diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 17f16f6b8a..fbec4c55a7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Dependency versions:
 +----------+------------------------+
 | CPython  | >= 3.8 (Or use PyPy3)  |
 +----------+------------------------+
-| SDL      | >= 2.0.9               |
+| SDL      | >= 2.0.10              |
 +----------+------------------------+
 | SDL_mixer| >= 2.0.4               |
 +----------+------------------------+
diff --git a/docs/readmes/README.es.rst b/docs/readmes/README.es.rst
index d654bc8a75..3d28d81015 100644
--- a/docs/readmes/README.es.rst
+++ b/docs/readmes/README.es.rst
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Versiones de dependencia:
 +----------+-----------------------------+
 | CPython  | >= 3.8 (Ou utiliser PyPy3)  |
 +----------+-----------------------------+
-| SDL      | >= 2.0.9                    |
+| SDL      | >= 2.0.10                   |
 +----------+-----------------------------+
 | SDL_mixer| >= 2.0.4                    |
 +----------+-----------------------------+
diff --git a/docs/readmes/README.fa.rst b/docs/readmes/README.fa.rst
index 009bf34748..ecb21f484f 100644
--- a/docs/readmes/README.fa.rst
+++ b/docs/readmes/README.fa.rst
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Dependencies (وابستگی ها)
 +----------+------------------------+
 | CPython  | >= 3.8 (Or use PyPy3)  |
 +----------+------------------------+
-| SDL      | >= 2.0.9               |
+| SDL      | >= 2.0.10              |
 +----------+------------------------+
 | SDL_mixer| >= 2.0.4               |
 +----------+------------------------+
diff --git a/docs/readmes/README.fr.rst b/docs/readmes/README.fr.rst
index 32eb32aea0..8843c071c2 100644
--- a/docs/readmes/README.fr.rst
+++ b/docs/readmes/README.fr.rst
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Versions des dépendances:
 +----------+-----------------------------+
 | CPython  | >= 3.8 (Ou utiliser PyPy3)  |
 +----------+-----------------------------+
-| SDL      | >= 2.0.9                    |
+| SDL      | >= 2.0.10                   |
 +----------+-----------------------------+
 | SDL_mixer| >= 2.0.4                    |
 +----------+-----------------------------+
diff --git a/docs/readmes/README.zh-cn.rst b/docs/readmes/README.zh-cn.rst
index 1f56f3fcdb..01a732f032 100644
--- a/docs/readmes/README.zh-cn.rst
+++ b/docs/readmes/README.zh-cn.rst
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pygame显然依赖于SDL和Python。此外pygame还嵌入了几个较小的库
 +----------+------------------------+
 | CPython  | >= 3.8 （或 PyPy3）    |
 +----------+------------------------+
-| SDL      | >= 2.0.9               |
+| SDL      | >= 2.0.10              |
 +----------+------------------------+
 | SDL_mixer| >= 2.0.4               |
 +----------+------------------------+
diff --git a/src_c/pgcompat_rect.h b/src_c/pgcompat_rect.h
index 94561abf38..643059dfcb 100644
--- a/src_c/pgcompat_rect.h
+++ b/src_c/pgcompat_rect.h
@@ -3,19 +3,6 @@
 
 #include <SDL.h>
 
-#if !(SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 10))
-typedef struct SDL_FRect {
-    float x, y;
-    float w, h;
-} SDL_FRect;
-
-typedef struct SDL_FPoint {
-    float x;
-    float y;
-} SDL_FPoint;
-
-#endif /* !(SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 10)) */
-
 /* SDL 2.0.22 provides some utility functions for FRects */
 #if !(SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 22))
 
diff --git a/src_c/surface.c b/src_c/surface.c
index 3df91cd570..6b535198e9 100644
--- a/src_c/surface.c
+++ b/src_c/surface.c
@@ -263,39 +263,6 @@ pg_DisplayFormat(SDL_Surface *surface);
 static int
 _PgSurface_SrcAlpha(SDL_Surface *surf);
 
-#if !SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 10)
-static Uint32
-pg_map_rgb(SDL_Surface *surf, Uint8 r, Uint8 g, Uint8 b)
-{
-    /* SDL_MapRGB() returns wrong values for color keys
-       for indexed formats since since alpha = 0 */
-    Uint32 key;
-    if (!surf->format->palette)
-        return SDL_MapRGB(surf->format, r, g, b);
-    if (!SDL_GetColorKey(surf, &key)) {
-        Uint8 keyr, keyg, keyb;
-        SDL_GetRGB(key, surf->format, &keyr, &keyg, &keyb);
-        if (r == keyr && g == keyg && b == keyb)
-            return key;
-    }
-    else
-        SDL_ClearError();
-    return SDL_MapRGBA(surf->format, r, g, b, SDL_ALPHA_OPAQUE);
-}
-
-static Uint32
-pg_map_rgba(SDL_Surface *surf, Uint8 r, Uint8 g, Uint8 b, Uint8 a)
-{
-    if (!surf->format->palette)
-        return SDL_MapRGBA(surf->format, r, g, b, a);
-    return pg_map_rgb(surf, r, g, b);
-}
-#else /* SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 10) */
-#define pg_map_rgb(surf, r, g, b) SDL_MapRGB((surf)->format, (r), (g), (b))
-#define pg_map_rgba(surf, r, g, b, a) \
-    SDL_MapRGBA((surf)->format, (r), (g), (b), (a))
-#endif /* SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 10) */
-
 static PyGetSetDef surface_getsets[] = {
     {"_pixels_address", (getter)surf_get_pixels_address, NULL,
      "pixel buffer address (readonly)", NULL},
@@ -976,7 +943,7 @@ surf_map_rgb(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
     SURF_INIT_CHECK(surf)
 
-    color = pg_map_rgba(surf, rgba[0], rgba[1], rgba[2], rgba[3]);
+    color = SDL_MapRGBA(surf->format, rgba[0], rgba[1], rgba[2], rgba[3]);
     return PyLong_FromLong(color);
 }
 
@@ -1604,7 +1571,7 @@ surf_convert(pgSurfaceObject *self, PyObject *args)
     }
 
     if (has_colorkey) {
-        colorkey = pg_map_rgba(newsurf, key_r, key_g, key_b, key_a);
+        colorkey = SDL_MapRGBA(newsurf->format, key_r, key_g, key_b, key_a);
         if (SDL_SetColorKey(newsurf, SDL_TRUE, colorkey) != 0) {
             PyErr_SetString(pgExc_SDLError, SDL_GetError());
             SDL_FreeSurface(newsurf);