diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c763c132e3..c927ae7df0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3176,10 +3176,6 @@ if(SDL_STATIC AND SDL_SHARED AND NOT sdl_static_libname STREQUAL "SDL2")
   message(STATUS "\"pkg-config --static --libs sdl2\" will return invalid information")
 endif()
 
-set(SDL2_CONFIG_INTERPRETER "/bin/sh")
-if(SOLARIS)
-  set(SDL2_CONFIG_INTERPRETER "/bin/bash")
-endif()
 # MESSAGE(STATUS "SDL_LIBS: ${SDL_LIBS}")
 # MESSAGE(STATUS "SDL_STATIC_LIBS: ${SDL_STATIC_LIBS}")
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0ac2e85b2d..7e559cbb45 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -727,7 +727,6 @@ ALSA_LIBS
 ALSA_CFLAGS
 ALLOCA
 CPP
-SDL2_CONFIG_INTERPRETER
 LIBTOOLLINKERTAG
 LINKER
 SORT
@@ -18338,18 +18337,6 @@ esac
 
 
 
-case "$host" in
-    # On Solaris, jack must be linked deferred explicitly
-    # to prevent undefined symbol failures.
-    *-*-solaris*)
-        SDL2_CONFIG_INTERPRETER=/bin/bash
-        ;;
-    *)
-        SDL2_CONFIG_INTERPRETER=/bin/sh
-        ;;
-esac
-
-
 if test x$srcdir != x.; then
     INCLUDE="-Iinclude $INCLUDE"
 elif test -d .git; then
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 280db2980c..46c17dc3b5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -113,18 +113,6 @@ esac
 AC_SUBST(LINKER)
 AC_SUBST(LIBTOOLLINKERTAG)
 
-case "$host" in
-    # On Solaris, jack must be linked deferred explicitly
-    # to prevent undefined symbol failures.
-    *-*-solaris*)
-        SDL2_CONFIG_INTERPRETER=/bin/bash
-        ;;
-    *)
-        SDL2_CONFIG_INTERPRETER=/bin/sh
-        ;;
-esac
-AC_SUBST(SDL2_CONFIG_INTERPRETER)
-
 if test x$srcdir != x.; then
     INCLUDE="-Iinclude $INCLUDE"
 elif test -d .git; then
diff --git a/sdl2-config.in b/sdl2-config.in
index 7708c294e4..f6eca7668c 100644
--- a/sdl2-config.in
+++ b/sdl2-config.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!@SDL2_CONFIG_INTERPRETER@
+#!/bin/sh
 
 # Get the canonical path of the folder containing this script
 bindir=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" && printf '%s\n' "$(pwd -P)")