diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
index 2f5ed3f5d427..c947edb3d2b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,14 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, readline, tcl, static ? false}:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "sqlite-3.6.19";
+  name = "sqlite-3.6.22";
 
-  # Note: don't use the "amalgamation" source release, since it
-  # doesn't install sqlite3.pc.
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://www.sqlite.org/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "7d8649c44fb97b874aa59144faaeb2356ec1fc6a8a7baa1d16e9ff5f1e097003";
+    url = "http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-amalgamation-3.6.22.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1k5qyl0v2y4fpkh7vvxvb0irpnl71g0ffhfc3ksm40mrhcdq9qk8";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [readline tcl];
-
-  configureFlags = ''
-    CFLAGS=-O3
-    --enable-load-extension
-    ${if static then "--disable-shared --enable-static" else ""}
-    --enable-amalgamation
-    --enable-threadsafe
-    --disable-cross-thread-connections
-    --disable-tcl
-    --disable-tempstore
-    --with-readline-inc=-I${readline}/include
-  '';
-
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1";
-  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-ldl"; # needed for --enable-load-extension
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.sqlite.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d23a8ae569aa..995ecf4d7b04 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4674,7 +4674,7 @@ let
   };
 
   sqlite = import ../development/libraries/sqlite {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv readline tcl;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
   stlport =  import ../development/libraries/stlport {