diff --git a/include/SDL_rwops.h b/include/SDL_rwops.h
index b8da8fcbf..a9cc2b878 100644
--- a/include/SDL_rwops.h
+++ b/include/SDL_rwops.h
@@ -112,13 +112,12 @@ typedef struct SDL_RWops
         } windowsio;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef HAVE_STDIO_H
         struct
         {
             SDL_bool autoclose;
-            FILE *fp;
+            void *fp;
         } stdio;
-#endif
+
         struct
         {
             Uint8 *base;
@@ -206,25 +205,15 @@ typedef struct SDL_RWops
 extern DECLSPEC SDL_RWops *SDLCALL SDL_RWFromFile(const char *file,
                                                   const char *mode);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_STDIO_H
-
-extern DECLSPEC SDL_RWops *SDLCALL SDL_RWFromFP(FILE * fp, SDL_bool autoclose);
-
-#else
-
 /**
  * Use this function to create an SDL_RWops structure from a standard I/O file
- * pointer (stdio.h's `FILE*`).
+ * pointer (stdio.h's `FILE *`).
  *
  * This function is not available on Windows, since files opened in an
  * application on that platform cannot be used by a dynamically linked
  * library.
  *
- * On some platforms, the first parameter is a `void*`, on others, it's a
- * `FILE*`, depending on what system headers are available to SDL. It is
- * always intended to be the `FILE*` type from the C runtime's stdio.h.
- *
- * \param fp the `FILE*` that feeds the SDL_RWops stream
+ * \param fp the `FILE *` that feeds the SDL_RWops stream
  * \param autoclose SDL_TRUE to close the `FILE*` when closing the SDL_RWops,
  *                  SDL_FALSE to leave the `FILE*` open when the RWops is
  *                  closed
@@ -242,9 +231,7 @@ extern DECLSPEC SDL_RWops *SDLCALL SDL_RWFromFP(FILE * fp, SDL_bool autoclose);
  * \sa SDL_RWtell
  * \sa SDL_RWwrite
  */
-extern DECLSPEC SDL_RWops *SDLCALL SDL_RWFromFP(void * fp,
-                                                SDL_bool autoclose);
-#endif
+extern DECLSPEC SDL_RWops *SDLCALL SDL_RWFromFP(void *fp, SDL_bool autoclose);
 
 /**
  * Use this function to prepare a read-write memory buffer for use with
diff --git a/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h b/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h
index f4cf8aed6..778d8ed79 100644
--- a/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h
+++ b/src/dynapi/SDL_dynapi_procs.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(SDL_Thread*,SDL_CreateThread,(SDL_ThreadFunction a, const char *
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_STDIO_H
-SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(SDL_RWops*,SDL_RWFromFP,(FILE *a, SDL_bool b),(a,b),return)
+SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(SDL_RWops*,SDL_RWFromFP,(void *a, SDL_bool b),(a,b),return)
 #else
 SDL_DYNAPI_PROC(SDL_RWops*,SDL_RWFromFP,(void *a, SDL_bool b),(a,b),return)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/file/SDL_rwops.c b/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
index 9dc137948..dfb43b596 100644
--- a/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
+++ b/src/file/SDL_rwops.c
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ stdio_seek(SDL_RWops * context, Sint64 offset, int whence)
     }
 #endif
 
-    if (fseek(context->hidden.stdio.fp, (fseek_off_t)offset, stdiowhence) == 0) {
-        Sint64 pos = ftell(context->hidden.stdio.fp);
+    if (fseek((FILE *)context->hidden.stdio.fp, (fseek_off_t)offset, stdiowhence) == 0) {
+        Sint64 pos = ftell((FILE *)context->hidden.stdio.fp);
         if (pos < 0) {
             return SDL_SetError("Couldn't get stream offset");
         }
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ stdio_read(SDL_RWops * context, void *ptr, size_t size, size_t maxnum)
 {
     size_t nread;
 
-    nread = fread(ptr, size, maxnum, context->hidden.stdio.fp);
-    if (nread == 0 && ferror(context->hidden.stdio.fp)) {
+    nread = fread(ptr, size, maxnum, (FILE *)context->hidden.stdio.fp);
+    if (nread == 0 && ferror((FILE *)context->hidden.stdio.fp)) {
         SDL_Error(SDL_EFREAD);
     }
     return nread;
@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ stdio_write(SDL_RWops * context, const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t num)
 {
     size_t nwrote;
 
-    nwrote = fwrite(ptr, size, num, context->hidden.stdio.fp);
-    if (nwrote == 0 && ferror(context->hidden.stdio.fp)) {
+    nwrote = fwrite(ptr, size, num, (FILE *)context->hidden.stdio.fp);
+    if (nwrote == 0 && ferror((FILE *)context->hidden.stdio.fp)) {
         SDL_Error(SDL_EFWRITE);
     }
     return nwrote;
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ stdio_close(SDL_RWops * context)
     if (context) {
         if (context->hidden.stdio.autoclose) {
             /* WARNING:  Check the return value here! */
-            if (fclose(context->hidden.stdio.fp) != 0) {
+            if (fclose((FILE *)context->hidden.stdio.fp) != 0) {
                 status = SDL_Error(SDL_EFWRITE);
             }
         }
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ SDL_RWFromFile(const char *file, const char *mode)
 
 #ifdef HAVE_STDIO_H
 SDL_RWops *
-SDL_RWFromFP(FILE * fp, SDL_bool autoclose)
+SDL_RWFromFP(void *fp, SDL_bool autoclose)
 {
     SDL_RWops *rwops = NULL;
 
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ SDL_RWFromFP(FILE * fp, SDL_bool autoclose)
 }
 #else
 SDL_RWops *
-SDL_RWFromFP(void * fp, SDL_bool autoclose)
+SDL_RWFromFP(void *fp, SDL_bool autoclose)
 {
     SDL_SetError("SDL not compiled with stdio support");
     return NULL;