diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 829ab46fef..8e5bc4581d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@
 [submodule "ffmpeg"]
 	path = externals/ffmpeg
 	url = https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
-[submodule "externals/SDL"]
+[submodule "SDL"]
 	path = externals/SDL
 	url = https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL.git