diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bacfd96c3..23cf6126f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -148,20 +148,9 @@ if(ENABLE_VISUALISATIONS)
endif(USE_SYSTEM_PROJECTM)
endif(ENABLE_VISUALISATIONS)
-# Test whether libsqlite3 is available and if FTS3 is enabled in it
-if(WIN32 OR APPLE)
- option(STATIC_SQLITE "Compile and use a static sqlite3 library" ON)
-else(WIN32 OR APPLE)
- try_run(FTS_TEST_RUN FTS_TEST_COMPILE
- ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sqlite3_fts_test
- ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/sqlite3_fts_test.cpp
- CMAKE_FLAGS "-DLINK_LIBRARIES:STRING=sqlite3")
- if(NOT FTS_TEST_COMPILE OR FTS_TEST_RUN EQUAL 1 OR FTS_TEST_RUN STREQUAL "FAILED_TO_RUN")
- option(STATIC_SQLITE "Compile and use a static sqlite3 library" ON)
- else(NOT FTS_TEST_COMPILE OR FTS_TEST_RUN EQUAL 1 OR FTS_TEST_RUN STREQUAL "FAILED_TO_RUN")
- option(STATIC_SQLITE "Compile and use a static sqlite3 library" OFF)
- endif(NOT FTS_TEST_COMPILE OR FTS_TEST_RUN EQUAL 1 OR FTS_TEST_RUN STREQUAL "FAILED_TO_RUN")
-endif(WIN32 OR APPLE)
+# We compile our own qsqlite3 by default now, because in Qt 4.7 the symbols we
+# need from it are private.
+option(STATIC_SQLITE "Compile and use a static sqlite3 library" ON)
set(HAVE_STATIC_SQLITE ${STATIC_SQLITE})
if(STATIC_SQLITE)
diff --git a/cmake/sqlite3_fts_test.cpp b/cmake/sqlite3_fts_test.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e4873b84..000000000
--- a/cmake/sqlite3_fts_test.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/* This file is part of Clementine.
-
- Clementine is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- Clementine is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with Clementine. If not, see .
-*/
-
-#include
-
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
- sqlite3* db;
-
- int ret = sqlite3_open(":memory:", &db);
- if (ret)
- return 1;
-
- char* error = 0;
- ret = sqlite3_exec(db, "CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE foo USING fts3()", 0, 0, &error);
- if (ret != SQLITE_OK)
- return 1;
-
- return 0;
-}