diff --git a/project/config/cfgdefs.sh b/project/config/cfgdefs.sh
index 492dd3f..61482d3 100644
--- a/project/config/cfgdefs.sh
+++ b/project/config/cfgdefs.sh
@@ -217,6 +217,20 @@ cfgdefs_perform_target_tests()
 	mb_cfgtest_makevar='LDFLAGS_TCLTK_LIBS'
 	cfgtest_makevar_append "$mb_tcltk_libs"
 
+	# sqlite
+	cfgtest_newline
+	cfgtest_comment 'sqlite3'
+
+	mb_cfgtest_makevar='CFLAGS_SQLITE'
+	cfgtest_makevar_append '-DMODULE_NAME=\"sqlite3\"'
+	cfgtest_makevar_append '-DSQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION'
+
+	mb_cfgtest_makevar='LDFLAGS_SQLITE'
+	cfgtest_makevar_append '-lsqlite3'
+
+	mb_cfgtest_makevar='LDFLAGS_SQLITE_STATIC'
+	cfgtest_makevar_append '$(LDFLAGS_SQLITE)'
+
 	# pretty cfgdefs.mk
 	cfgtest_newline
 }
diff --git a/project/depends.mk b/project/depends.mk
index e5fe7d5..0c71acf 100644
--- a/project/depends.mk
+++ b/project/depends.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 # shared extensions: dependency switches
-CFLAGS_SQLITE   = -I$(SYSROOT)/usr/local/include/sqlite3 -I$(SYSROOT)/usr/include/sqlite3
-CFLAGS_SQLITE  += -DMODULE_NAME=\"sqlite3\"
-CFLAGS_SQLITE  += -DSQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION
-LDFLAGS_SQLITE  = -lsqlite3
-
 CFLAGS_EXPAT    = -DXML_DEV_URANDOM
 LDFLAGS_EXPAT   = -lexpat
 
@@ -13,6 +8,5 @@ LDFLAGS_DBM     = -lgdbm_compat
 
 # static extensions: dependency switch
 LDFLAGS_PYEXT_STATIC	= -lssl -lcrypto -lreadline -lbz2 -lgdbm -lffi -lintl -lz
-LDFLAGS_SQLITE_STATIC	= $(LDFLAGS_SQLITE)
 LDFLAGS_EXPAT_STATIC	= $(LDFLAGS_EXPAT)
 LDFLAGS_DBM_STATIC	= $(LDFLAGS_DBM)