diff --git a/.github/workflows/uwp.yml b/.github/workflows/uwp.yml
index 46a4dd20b9..3616be7900 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/uwp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/uwp.yml
@@ -6,30 +6,15 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
-    env:
-      VCPKG_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg
-      VCPKG_DEFAULT_BINARY_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/bincache
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: true
 
-      - name: bootstrap vcpkg
-        run: |
-          git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
-          mkdir vcpkg\bincache
-          vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
-
-      - uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.VCPKG_DEFAULT_BINARY_CACHE }}
-          key: vcpkg-${{ hashFiles( 'vcpkg.json' ) }}
-
       - name: CMake
         run: |
-          cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0.22000.0 -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=%VCPKG_ROOT%\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake
+          cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=WindowsStore -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0.22000.0
           cmake --build build --config Release --parallel 2
         shell: cmd
 
diff --git a/core/deps/SDL b/core/deps/SDL
index 15ead9a40d..859844eae3 160000
--- a/core/deps/SDL
+++ b/core/deps/SDL
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 15ead9a40d09a1eb9972215cceac2bf29c9b77f6
+Subproject commit 859844eae358447be8d66e6da59b6fb3df0ed778
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b4b39a6b04..0000000000
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "flycast",
-  "version-string": "1.2.0-dev",
-  "dependencies": [
-    "sdl2"
-  ]
-}
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