diff --git a/sc2/ChangeLog b/sc2/ChangeLog
index b81d928a6..2baf93fb4 100644
--- a/sc2/ChangeLog
+++ b/sc2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 0.2:
-- Key repeat is now enabled when typing text, from slayne
 - Capital letter bug in new input code fixed, from slayne
 - Oscilloscope now reacts to music when speech is disabled (OpenAL) -Mika
 - Rewritten input code (better and adds joystick/pad support), from slayne
diff --git a/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/input/sdl/input.c b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/input/sdl/input.c
index a01c91e50..f206ec049 100644
--- a/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/input/sdl/input.c
+++ b/sc2/src/sc2code/libs/input/sdl/input.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ TFB_InitInput (int driver, int flags)
 	atexit (TFB_UninitInput);
 
 	SDL_EnableUNICODE(1);
-	SDL_EnableKeyRepeat(SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_DELAY, SDL_DEFAULT_REPEAT_INTERVAL);
 
 	if ((SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK)) == -1)
 	{