diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 4677931211..baead5d270 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -292,8 +292,6 @@ libavdevice
   libdc1394.c                           Roman Shaposhnik
   opengl_enc.c                          Lukasz Marek
   pulse_audio_enc.c                     Lukasz Marek
-  sdl                                   Stefano Sabatini
-  sdl2.c                                Josh de Kock
   v4l2.c                                Giorgio Vazzana
   vfwcap.c                              Ramiro Polla
   xv.c                                  Lukasz Marek
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 68f675a4bc..c4eebab14f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3635,7 +3635,6 @@ oss_indev_deps_any="sys_soundcard_h"
 oss_outdev_deps_any="sys_soundcard_h"
 pulse_indev_deps="libpulse"
 pulse_outdev_deps="libpulse"
-sdl2_outdev_deps="sdl2"
 sndio_indev_deps="sndio"
 sndio_outdev_deps="sndio"
 v4l2_indev_deps_any="linux_videodev2_h sys_videoio_h"
@@ -7710,7 +7709,7 @@ enabled zoompan_filter      && prepend avfilter_deps "swscale"
 enabled lavfi_indev         && prepend avdevice_deps "avfilter"
 
 #FIXME
-enabled_any sdl2_outdev opengl_outdev && enabled sdl2 &&
+enabled_any opengl_outdev && enabled sdl2 &&
     add_cflags $(filter_out '-Dmain=SDL_main' $sdl2_cflags)
 
 enabled opus_decoder    && prepend avcodec_deps "swresample"
diff --git a/doc/outdevs.texi b/doc/outdevs.texi
index f0484bbf8f..d3b9199463 100644
--- a/doc/outdevs.texi
+++ b/doc/outdevs.texi
@@ -406,72 +406,6 @@ Play a file on default device on default server:
 ffmpeg  -i INPUT -f pulse "stream name"
 @end example
 
-@section sdl
-
-SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) output device.
-
-"sdl2" can be used as alias for "sdl".
-
-This output device allows one to show a video stream in an SDL
-window. Only one SDL window is allowed per application, so you can
-have only one instance of this output device in an application.
-
-To enable this output device you need libsdl installed on your system
-when configuring your build.
-
-For more information about SDL, check:
-@url{http://www.libsdl.org/}
-
-@subsection Options
-
-@table @option
-
-@item window_borderless
-Set SDL window border off.
-Default value is 0 (enable window border).
-
-@item window_enable_quit
-Enable quit action (using window button or keyboard key)
-when non-zero value is provided.
-Default value is 1 (enable quit action).
-
-@item window_fullscreen
-Set fullscreen mode when non-zero value is provided.
-Default value is zero.
-
-@item window_size
-Set the SDL window size, can be a string of the form
-@var{width}x@var{height} or a video size abbreviation.
-If not specified it defaults to the size of the input video,
-downscaled according to the aspect ratio.
-
-@item window_title
-Set the SDL window title, if not specified default to the filename
-specified for the output device.
-
-@item window_x
-@item window_y
-Set the position of the window on the screen.
-@end table
-
-@subsection Interactive commands
-
-The window created by the device can be controlled through the
-following interactive commands.
-
-@table @key
-@item q, ESC
-Quit the device immediately.
-@end table
-
-@subsection Examples
-
-The following command shows the @command{ffmpeg} output is an
-SDL window, forcing its size to the qcif format:
-@example
-ffmpeg -i INPUT -c:v rawvideo -pix_fmt yuv420p -window_size qcif -f sdl "SDL output"
-@end example
-
 @section sndio
 
 sndio audio output device.
