diff --git a/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3.inc b/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3.inc
index fc102c4b69..11e901114a 100644
--- a/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3.inc
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "An Embeddable SQL Database Engine"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.sqlite.org"
 SECTION = "libs"
 PRIORITY = "optional"
 DEPENDS = "readline ncurses tcl-native"
 LICENSE = "PD"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-${PV}.tar.gz \
-	   file://libtool.patch;patch=1"
+	   file://libtool.patch"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/sqlite-${PV}"
 
diff --git a/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3/cross-compile.patch b/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3/cross-compile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 31d4f0d162..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3/cross-compile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
---- sqlite-3.3.7/configure.ac.orig	2006-08-21 00:20:50.000000000 +0200
-+++ sqlite-3.3.7/configure.ac	2006-08-21 00:22:35.000000000 +0200
-@@ -187,10 +187,11 @@
- default_build_cflags="-g"
- if test "$config_BUILD_CC" = ""; then
-   AC_PROG_CC
--  if test "$cross_compiling" = "yes"; then
--    AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to find a compiler for building build tools])
--  fi
--  BUILD_CC=$CC
-+#  if test "$cross_compiling" = "yes"; then
-+#    AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to find a compiler for building build tools])
-+#  fi
-+#  BUILD_CC=$CC
-+BUILD_CC=gcc
-   default_build_cflags=$CFLAGS
- else
-   BUILD_CC=$config_BUILD_CC
-@@ -238,6 +239,12 @@
-   TARGET_LINK=$config_TARGET_LINK
- fi
- AC_MSG_RESULT($TARGET_LINK)
-+if test "$config_TARGET_LFLAGS" != ""; then
-+  TARGET_LFLAGS=$config_TARGET_LFLAGS
-+  else
-+    TARGET_LFLAGS=$BUILD_LFLAGS
-+  fi
-+AC_MSG_RESULT($TARGET_LFLAGS)
- AC_MSG_CHECKING([switches on the target compiler])
- if test "$config_TARGET_TFLAGS" != ""; then
-   TARGET_TFLAGS=$config_TARGET_TFLAGS
-@@ -592,15 +599,7 @@
- # Figure out what C libraries are required to compile programs
- # that use "readline()" library.
- #
--if test "$config_TARGET_READLINE_LIBS" != ""; then
--  TARGET_READLINE_LIBS="$config_TARGET_READLINE_LIBS"
--else
--  CC=$TARGET_CC
--  LIBS=""
--  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(tgetent, [readline ncurses curses termcap])
--  AC_CHECK_LIB([readline], [readline])
--  TARGET_READLINE_LIBS="$LIBS"
--fi
-+TARGET_READLINE_LIBS="-lreadline"
- AC_SUBST(TARGET_READLINE_LIBS)
- 
- ##########
-@@ -615,41 +614,8 @@
- ##########
- # Figure out where to get the READLINE header files.
- #
--AC_MSG_CHECKING([readline header files])
--found=no
--if test "$config_TARGET_READLINE_INC" != ""; then
--  TARGET_READLINE_INC=$config_TARGET_READLINE_INC
--  found=yes
--fi
--if test "$found" = "yes"; then
--  AC_MSG_RESULT($TARGET_READLINE_INC)
--else
--  AC_MSG_RESULT(not specified: still searching...)
--  AC_CHECK_HEADER(readline.h, [found=yes])
--fi
--if test "$found" = "no"; then
--  for dir in /usr /usr/local /usr/local/readline /usr/contrib /mingw; do
--    AC_CHECK_FILE($dir/include/readline.h, found=yes)
--    if test "$found" = "yes"; then
--      TARGET_READLINE_INC="-I$dir/include"
--      break
--    fi
--    AC_CHECK_FILE($dir/include/readline/readline.h, found=yes)
--    if test "$found" = "yes"; then
--      TARGET_READLINE_INC="-I$dir/include/readline"
--      break
--    fi
--  done
--fi
--if test "$found" = "yes"; then
--  if test "$TARGET_READLINE_LIBS" = ""; then
--    TARGET_HAVE_READLINE=0
--  else
--    TARGET_HAVE_READLINE=1
--  fi
--else
--  TARGET_HAVE_READLINE=0
--fi
-+TARGET_READLINE_INC=""
-+TARGET_HAVE_READLINE=1
- AC_SUBST(TARGET_READLINE_INC)
- AC_SUBST(TARGET_HAVE_READLINE)
- 
diff --git a/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3/ldflags.patch b/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3/ldflags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ee5105ffff..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3/ldflags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
---- sqlite-3.3.7/Makefile.in.orig	2006-08-20 23:05:36.000000000 +0200
-+++ sqlite-3.3.7/Makefile.in	2006-08-20 23:42:49.000000000 +0200
-@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
- #
- TCC = @TARGET_CC@ @TARGET_CFLAGS@ -I. -I${TOP}/src
- 
-+# OE overrides
-+#
-+TARGET_LFLAGS = @TARGET_LFLAGS@
-+
- # Define -DNDEBUG to compile without debugging (i.e., for production usage)
- # Omitting the define will cause extra debugging code to be inserted and
- # includes extra comments when "EXPLAIN stmt" is used.
