diff --git a/src/Magnum/Platform/Sdl2Application.cpp b/src/Magnum/Platform/Sdl2Application.cpp
index 7410c3ee6..e9a24e8dd 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Platform/Sdl2Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Magnum/Platform/Sdl2Application.cpp
@@ -985,14 +985,6 @@ bool Sdl2Application::mainLoopEventIteration() {
     return !(_flags & Flag::Exit);
 }
 
-bool Sdl2Application::mainLoopTickEventIteration() {
-    if(!(_flags & Flag::NoTickEvent)) {
-        tickEvent();
-        return true;
-    }
-    return false;
-}
-
 bool Sdl2Application::mainLoopDrawEventIteration() {
     if(_flags & Flag::Redraw) {
         _flags &= ~Flag::Redraw;
@@ -1021,8 +1013,8 @@ bool Sdl2Application::mainLoopIteration() {
     if (!mainLoopEventIteration())
         return false;
 
-    /* call tickEvent() if implemented */
-    mainLoopTickEventIteration();
+    /* Tick event */
+    if(!(_flags & Flag::NoTickEvent)) tickEvent();
 
     /* drawEvent() was called */
     if (mainLoopDrawEventIteration()) {
diff --git a/src/Magnum/Platform/Sdl2Application.h b/src/Magnum/Platform/Sdl2Application.h
index bb0aa3d73..53338e879 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Platform/Sdl2Application.h
+++ b/src/Magnum/Platform/Sdl2Application.h
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ class Sdl2Application {
          * @return @cpp false @ce if @ref exit() was called and the application
          *      should exit, @cpp true @ce otherwise
          *
-         * Calls @ref mainLoopEventIteration(), @ref mainLoopTickEventIteration() and
+         * Calls @ref mainLoopEventIteration(), @ref tickEvent() (if implemented) and
          * @ref mainLoopDrawEventIteration() managing the delays between them.
          * Called internally from @ref exec(). If you want to have better
          * control over how the main loop behaves, you can call this function
@@ -590,14 +590,6 @@ class Sdl2Application {
          */
         bool mainLoopEventIteration();
 
-        /**
-         * @brief Calls @ref tickEvent() if implemented
-         * @return @cpp true @ce if @ref tickEvent() was called, @cpp false @ce otherwise
-         * 
-         * Called internally from @ref mainLoopIteration().
-         */
-        bool mainLoopTickEventIteration();
-
         /**
          * @brief Calls @ref drawEvent() if @ref Flag::Redraw is set and unset it.
          * @return @cpp true @ce if @ref drawEvent() was called, @cpp false @ce otherwise