diff --git a/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c b/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c
index 1db57de13..6fdd09c38 100644
--- a/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c
+++ b/src/sdl/mixer_sound.c
@@ -181,9 +181,10 @@ void I_StartupSound(void)
 	if (sound_started)
 		return;
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2,26,5)
 	// Force DirectSound instead of WASAPI
 	// SDL 2.0.6+ defaults to the latter and it screws up our sound effects
+	// SDL 2.26.5 brought imrovements to resampling so this just screws up other stuff now
 	SDL_setenv("SDL_AUDIODRIVER", "directsound", 1);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/sdl/sdl_sound.c b/src/sdl/sdl_sound.c
index ba4de2f99..cac11c1f4 100644
--- a/src/sdl/sdl_sound.c
+++ b/src/sdl/sdl_sound.c
@@ -1169,9 +1169,10 @@ void I_StartupSound(void)
 	// Configure sound device
 	CONS_Printf("I_StartupSound:\n");
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2,26,5)
 	// Force DirectSound instead of WASAPI
 	// SDL 2.0.6+ defaults to the latter and it screws up our sound effects
+	// SDL 2.26.5 brought imrovements to resampling so this just screws up other stuff now
 	SDL_setenv("SDL_AUDIODRIVER", "directsound", 1);
 #endif