diff --git a/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h b/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h
index bdd4714201..ba8104b1ca 100644
--- a/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h
+++ b/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ extern "C" {
     /* Don't include intrin.h here because it contains C++ code */
     extern void __cdecl __debugbreak(void);
     #define SDL_TriggerBreakpoint() __debugbreak()
-#elif defined(__MINGW32__) && (SDL_HAS_BUILTIN(__debugbreak) || __MINGW_DEBUGBREAK_IMPL)
+#elif defined(__MINGW32__)
+    #include <intrin.h>
     #define SDL_TriggerBreakpoint() __debugbreak()
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_IX86)
     #define SDL_TriggerBreakpoint() { _asm { int 0x03 }  }