diff --git a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
index 3ed0b46fbd..bc2a6df2f3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template build file for 'sqlite'.
 pkgname=sqlite
-version=3.6.23.1
+version=3.7.3
 distfiles="http://sqlite.org/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_env="CPPFLAGS=-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1 LIBS=-ldl"
+configure_env="LIBS=-ldl"
 configure_args="--enable-load-extension --enable-threadsafe
  --enable-threads-override-locks --enable-cross-thread-connections"
 short_desc="SQL Database Engine in a C Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=1a0517438a573a68ab73e8ed75d194086d55d75883542ab1d5ae1080bbddd492
+checksum=dbf352e8fbb74829f5e7a88f9f6ceeb80a709537f668c36e4b6cdfb271309ef6
 long_desc="
  SQLite is a C library that implements an SQL database engine. Programs
  that link with the SQLite library can have SQL database access without