diff --git a/libavdevice/Makefile b/libavdevice/Makefile
index c30449201d..26b2339ae1 100644
--- a/libavdevice/Makefile
+++ b/libavdevice/Makefile
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ OBJS-$(CONFIG_PULSE_INDEV)               += pulse_audio_dec.o \
                                             pulse_audio_common.o timefilter.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_PULSE_OUTDEV)              += pulse_audio_enc.o \
                                             pulse_audio_common.o
-OBJS-$(CONFIG_SDL2_OUTDEV)               += sdl2.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_SNDIO_INDEV)               += sndio_dec.o sndio.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_SNDIO_OUTDEV)              += sndio_enc.o sndio.o
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_V4L2_INDEV)                += v4l2.o v4l2-common.o timefilter.o
diff --git a/libavdevice/alldevices.c b/libavdevice/alldevices.c
index 8a90fcb5d7..9215be7214 100644
--- a/libavdevice/alldevices.c
+++ b/libavdevice/alldevices.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ extern const AVInputFormat  ff_oss_demuxer;
 extern const FFOutputFormat ff_oss_muxer;
 extern const AVInputFormat  ff_pulse_demuxer;
 extern const FFOutputFormat ff_pulse_muxer;
-extern const FFOutputFormat ff_sdl2_muxer;
 extern const AVInputFormat  ff_sndio_demuxer;
 extern const FFOutputFormat ff_sndio_muxer;
 extern const AVInputFormat  ff_v4l2_demuxer;
diff --git a/libavdevice/sdl2.c b/libavdevice/sdl2.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 342a253dc0..0000000000
--- a/libavdevice/sdl2.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,370 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2016 Josh de Kock
- *
- * This file is part of FFmpeg.
- *
- * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
- */
-
-/**
- * @file
- * libSDL2 output device
- */
-
-#include <SDL.h>
-#include <SDL_thread.h>
-
-#include "libavutil/avstring.h"
-#include "libavutil/imgutils.h"
-#include "libavutil/opt.h"
-#include "libavutil/parseutils.h"
-#include "libavutil/pixdesc.h"
-#include "libavutil/time.h"
-#include "avdevice.h"
-#include "libavformat/mux.h"
-
-typedef struct {
-    AVClass *class;
-    SDL_Window *window;
-    SDL_Renderer *renderer;
-    char *window_title;
-    int window_width, window_height;  /**< size of the window */
-    int window_x, window_y;           /**< position of the window */
-    int window_fullscreen;
-    int window_borderless;
-    int enable_quit_action;
-
-    SDL_Texture *texture;
-    int texture_fmt;
-    SDL_Rect texture_rect;
-
-    int inited;
-} SDLContext;
-
-static const struct sdl_texture_format_entry {
-    enum AVPixelFormat format; int texture_fmt;
-} sdl_texture_format_map[] = {
-    /*
-     * Not implemented in FFmpeg, but leaving here for completeness.
-     * { AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB4444 },
-     * { AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA4444 },
-     * { AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR4444 },
-     * { AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA4444 },
-     * { AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB1555 },
-     * { AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA5551 },
-     * { AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR1555 },
-     * { AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA5551 },
-     * { AV_PIX_FMT_NONE, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB2101010 },
-    */
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_RGB8,    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB332 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_RGB444,  SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB444 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_RGB555,  SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB555 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_BGR555,  SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR555 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_RGB565,  SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB565 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_BGR565,  SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR565 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_RGB24,   SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB24 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_BGR24,   SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR24 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_0RGB32,  SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB888 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_0BGR32,  SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR888 },
-#if HAVE_BIGENDIAN
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_RGB0,    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBX8888 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_BGR0,    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRX8888 },
-#else
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_0BGR,    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBX8888 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_0RGB,    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRX8888 },
-#endif
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_RGB32,   SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_RGB32_1, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8888 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_BGR32,   SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR8888 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_BGR32_1, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA8888 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_IYUV },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_YUYV422, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_YUY2 },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_UYVY422, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_UYVY },
