diff --git a/tcl.changes b/tcl.changes
index 0a2bf70..6eb649d 100644
--- a/tcl.changes
+++ b/tcl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 29 12:50:00 UTC 2022 - Reinhard Max <max@suse.com>
+
+- Remove the SQLite extension and package it as a subpackage of
+  sqlite3 to have only a single copy and keep it more up to date
+  (bsc#1195773).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov  9 17:08:21 UTC 2021 - Reinhard Max <max@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/tcl.spec b/tcl.spec
index 4a42cb7..df0f898 100644
--- a/tcl.spec
+++ b/tcl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package tcl
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Provides:       itcl = %itclver
 Provides:       tclsh
 Provides:       tclsh%{TCL_MINOR}
 Obsoletes:      itcl < %itclver
+# Require the extension from the SQLite package instead of shipping
+# the embedded copy, which might be outdated.
+Requires:       sqlite3-tcl
 # bug437293
 %ifarch ppc64
 Obsoletes:      tcl-64bit
@@ -89,6 +92,10 @@ if ! test -d pkgs/itcl%itclver; then
    exit 1
 fi
 
+# The SQLite extension is provided by the sqlite3 package,
+# so don't build it here.
+rm -r pkgs/sqlite3.*
+
 %build
 %global _lto_cflags %{_lto_cflags} -ffat-lto-objects
 %define scriptdir %_libdir/tcl
@@ -166,9 +173,6 @@ install -D %{S:3} -m 644 %buildroot%_rpmmacrodir/macros.tcl
 sed -i "/^TCL_LIBS=/s/'.*'$//" %buildroot%_libdir/tclConfig.sh
 sed -i "/^Libs.private: /s/ .*$//" %buildroot%_libdir/pkgconfig/tcl.pc
 
-# We are Tcl, not SQLite
-rm -f %buildroot%bindir/sqlite*
-
 %if "%_lib" == "lib64"
 %post
 test -L /usr/lib/tcl%TCL_MINOR && /bin/rm -f /usr/lib/tcl%TCL_MINOR