diff -ruN scummvm-2.7.0-orig/base/version.cpp scummvm-2.7.0/base/version.cpp
--- scummvm-2.7.0-orig/base/version.cpp	2023-02-13 16:19:05.000000000 -0600
+++ scummvm-2.7.0/base/version.cpp	2023-05-04 05:01:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
 #if defined(__amigaos4__) || defined(__MORPHOS__)
 static const char *version_cookie __attribute__((used)) = "$VER: ScummVM " SCUMMVM_VERSION SCUMMVM_REVISION " (" AMIGA_DATE ")";
 #endif
-const char gScummVMBuildDate[] = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
-const char gScummVMVersionDate[] = SCUMMVM_VERSION SCUMMVM_REVISION " (" __DATE__ " " __TIME__ ")";
+const char gScummVMVersionDate[] = SCUMMVM_VERSION SCUMMVM_REVISION;
 const char gScummVMCompiler[] = ""
 #define STR_HELPER(x)	#x
 #define STR(x)		STR_HELPER(x)
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@
 #undef STR
 #undef STR_HELPER
 	;
-const char gScummVMFullVersion[] = "ScummVM " SCUMMVM_VERSION SCUMMVM_REVISION " (" __DATE__ " " __TIME__ ")";
+const char gScummVMFullVersion[] = "ScummVM " SCUMMVM_VERSION SCUMMVM_REVISION;
 const char gScummVMFeatures[] = ""
 #ifdef TAINTED_BUILD
 	// TAINTED means the build contains engines/subengines not enabled by default
diff -ruN scummvm-2.7.0-orig/base/version.h scummvm-2.7.0/base/version.h
--- scummvm-2.7.0-orig/base/version.h	2023-02-13 16:19:05.000000000 -0600
+++ scummvm-2.7.0/base/version.h	2023-05-04 04:17:46.000000000 -0500
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #define BASE_VERSION_H
 
 extern const char gScummVMVersion[];     // e.g. "0.4.1"
-extern const char gScummVMBuildDate[];   // e.g. "2003-06-24"
 extern const char gScummVMVersionDate[]; // e.g. "0.4.1 (2003-06-24)"
 extern const char gScummVMCompiler[];    // e.g. "GCC 11.2.0"
 extern const char gScummVMFullVersion[]; // e.g. "ScummVM 0.4.1 (2003-06-24)"
diff -ruN scummvm-2.7.0-orig/configure scummvm-2.7.0/configure
--- scummvm-2.7.0-orig/configure	2023-02-13 16:19:22.000000000 -0600
+++ scummvm-2.7.0/configure	2023-05-04 05:29:14.000000000 -0500
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@
 		;;
 	--with-sdlnet-prefix=*)
 		arg=`echo $ac_option | cut -d '=' -f 2`
-		SDL_NET_CFLAGS="-I$arg/include"
+		SDL_NET_CFLAGS="-I$arg/include/SDL2"
 		SDL_NET_LIBS="-L$arg/lib"
 		;;
 	--with-opengl-prefix=*)
@@ -4033,7 +4033,8 @@
 # Some platforms (eg. Android, iOS) may use an edited version
 # of SDL-net or SDL2-net that does not require SDL or SDL2 respectively
 #
-if test "$_sdlnet" = auto ; then
+if test "$_sdlnet" = yes ; then
+	echocheck "SDL2_net"
 	# If SDL2 was detected, then test for SDL2_net exclusively
 	# If SDL was detected, then test for SDL_net exclusively
 	# If neither SDL nor SDL2 detected, then test for both (SDL2_net success takes priority)
@@ -4046,8 +4047,10 @@
 		if test "$_pkg_config" = "yes" && $_pkgconfig --exists SDL2_net; then
 			append_var SDL2_NET_LIBS "`$_pkgconfig --libs SDL2_net`"
 			append_var SDL2_NET_CFLAGS "`$_pkgconfig --cflags SDL2_net | sed 's/[[:space:]]*-Dmain=SDL_main//g'`"
+			printf "found SDL2_net with pkgconfig"
 		else
 			append_var SDL2_NET_LIBS "-lSDL2_net"
+			printf "adding -lSDL2_net directly"
 		fi
 	fi
 
@@ -4061,7 +4064,7 @@
 	fi
 
 	# Check for SDL_Net
-	echocheck "SDL_Net"
+	echocheck "SDL_Net compiling"
 	_sdlnet=no
 	cat > $TMPC << EOF
 #include "SDL_net.h"
diff -ruN scummvm-2.7.0-orig/gui/about.cpp scummvm-2.7.0/gui/about.cpp
--- scummvm-2.7.0-orig/gui/about.cpp	2023-02-13 16:19:18.000000000 -0600
+++ scummvm-2.7.0/gui/about.cpp	2023-05-04 04:18:36.000000000 -0500
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@
 	version += gScummVMVersion;
 	addLine(version);
 
-	// I18N: built on <build date> with <compiler>
-	Common::U32String date = Common::U32String::format(_("(built on %s with %s)"), gScummVMBuildDate, gScummVMCompiler);
-	addLine(Common::U32String("C2") + date);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE(copyright_text); i++)
 		addLine(Common::U32String(copyright_text[i]));