diff --git a/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3.inc b/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3.inc
index 11e901114a..1b23818ad6 100644
--- a/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/sqlite/sqlite3.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-${PV}.tar.gz \
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/sqlite-${PV}"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig pkgconfig_stage
+inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-tcl --enable-shared \
 		--enable-threadsafe"