diff --git a/qgis.spec b/qgis.spec
index d07e86a..b86b616 100644
--- a/qgis.spec
+++ b/qgis.spec
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ Summary:        Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a Geographic Information System (GIS)
 Packager:       Otto Dassau <otto.dassau@gmx.de>
 Requires:       libgeos >= 2
 Requires:       libgdal >= 1.5.0
-#Internal sqlite is used to support older suse versions
-#Requires:	sqlite >= 3.5
+Requires:	sqlite >= 3.5
 Requires:       libqt4 >= 4.2
 Requires:       gsl >= 1.6
 Requires:       postgresql >= 8 postgresql-libs >= 8
@@ -27,8 +26,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-devel python-qt4 python-sip
 %endif 
 BuildRequires:  libgdal-devel >= 1.5.0
 BuildRequires:  libgeos-devel >= 2
-#Internal sqlite is used to support older suse versions
-#BuildRequires:	sqlite-devel >= 3.5
+BuildRequires:	sqlite-devel >= 3.5
 BuildRequires:  libproj-devel
 BuildRequires:  postgresql-devel >= 8
 BuildRequires:  grass >= 6.2.3 grass-devel
@@ -86,9 +84,11 @@ cmake -Wno-dev \
       -D GRASS_PREFIX=/opt/grass\
       -D QGIS_LIB_SUBDIR=%{lib} \
       -D QGIS_PLUGIN_SUBDIR=%{lib}/qgis \
-      -D QGIS_MANUAL_SUBDIR=share/man \
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1030 || 0%{?sles_version} == 10
       -D WITH_INTERNAL_SQLITE3=TRUE \
       -D SQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR=%{buildroot}/src/core/sqlite3 \
+%endif
+      -D QGIS_MANUAL_SUBDIR=share/man \
       .
 
 #echo "for 'make' run first:"