diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e866486a..d9d84915 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pkg_check_modules(GSTREAMER_TAG gstreamer-tag-1.0)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBXINE libxine)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBVLC libvlc)
 pkg_check_modules(PHONON phonon4qt5)
-pkg_check_modules(SQLITE REQUIRED sqlite3>=3.7)
+pkg_check_modules(SQLITE REQUIRED sqlite3>=3.9)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBPULSE libpulse)
 pkg_check_modules(CHROMAPRINT libchromaprint)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBGPOD libgpod-1.0>=0.7.92)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0cc3d32d..d62bd19c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ To build Strawberry from source you need the following installed on your system
 * [Protobuf library and compiler](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/)
 * [Qt 5 with components Core, Gui, Widgets, Concurrent, Network and Sql](https://www.qt.io/)
 * [Qt 5 components X11Extras and DBus for Linux/BSD, MacExtras for macOS and WinExtras for Windows](https://www.qt.io/)
-* [SQLite3](https://www.sqlite.org)
+* [SQLite 3.9 or newer with FTS5](https://www.sqlite.org)
 * [Chromaprint library](https://acoustid.org/chromaprint)
 * [ALSA library (linux)](https://www.alsa-project.org/)
 * [DBus (linux)](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus/)
diff --git a/data/data.qrc b/data/data.qrc
index 170a49a3..001450bd 100644
--- a/data/data.qrc
+++ b/data/data.qrc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         <file>schema/schema-6.sql</file>
         <file>schema/schema-7.sql</file>
         <file>schema/schema-8.sql</file>
+        <file>schema/schema-9.sql</file>
         <file>schema/device-schema.sql</file>
         <file>style/strawberry.css</file>
         <file>html/playing-tooltip-plain.html</file>
diff --git a/data/schema/device-schema.sql b/data/schema/device-schema.sql
index 501487db..0c11bdef 100644
--- a/data/schema/device-schema.sql
+++ b/data/schema/device-schema.sql
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ CREATE INDEX idx_device_%deviceid_songs_album ON device_%deviceid_songs (album);
 
 CREATE INDEX idx_device_%deviceid_songs_comp_artist ON device_%deviceid_songs (compilation_effective, artist);
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE device_%deviceid_fts USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE device_%deviceid_fts USING fts5(
   ftstitle, ftsalbum, ftsartist, ftsalbumartist, ftscomposer, ftsperformer, ftsgrouping, ftsgenre, ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize=unicode61
 );
 
 UPDATE devices SET schema_version=0 WHERE ROWID=%deviceid;
diff --git a/data/schema/schema-9.sql b/data/schema/schema-9.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee71cca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/schema/schema-9.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+DROP TABLE %allsongstables_fts;
+
+DROP TABLE playlist_items_fts_;
+
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE %allsongstables_fts USING fts5(
+
+  ftstitle,
+  ftsalbum,
+  ftsartist,
+  ftsalbumartist,
+  ftscomposer,
+  ftsperformer,
+  ftsgrouping,
+  ftsgenre,
+  ftscomment,
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
+
+);
+
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE playlist_items_fts_ USING fts5(
+
+  ftstitle,
+  ftsalbum,
+  ftsartist,
+  ftsalbumartist,
+  ftscomposer,
+  ftsperformer,
+  ftsgrouping,
+  ftsgenre,
+  ftscomment,
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
+
+);
+
+INSERT INTO %allsongstables_fts (ROWID, ftstitle, ftsalbum, ftsartist, ftsalbumartist, ftscomposer, ftsperformer, ftsgrouping, ftsgenre, ftscomment)
+SELECT ROWID, title, album, artist, albumartist, composer, performer, grouping, genre, comment FROM %allsongstables;
+
+INSERT INTO playlist_items_fts_ (ROWID, ftstitle, ftsalbum, ftsartist, ftsalbumartist, ftscomposer, ftsperformer, ftsgrouping, ftsgenre, ftscomment)
+SELECT ROWID, title, album, artist, albumartist, composer, performer, grouping, genre, comment FROM playlist_items;
+
+UPDATE schema_version SET version=9;
diff --git a/data/schema/schema.sql b/data/schema/schema.sql
index c9f5aa49..4d54de7c 100644
--- a/data/schema/schema.sql
+++ b/data/schema/schema.sql
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS schema_version (
 
 DELETE FROM schema_version;
 
-INSERT INTO schema_version (version) VALUES (8);
+INSERT INTO schema_version (version) VALUES (9);
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS directories (
   path TEXT NOT NULL,
@@ -560,13 +560,17 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_url ON songs (url);
 
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_comp_artist ON songs (compilation_effective, artist);
 
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_albumartist ON songs (albumartist);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_artist ON songs (artist);
+
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_album ON songs (album);
 
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_title ON songs (title);
 
 CREATE VIEW IF NOT EXISTS duplicated_songs as select artist dup_artist, album dup_album, title dup_title from songs as inner_songs where artist != '' and album != '' and title != '' and unavailable = 0 group by artist, album , title having count(*) > 1;
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS songs_fts USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS songs_fts USING fts5(
 
   ftstitle,
   ftsalbum,
@@ -577,11 +581,11 @@ CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS songs_fts USING fts3(
   ftsgrouping,
   ftsgenre,
   ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
 
 );
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tidal_artists_songs_fts USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tidal_artists_songs_fts USING fts5(
 
   ftstitle,
   ftsalbum,
@@ -592,11 +596,11 @@ CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tidal_artists_songs_fts USING fts3(
   ftsgrouping,
   ftsgenre,
   ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
 
