diff --git a/cmake/libraries/sqlite.cmake b/cmake/libraries/sqlite.cmake
index 87ceb82d..8f50f499 100644
--- a/cmake/libraries/sqlite.cmake
+++ b/cmake/libraries/sqlite.cmake
@@ -1,38 +1,13 @@
 if(PROJECT_ENABLE_SQLITE)
   if(PROJECT_BUILD)
     add_definitions(-DPROJECT_ENABLE_SQLITE)
+    set(SQLITE_SYSTEM_ROOT ${PROJECT_BUILD_DIR}/external/src/sqlite_project)
 
-    if(PROJECT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND NOT PROJECT_IS_MINGW)
-      find_package(SQLite3 REQUIRED ${SQLITE_VERSION2})
+    include_directories(SYSTEM BEFORE ${SQLITE_SYSTEM_ROOT})
 
-      include_directories(${SQLite3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-      link_libraries(SQLite::SQLite3)
-    else()
-      set(SQLITE_SYSTEM_ROOT ${PROJECT_BUILD_DIR}/external/src/sqlite_project)
-
-      include_directories(SYSTEM BEFORE
-        ${SQLITE_SYSTEM_ROOT}
-      )
-
-      list(APPEND PROJECT_ADDITIONAL_SOURCES
-        ${SQLITE_SYSTEM_ROOT}/sqlite3.c
-      )
-    endif()
-  elseif(PROJECT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND NOT PROJECT_IS_MINGW)
-    ExternalProject_Add(sqlite_project
-      PREFIX external
-      URL ${PROJECT_3RD_PARTY_DIR}/sqlite-${SQLITE_VERSION2}.tar.gz
-      URL_HASH SHA256=ae85b5545f6171694f4d7f915e8e87a936fcb1a56409e5fb3da89d52e3c224cc
-      BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-      LIST_SEPARATOR |
-      CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${PROJECT_3RD_PARTY_DIR}/sqlite_configure.sh 
-        ${PROJECT_MARCH}
-        ${PROJECT_EXTERNAL_BUILD_ROOT}
-      BUILD_COMMAND make -j1
-      INSTALL_COMMAND make install
+    list(APPEND PROJECT_ADDITIONAL_SOURCES
+      ${SQLITE_SYSTEM_ROOT}/sqlite3.c
     )
-
-    list(APPEND PROJECT_DEPENDENCIES sqlite_project)
   else()
     ExternalProject_Add(sqlite_project
       PREFIX external
diff --git a/cmake/versions.cmake b/cmake/versions.cmake
index 4ddd5cfb..8e98987a 100644
--- a/cmake/versions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/versions.cmake
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ set(SECP256K1_VERSION 0.1.0.20)
 set(SFML_VERSION 2.6.1)
 set(SPDLOG_VERSION 1.14.1)
 set(SQLITE_VERSION 3460000)
-set(SQLITE_VERSION2 3.46.0)
 set(STDUUID_VERSION 1.2.3)
 set(VORBIS_VERSION 1.3.7)
 set(WXWIDGETS_VERSION 3.2.5)
diff --git a/support/3rd_party/sqlite-3.46.0.tar.gz b/support/3rd_party/sqlite-3.46.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 171c023e..00000000
Binary files a/support/3rd_party/sqlite-3.46.0.tar.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/support/3rd_party/sqlite-3.46.0.tar.gz.sha256 b/support/3rd_party/sqlite-3.46.0.tar.gz.sha256
deleted file mode 100644
index 6793cc02..00000000
--- a/support/3rd_party/sqlite-3.46.0.tar.gz.sha256
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ae85b5545f6171694f4d7f915e8e87a936fcb1a56409e5fb3da89d52e3c224cc  sqlite-3.46.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/support/3rd_party/sqlite_configure.sh b/support/3rd_party/sqlite_configure.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9a7f53f4..00000000
--- a/support/3rd_party/sqlite_configure.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-CFLAGS="-O3 -march=$1 -mtune=generic" ./configure \
-  --disable-tcl \
-  --enable-shared=yes \
-  --enable-static=yes \
-  --prefix="$2"