diff --git a/win32/CMakeLists.txt b/win32/CMakeLists.txt
index 39efe5ed..9100704e 100644
--- a/win32/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/win32/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -253,14 +253,15 @@ list(APPEND CC_EXTERNAL_LIBS
     OpenAL32
     sqlite3
     websockets
-    SDL2
-    SDL2Main
     tcmalloc
     ${glslang_libs_name}
     ${tbb_libs_name}
     ${PhysXSDK}
 )
 
+if(NOT USE_SERVER_MODE)
+    list(APPEND CC_EXTERNAL_LIBS SDL2 SDL2Main)
+endif()
 
 set(ZLIB zlib)
 if(NOT USE_MODULES)
diff --git a/win64/CMakeLists.txt b/win64/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d585d9e..9eb73556 100644
--- a/win64/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/win64/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -253,14 +253,16 @@ list(APPEND CC_EXTERNAL_LIBS
     sqlite3
     zlib
     websockets
-    SDL2
-    SDL2Main
     tcmalloc
     ${glslang_libs_name}
     ${tbb_libs_name}
     ${PhysXSDK}
 )
 
+if(NOT USE_SERVER_MODE)
+    list(APPEND CC_EXTERNAL_LIBS SDL2 SDL2Main)
+endif()
+
 set(ZLIB zlib)
 if(NOT USE_MODULES)
   list(APPEND CC_EXTERNAL_LIBS ${ZLIB}