
   };
 
   passthru = {