diff --git a/include/SDL_stdinc.h b/include/SDL_stdinc.h
index 02c9e1399..fdf96415f 100644
--- a/include/SDL_stdinc.h
+++ b/include/SDL_stdinc.h
@@ -83,9 +83,6 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_FLOAT_H
 # include <float.h>
 #endif
-#if defined(HAVE_ICONV) && defined(HAVE_ICONV_H)
-# include <iconv.h>
-#endif
 
 /**
  *  The number of elements in an array.
diff --git a/src/stdlib/SDL_iconv.c b/src/stdlib/SDL_iconv.c
index 8f0403734..a5fc1ec03 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/SDL_iconv.c
+++ b/src/stdlib/SDL_iconv.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "SDL_endian.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ICONV
+#include <iconv.h>
 
 /* Depending on which standard the iconv() was implemented with,
    iconv() may or may not use const char ** for the inbuf param.