-    { AV_PIX_FMT_NONE,    0                },
-};
-
-static void compute_texture_rect(AVFormatContext *s)
-{
-    AVRational sar, dar; /* sample and display aspect ratios */
-    SDLContext *sdl = s->priv_data;
-    AVStream *st = s->streams[0];
-    AVCodecParameters *codecpar = st->codecpar;
-    SDL_Rect *texture_rect = &sdl->texture_rect;
-
-    /* compute texture width and height from the codec context information */
-    sar = st->sample_aspect_ratio.num ? st->sample_aspect_ratio : (AVRational){ 1, 1 };
-    dar = av_mul_q(sar, (AVRational){ codecpar->width, codecpar->height });
-
-    /* we suppose the screen has a 1/1 sample aspect ratio */
-    if (sdl->window_width && sdl->window_height) {
-        /* fit in the window */
-        if (av_cmp_q(dar, (AVRational){ sdl->window_width, sdl->window_height }) > 0) {
-            /* fit in width */
-            texture_rect->w = sdl->window_width;
-            texture_rect->h = av_rescale(texture_rect->w, dar.den, dar.num);
-        } else {
-            /* fit in height */
-            texture_rect->h = sdl->window_height;
-            texture_rect->w = av_rescale(texture_rect->h, dar.num, dar.den);
-        }
-    } else {
-        if (sar.num > sar.den) {
-            texture_rect->w = codecpar->width;
-            texture_rect->h = av_rescale(texture_rect->w, dar.den, dar.num);
-        } else {
-            texture_rect->h = codecpar->height;
-            texture_rect->w = av_rescale(texture_rect->h, dar.num, dar.den);
-        }
-        sdl->window_width  = texture_rect->w;
-        sdl->window_height = texture_rect->h;
-    }
-
-    texture_rect->x = (sdl->window_width  - texture_rect->w) / 2;
-    texture_rect->y = (sdl->window_height - texture_rect->h) / 2;
-}
-
-static int sdl2_write_trailer(AVFormatContext *s)
-{
-    SDLContext *sdl = s->priv_data;
-
-    if (sdl->texture)
-        SDL_DestroyTexture(sdl->texture);
-    sdl->texture = NULL;
-
-    if (sdl->renderer)
-        SDL_DestroyRenderer(sdl->renderer);
-    sdl->renderer = NULL;
-
-    if (sdl->window)
-        SDL_DestroyWindow(sdl->window);
-    sdl->window = NULL;
-
-    if (!sdl->inited)
-        SDL_Quit();
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static int sdl2_write_header(AVFormatContext *s)
-{
-    SDLContext *sdl = s->priv_data;
-    AVStream *st = s->streams[0];
-    AVCodecParameters *codecpar = st->codecpar;
-    int i, ret = 0;
-    int flags  = 0;
-
-    if (!sdl->window_title)
-        sdl->window_title = av_strdup(s->url);
-
-    if (SDL_WasInit(SDL_INIT_VIDEO)) {
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_WARNING,
-               "SDL video subsystem was already inited, you could have multiple SDL outputs. This may cause unknown behaviour.\n");
-        sdl->inited = 1;
-    }
-
-    if (   s->nb_streams > 1
-        || codecpar->codec_type != AVMEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO
-        || codecpar->codec_id   != AV_CODEC_ID_RAWVIDEO) {
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Only supports one rawvideo stream\n");
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    for (i = 0; sdl_texture_format_map[i].format != AV_PIX_FMT_NONE; i++) {
-        if (sdl_texture_format_map[i].format == codecpar->format) {
-            sdl->texture_fmt = sdl_texture_format_map[i].texture_fmt;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (!sdl->texture_fmt) {
-        av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR,
-               "Unsupported pixel format '%s'.\n",
-               av_get_pix_fmt_name(codecpar->format));
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    /* resize texture to width and height from the codec context information */
-    flags = SDL_WINDOW_HIDDEN |
-            (sdl->window_fullscreen ? SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN : 0) |
-            (sdl->window_borderless ? SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS : SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
-
-    /* initialization */
-    if (!sdl->inited){
-        if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) != 0) {
-            av_log(s, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unable to initialize SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
-            goto fail;
-        }
-    }
-
-    compute_texture_rect(s);
-
-    if (SDL_CreateWindowAndRenderer(sdl->window_width, sdl->window_height,
-                                    flags, &sdl->window, &sdl->renderer) != 0){
-        av_log(sdl, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Couldn't create window and renderer: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    SDL_SetWindowTitle(sdl->window, sdl->window_title);
-    SDL_SetWindowPosition(sdl->window, sdl->window_x, sdl->window_y);
-    SDL_ShowWindow(sdl->window);
-
-    sdl->texture = SDL_CreateTexture(sdl->renderer, sdl->texture_fmt, SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STREAMING,
-                                     codecpar->width, codecpar->height);
-
-    if (!sdl->texture) {
-        av_log(sdl, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Unable to set create mode: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
-        goto fail;
-    }
-
-    av_log(s, AV_LOG_VERBOSE, "w:%d h:%d fmt:%s -> w:%d h:%d\n",
-           codecpar->width, codecpar->height, av_get_pix_fmt_name(codecpar->format),
-           sdl->window_width, sdl->window_height);
-
-    sdl->inited = 1;
-
-    return 0;
-fail:
-    sdl2_write_trailer(s);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static int sdl2_write_packet(AVFormatContext *s, AVPacket *pkt)
-{
-    int ret, quit = 0;
-    SDLContext *sdl = s->priv_data;
-    AVCodecParameters *codecpar = s->streams[0]->codecpar;
-    uint8_t *data[4];
-    int linesize[4];
-
-    SDL_Event event;
-    if (SDL_PollEvent(&event)){