-@@ -257,17 +261,17 @@
-           | $(NAWK) '{print $$5,$$6}' >last_change
- 
- libsqlite3.la:	$(LIBOBJ)
--	$(LTLINK) -o libsqlite3.la $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBPTHREAD) \
-+	$(LTLINK) -o libsqlite3.la $(LIBOBJ) $(TARGET_LFLAGS) $(LIBPTHREAD) \
- 		${ALLOWRELEASE} -rpath $(libdir) -version-info "8:6:8"
- 
- libtclsqlite3.la:	tclsqlite.lo libsqlite3.la
- 	$(LTLINK) -o libtclsqlite3.la tclsqlite.lo \
--		$(LIBOBJ) @TCL_STUB_LIB_SPEC@ $(LIBPTHREAD) \
-+		$(LIBOBJ) @TCL_STUB_LIB_SPEC@ $(TARGET_LFLAGS) $(LIBPTHREAD) \
-                 -rpath $(libdir)/sqlite \
- 		-version-info "8:6:8"
- 
- sqlite3$(TEXE):	$(TOP)/src/shell.c libsqlite3.la sqlite3.h
--	$(LTLINK) $(READLINE_FLAGS) $(LIBPTHREAD) \
-+	$(LTLINK) $(TARGET_LFLAGS) $(READLINE_FLAGS) $(LIBPTHREAD) \
- 		-o $@ $(TOP)/src/shell.c libsqlite3.la \
- 		$(LIBREADLINE) $(TLIBS)
- 
-@@ -456,12 +460,12 @@
- 
- tclsqlite3:	tclsqlite-shell.lo libsqlite3.la
- 	$(LTLINK) -o tclsqlite3 tclsqlite-shell.lo \
--		 libsqlite3.la $(LIBTCL)
-+		 libsqlite3.la $(TARGET_LFLAGS) $(LIBTCL)
- 
- testfixture$(TEXE):	$(TOP)/src/tclsqlite.c libsqlite3.la $(TESTSRC)
- 	$(LTLINK) -DTCLSH=1 -DSQLITE_TEST=1 -DSQLITE_CRASH_TEST=1 \
- 		$(TEMP_STORE) -o testfixture $(TESTSRC) $(TOP)/src/tclsqlite.c \
--		libsqlite3.la $(LIBTCL)
-+		libsqlite3.la $(TARGET_LFLAGS) $(LIBTCL)
- 
- 
- fulltest:	testfixture$(TEXE) sqlite3$(TEXE)
-@@ -471,7 +475,7 @@
- 	./testfixture $(TOP)/test/quick.test
- 
- sqlite3_analyzer$(TEXE):	$(TOP)/src/tclsqlite.c libtclsqlite3.la \
--				$(TESTSRC) $(TOP)/tool/spaceanal.tcl
-+				$(TARGET_LFLAGS) $(TESTSRC) $(TOP)/tool/spaceanal.tcl
- 	sed \
- 	  -e '/^#/d' \
- 	  -e 's,\\,\\\\,g' \
-@@ -481,7 +485,7 @@
- 	  $(TOP)/tool/spaceanal.tcl >spaceanal_tcl.h
- 	$(LTLINK) -DTCLSH=2 -DSQLITE_TEST=1 $(TEMP_STORE)\
-                 -o sqlite3_analyzer$(EXE) $(TESTSRC) $(TOP)/src/tclsqlite.c \
--		libtclsqlite3.la $(LIBTCL)
-+		libtclsqlite3.la $(TARGET_LFLAGS) $(LIBTCL)
- 
- # Rules used to build documentation
- #
diff --git a/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3_3.6.20.bb b/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3_3.6.23.1.bb
similarity index 67%
rename from meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3_3.6.20.bb
rename to meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3_3.6.23.1.bb
index 399b6e2a5a..479516d261 100644
--- a/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3_3.6.20.bb
+++ b/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3_3.6.23.1.bb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 require sqlite3.inc
 
-PR = "r2"
+PR = "r0"