diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7580598..8006118 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ project(townengine LANGUAGES C)
 # SDL dependencies
 find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED GLOBAL)
 find_package(SDL2_image REQUIRED GLOBAL)
-find_package(SDL2_ttf REQUIRED GLOBAL)
 
 # CMake actually has no default configuration and it's toolchain file dependent, set debug if not specified
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
@@ -196,7 +195,6 @@ function(link_deps target)
         target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC
                                         SDL2::SDL2
                                         SDL2_image::SDL2_image
-                                        SDL2_ttf::SDL2_ttf
                                         physfs-static
                                         xms)
 endfunction()
diff --git a/townengine/twn_loop.c b/townengine/twn_loop.c
index cfa2cdc..a75d985 100644
--- a/townengine/twn_loop.c
+++ b/townengine/twn_loop.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include "townengine/rendering/internal_api.h"
 
 #include <SDL2/SDL.h>
-#include <SDL2/SDL_ttf.h>
 #include <SDL2/SDL_image.h>
 #include <physfs.h>
 #include <stb_ds.h>
@@ -336,10 +335,6 @@ static bool initialize(void) {
     ctx.uncolored_mesh_batches = NULL;
 
     textures_cache_init(&ctx.texture_cache, ctx.window);
-    if (TTF_Init() < 0) {
-        CRY_SDL("SDL_ttf initialization failed.");
-        goto fail;
-    }
     text_cache_init(&ctx.text_cache);
 
     /* input */
@@ -380,7 +375,6 @@ static void clean_up(void) {
     textures_cache_deinit(&ctx.texture_cache);
 
     PHYSFS_deinit();
-    TTF_Quit();
     IMG_Quit();
     SDL_Quit();
 }