diff --git a/cpanspec.yml b/cpanspec.yml
index 1c68250..350a0cd 100644
--- a/cpanspec.yml
+++ b/cpanspec.yml
@@ -18,17 +18,19 @@ preamble: |-
 post_prep: |-
  %if 0%{?sle_version} >= 140000 && 0%{?sle_version} <= 150400
  patch -p1 --reverse <%{PATCH0}
+ %else
+ # system sqlite librairies will be used
+ rm sqlite*
+ perl -i -ne 'print $_ unless m{^sqlite}' MANIFEST
  %endif
 #post_build: |-
 # rm unused.files
 post_install: |-
  %if 0%{?sle_version} >= 140000 && 0%{?sle_version} <= 150400
  %else
+ mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}
  ln -fs %{_includedir}/sqlite3ext.h %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}/
  ln -fs %{_includedir}/sqlite3.h %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}/
- rm %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}/sqlite3.c
- echo >%{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}/sqlite3.c
- chmod 444 %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}/sqlite3.c
  %endif
 #license: SUSE-NonFree
 #skip_noarch: 1
diff --git a/perl-DBD-SQLite.changes b/perl-DBD-SQLite.changes
index 627dfea..c2c9a6e 100644
--- a/perl-DBD-SQLite.changes
+++ b/perl-DBD-SQLite.changes
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ Fri Mar  8 22:15:18 UTC 2024 - Tina Müller <tina.mueller@suse.com>
 
 - Fix disabling of __perllib_provides
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  8 15:02:03 UTC 2024 - Valentin Lefebvre <valentin.lefebvre@suse.com>
+
+- Remove sqlite files when building with system libraries
+  * Avoiding having wrong sqlite version when checking with the perl module
+    [bsc#1218946] 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep 20 03:06:10 UTC 2023 - Tina Müller <timueller+perl@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/perl-DBD-SQLite.spec b/perl-DBD-SQLite.spec
index f163f5f..4bd0e58 100644
--- a/perl-DBD-SQLite.spec
+++ b/perl-DBD-SQLite.spec
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ the typeless nature of the SQLite database.
 # MANUAL BEGIN
 %if 0%{?sle_version} >= 140000 && 0%{?sle_version} <= 150400
 patch -p1 --reverse <%{PATCH0}
+%else
+# system sqlite librairies will be used
+rm sqlite*
+perl -i -ne 'print $_ unless m{^sqlite}' MANIFEST
 %endif
 # MANUAL END
 
@@ -110,11 +114,9 @@ make test
 # MANUAL BEGIN
 %if 0%{?sle_version} >= 140000 && 0%{?sle_version} <= 150400
 %else
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}
 ln -fs %{_includedir}/sqlite3ext.h %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}/
 ln -fs %{_includedir}/sqlite3.h %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}/
-rm %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}/sqlite3.c
-echo >%{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}/sqlite3.c
-chmod 444 %{buildroot}%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/share/dist/%{cpan_name}/sqlite3.c
 %endif
 # MANUAL END
 %perl_gen_filelist