diff --git a/extra/sqlite/build b/extra/sqlite/build
index cd533d7c..b91ef34b 100755
--- a/extra/sqlite/build
+++ b/extra/sqlite/build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
 # Required by qt5 and possibly other software.
-export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1"
+export CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA"
 
 ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \