diff --git a/src/Draw.cpp b/src/Draw.cpp
index eca2d869..23932602 100644
--- a/src/Draw.cpp
+++ b/src/Draw.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ static Backend_Surface *framebuffer;
 
 static Backend_Surface *surf[SURFACE_ID_MAX];
 
-static SDL_PixelFormat *rgb24_pixel_format;	// Needed because SDL2 is stupid
-
 static FontObject *font;
 
 // This doesn't exist in the Linux port, so none of these symbol names are accurate
@@ -122,8 +120,6 @@ BOOL StartDirectDraw(SDL_Window *window, int lMagnification)
 	if (framebuffer == NULL)
 		return FALSE;
 
-	rgb24_pixel_format = SDL_AllocFormat(SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB24);
-
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -143,8 +139,6 @@ void EndDirectDraw(void)
 
 	framebuffer = NULL;
 
-	SDL_FreeFormat(rgb24_pixel_format);
-
 	Backend_Deinit();
 
 	memset(surface_metadata, 0, sizeof(surface_metadata));
@@ -164,7 +158,7 @@ void ReleaseSurface(SurfaceID s)
 
 static BOOL ScaleAndUploadSurface(SDL_Surface *surface, SurfaceID surf_no)
 {
-	SDL_Surface *converted_surface = SDL_ConvertSurface(surface, rgb24_pixel_format, 0);
+	SDL_Surface *converted_surface = SDL_ConvertSurfaceFormat(surface, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGB24, 0);
 
 	SDL_FreeSurface(surface);