-        switch (event.type) {
-        case SDL_KEYDOWN:
-            switch (event.key.keysym.sym) {
-            case SDLK_ESCAPE:
-            case SDLK_q:
-                quit = 1;
-                break;
-            default:
-                break;
-            }
-            break;
-        case SDL_QUIT:
-            quit = 1;
-            break;
-        case SDL_WINDOWEVENT:
-            switch(event.window.event){
-            case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_RESIZED:
-            case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_SIZE_CHANGED:
-                sdl->window_width  = event.window.data1;
-                sdl->window_height = event.window.data2;
-                compute_texture_rect(s);
-                break;
-            default:
-                break;
-            }
-            break;
-        default:
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (quit && sdl->enable_quit_action) {
-        sdl2_write_trailer(s);
-        return AVERROR(EIO);
-    }
-
-    av_image_fill_arrays(data, linesize, pkt->data, codecpar->format, codecpar->width, codecpar->height, 1);
-    switch (sdl->texture_fmt) {
-    /* case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB4444:
-     * case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA4444:
-     * case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR4444:
-     * case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA4444:
-     * case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB1555:
-     * case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA5551:
-     * case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR1555:
-     * case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA5551:
-     * case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB2101010:
-     */
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_IYUV:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_YUY2:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_UYVY:
-        ret = SDL_UpdateYUVTexture(sdl->texture, NULL,
-                                   data[0], linesize[0],
-                                   data[1], linesize[1],
-                                   data[2], linesize[2]);
-        break;
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB332:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB444:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB555:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR555:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB565:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR565:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB24:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR24:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB888:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBX8888:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR888:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRX8888:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8888:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR8888:
-    case SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA8888:
-        ret = SDL_UpdateTexture(sdl->texture, NULL, data[0], linesize[0]);
-        break;
-    default:
-        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_FATAL, "Unsupported pixel format\n");
-        ret = -1;
-        break;
-    }
-    SDL_RenderClear(sdl->renderer);
-    SDL_RenderCopy(sdl->renderer, sdl->texture, NULL, &sdl->texture_rect);
-    SDL_RenderPresent(sdl->renderer);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-#define OFFSET(x) offsetof(SDLContext,x)
-
-static const AVOption options[] = {
-    { "window_title",      "set SDL window title",       OFFSET(window_title), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING,     { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
-    { "window_size",       "set SDL window forced size", OFFSET(window_width), AV_OPT_TYPE_IMAGE_SIZE, { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
-    { "window_x",          "set SDL window x position",  OFFSET(window_x),     AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,        { .i64 = SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
-    { "window_y",          "set SDL window y position",  OFFSET(window_y),     AV_OPT_TYPE_INT,        { .i64 = SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED }, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
-    { "window_fullscreen", "set SDL window fullscreen",  OFFSET(window_fullscreen), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,  { .i64 = 0 },    0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
-    { "window_borderless", "set SDL window border off",  OFFSET(window_borderless), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL,  { .i64 = 0 },    0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
-    { "window_enable_quit", "set if quit action is available", OFFSET(enable_quit_action), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=1},   0, 1, AV_OPT_FLAG_ENCODING_PARAM },
-    { NULL },
-};
-
-static const AVClass sdl2_class = {
-    .class_name = "sdl2 outdev",
-    .item_name  = av_default_item_name,
-    .option     = options,
-    .version    = LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT,
-    .category   = AV_CLASS_CATEGORY_DEVICE_VIDEO_OUTPUT,
-};
-
-const FFOutputFormat ff_sdl2_muxer = {
-    .p.name         = "sdl,sdl2",
-    .p.long_name    = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("SDL2 output device"),
-    .priv_data_size = sizeof(SDLContext),
-    .p.audio_codec  = AV_CODEC_ID_NONE,
-    .p.video_codec  = AV_CODEC_ID_RAWVIDEO,
-    .write_header   = sdl2_write_header,
-    .write_packet   = sdl2_write_packet,
-    .write_trailer  = sdl2_write_trailer,
-    .p.flags        = AVFMT_NOFILE | AVFMT_VARIABLE_FPS | AVFMT_NOTIMESTAMPS,
-    .p.priv_class   = &sdl2_class,
-};
