diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a20e64645a..e7ae6f26ed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -786,19 +786,14 @@ if(SDL_ASSEMBLY)
   if(SDL_SSE4_2)
     cmake_push_check_state()
     if(USE_GCC OR USE_CLANG OR USE_INTELCC)
-      string(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS " -msse4.2 -mcrc32")
+      string(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS " -msse4.2")
     endif()
     check_c_source_compiles("
       #include <nmmintrin.h>
-      unsigned calc_crc32c(const char *text, unsigned len) {
-          unsigned crc32c = ~0;
-          for (; len >= 4; len -= 4, text += 4) {
-            crc32c = (unsigned)_mm_crc32_u32(crc32c, *(unsigned*)text);
-          }
-          return crc32c;
-      }
+      __m128i bitmask;
+      char data[16];
       int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-        calc_crc32c(\"SDL_SSE4\",8);
+        bitmask = _mm_cmpgt_epi64(_mm_set1_epi64x(0), _mm_loadu_si128((void*)data));
         return 0;
       }" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_SSE4_2)
     cmake_pop_check_state()