diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index bd7b8be..daaecb7 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ Project: Starfighter depends on the following libraries to build:
 * SDL2 <http://libsdl.org>
 * SDL2_image <http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/>
 * SDL2_mixer <http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/>
-* SDL2_gfx <https://sourceforge.net/projects/sdl2gfx/>
 
 Once you have all dependencies installed, you can do the following:
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f53da92..ce9cc0e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ STARFIGHTER_CFLAGS="-DVERSION=\\\"$PACKAGE_VERSION\\\""
 
 # Checks for libraries.
 PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([SDL2_mixer], [
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDL], [sdl2 SDL2_image SDL2_gfx SDL2_mixer])
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDL], [sdl2 SDL2_image SDL2_mixer])
 ], [
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDL], [sdl2 SDL2_image SDL2_gfx])
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SDL], [sdl2 SDL2_image])
 	STARFIGHTER_CFLAGS="$STARFIGHTER_CFLAGS -DNOSOUND"
 	echo "Note: SDL_mixer not found; audio will not be supported."
 ])
diff --git a/src/gfx.cpp b/src/gfx.cpp
index f1664f2..79b08db 100644
--- a/src/gfx.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 #include "SDL.h"
 #include "SDL_image.h"
-#include "SDL2_rotozoom.h"
 
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "structs.h"
@@ -490,7 +489,6 @@ void gfx_free()
 void gfx_loadBackground(const char *filename)
 {
 	SDL_Surface *new_bg;
-	double scale;
 
 	if (gfx_background != NULL)
 	{
@@ -499,8 +497,9 @@ void gfx_loadBackground(const char *filename)
 	}
 	new_bg = gfx_loadImage(filename);
 	SDL_SetColorKey(new_bg, 0, 0);
-	scale = MAX((double)screen->w / new_bg->w, (double)screen->h / new_bg->h);
-	gfx_background = zoomSurface(new_bg, scale, scale, 0);
+	gfx_background = gfx_createSurface(screen->w, screen->h);
+	SDL_SetColorKey(gfx_background, 0, 0);
+	SDL_BlitScaled(new_bg, NULL, gfx_background, NULL);
 	SDL_FreeSurface(new_bg);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/title.cpp b/src/title.cpp
index 1cbe2d0..bde67d2 100644
--- a/src/title.cpp
+++ b/src/title.cpp
@@ -426,13 +426,13 @@ int title_show()
 				if (!skip)
 				{
 					gfx_renderString("Copyright Parallel Realities 2003",
-						5, screen->h - 60, FONT_WHITE, 0, gfx_background);
+						5, gfx_background->h - 60, FONT_WHITE, 0, gfx_background);
 					gfx_renderString("Copyright Guus Sliepen, Astrid S. de Wijn and others 2012",
-						5, screen->h - 40, FONT_WHITE, 0, gfx_background);
+						5, gfx_background->h - 40, FONT_WHITE, 0, gfx_background);
 					gfx_renderString("Copyright 2015-2017 Julie Marchant",
-						5, screen->h - 20, FONT_WHITE, 0, gfx_background);
-					gfx_renderString(buildVersion, screen->w - 6 - strlen(buildVersion) * 9,
-						screen->h - 20, FONT_WHITE, 0, gfx_background);
+						5, gfx_background->h - 20, FONT_WHITE, 0, gfx_background);
+					gfx_renderString(buildVersion, gfx_background->w - 6 - strlen(buildVersion) * 9,
+						gfx_background->h - 20, FONT_WHITE, 0, gfx_background);
 					screen_addBuffer(0, 0, screen->w, screen->h);
 					skip = 1;
 				}