diff --git a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitopenglview.m b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitopenglview.m
index 1f33f529d..f388fa31a 100644
--- a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitopenglview.m
+++ b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitopenglview.m
@@ -75,14 +75,11 @@
             return nil;
         }
 
-#ifdef __IPHONE_7_0
-        /* sRGB context support was added in iOS 7 */
         BOOL hasiOS7 = [[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion compare:@"7.0" options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending;
         if (sRGB && hasiOS7) {
+             /* sRGB EAGL drawable support was added in iOS 7 */
             colorFormat = kEAGLColorFormatSRGBA8;
-        } else
-#endif
-        if (rBits >= 8 && gBits >= 8 && bBits >= 8) {
+        } else if (rBits >= 8 && gBits >= 8 && bBits >= 8) {
             /* if user specifically requests rbg888 or some color format higher than 16bpp */
             colorFormat = kEAGLColorFormatRGBA8;
         } else {
diff --git a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitviewcontroller.m b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitviewcontroller.m
index d21723bfe..c7b3d0934 100644
--- a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitviewcontroller.m
+++ b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitviewcontroller.m
@@ -124,13 +124,8 @@
 
 - (UIStatusBarStyle)preferredStatusBarStyle
 {
-#ifdef __IPHONE_7_0
     /* We assume most games don't have a bright white background. */
     return UIStatusBarStyleLightContent;
-#else
-    /* This method is only used in iOS 7+, so the return value here isn't important. */
-    return UIStatusBarStyleBlackTranslucent;
-#endif
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitwindow.m b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitwindow.m
index 275579adb..9d5f0eeff 100644
--- a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitwindow.m
+++ b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitwindow.m
@@ -248,11 +248,10 @@ UIKit_SetWindowFullscreen(_THIS, SDL_Window * window, SDL_VideoDisplay * display
         [UIApplication sharedApplication].statusBarHidden = NO;
     }
 
-#ifdef __IPHONE_7_0
+    /* iOS 7+ won't update the status bar until we tell it to. */
     if ([viewcontroller respondsToSelector:@selector(setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate)]) {
         [viewcontroller setNeedsStatusBarAppearanceUpdate];
     }
-#endif
 
     if (fullscreen || (window->flags & SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS)) {
         bounds = [displaydata->uiscreen bounds];