diff --git a/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp b/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
index 6884029766..0b5c59a78d 100644
--- a/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
@@ -3101,7 +3101,7 @@ Bitu GFX_GetRGB(uint8_t red, uint8_t green, uint8_t blue) {
 
 #if C_OPENGL
         case SCREEN_OPENGL:
-# if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_LIL_ENDIAN && defined(MACOSX) /* macOS Intel builds use a weird RGBA order (alpha in the low 8 bits) */
+# if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_LIL_ENDIAN && defined(MACOSX) && !defined(C_SDL2) /* macOS Intel builds use a weird RGBA order (alpha in the low 8 bits) */
             //USE BGRA
             return (((unsigned long)blue << 24ul) | ((unsigned long)green << 16ul) | ((unsigned long)red <<  8ul)) | (255ul <<  0ul);
 # else