 );
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tidal_albums_songs_fts USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tidal_albums_songs_fts USING fts5(
 
   ftstitle,
   ftsalbum,
@@ -607,11 +611,11 @@ CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tidal_albums_songs_fts USING fts3(
   ftsgrouping,
   ftsgenre,
   ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
 
 );
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tidal_songs_fts USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tidal_songs_fts USING fts5(
 
   ftstitle,
   ftsalbum,
@@ -622,11 +626,11 @@ CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tidal_songs_fts USING fts3(
   ftsgrouping,
   ftsgenre,
   ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
 
 );
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS subsonic_songs_fts USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS subsonic_songs_fts USING fts5(
 
   ftstitle,
   ftsalbum,
@@ -637,11 +641,11 @@ CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS subsonic_songs_fts USING fts3(
   ftsgrouping,
   ftsgenre,
   ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
 
 );
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS qobuz_artists_songs_fts USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS qobuz_artists_songs_fts USING fts5(
 
   ftstitle,
   ftsalbum,
@@ -652,11 +656,11 @@ CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS qobuz_artists_songs_fts USING fts3(
   ftsgrouping,
   ftsgenre,
   ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
 
 );
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS qobuz_albums_songs_fts USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS qobuz_albums_songs_fts USING fts5(
 
   ftstitle,
   ftsalbum,
@@ -667,11 +671,11 @@ CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS qobuz_albums_songs_fts USING fts3(
   ftsgrouping,
   ftsgenre,
   ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
 
 );
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS qobuz_songs_fts USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS qobuz_songs_fts USING fts5(
 
   ftstitle,
   ftsalbum,
@@ -682,11 +686,11 @@ CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS qobuz_songs_fts USING fts3(
   ftsgrouping,
   ftsgenre,
   ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
 
 );
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS playlist_items_fts_ USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS playlist_items_fts_ USING fts5(
 
   ftstitle,
   ftsalbum,
@@ -697,11 +701,11 @@ CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS playlist_items_fts_ USING fts3(
   ftsgrouping,
   ftsgenre,
   ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
 
 );
 
-CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %allsongstables_fts USING fts3(
+CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %allsongstables_fts USING fts5(
 
   ftstitle,
   ftsalbum,
@@ -712,12 +716,6 @@ CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %allsongstables_fts USING fts3(
   ftsgrouping,
   ftsgenre,
   ftscomment,
-  tokenize=unicode
+  tokenize = "unicode61 remove_diacritics 0"
 
 );
-
-INSERT INTO songs_fts (ROWID, ftstitle, ftsalbum, ftsartist, ftsalbumartist, ftscomposer, ftsperformer, ftsgrouping, ftsgenre, ftscomment)
-SELECT ROWID, title, album, artist, albumartist, composer, performer, grouping, genre, comment FROM songs;
-
-INSERT INTO %allsongstables_fts (ROWID, ftstitle, ftsalbum, ftsartist, ftsalbumartist, ftscomposer, ftsperformer, ftsgrouping, ftsgenre, ftscomment)
-SELECT ROWID, title, album, artist, albumartist, composer, performer, grouping, genre, comment FROM %allsongstables;
diff --git a/dist/rpm/strawberry.spec.in b/dist/rpm/strawberry.spec.in
index 430a4327..69724638 100644
--- a/dist/rpm/strawberry.spec.in
+++ b/dist/rpm/strawberry.spec.in
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(dbus-1)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gnutls)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(alsa)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(protobuf)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sqlite3)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sqlite3) >= 3.9
 %if ! 0%{?centos} && ! 0%{?mageia}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(taglib)
 %endif
diff --git a/src/collection/collectionquery.cpp b/src/collection/collectionquery.cpp
index 914af025..8202109e 100644
--- a/src/collection/collectionquery.cpp
+++ b/src/collection/collectionquery.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ CollectionQuery::CollectionQuery(const QueryOptions &options)
     : include_unavailable_(false), join_with_fts_(false), limit_(-1) {
 
   if (!options.filter().isEmpty()) {
-    // We need to munge the filter text a little bit to get it to work as expected with sqlite's FTS3:
+    // We need to munge the filter text a little bit to get it to work as expected with sqlite's FTS5:
     //  1) Append * to all tokens.
     //  2) Prefix "fts" to column names.
     //  3) Remove colons which don't correspond to column names.
diff --git a/src/core/database.cpp b/src/core/database.cpp
index b8c7baa3..cea84508 100644
--- a/src/core/database.cpp
+++ b/src/core/database.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <QSqlDriver>
 #include <QSqlDatabase>
 #include <QSqlQuery>
+#include <QSqlResult>
 #include <QSqlError>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QtDebug>
@@ -52,177 +53,12 @@
 #include "scopedtransaction.h"
 
 const char *Database::kDatabaseFilename = "strawberry.db";
-const int Database::kSchemaVersion = 8;
+const int Database::kSchemaVersion = 9;
 const char *Database::kMagicAllSongsTables = "%allsongstables";
 
 int Database::sNextConnectionId = 1;
 QMutex Database::sNextConnectionIdMutex;
 
-Database::Token::Token(const QString &token, int start, int end)
-    : token(token), start_offset(start), end_offset(end) {}
-
-struct sqlite3_tokenizer_module {
-
-  int iVersion;
-  int (*xCreate)(int argc,                /* Size of argv array */
-                 const char *const *argv, /* Tokenizer argument strings */
-                 sqlite3_tokenizer** ppTokenizer); /* OUT: Created tokenizer */
-
-  int (*xDestroy)(sqlite3_tokenizer *pTokenizer);
-
-  int (*xOpen)(
-      sqlite3_tokenizer *pTokenizer,        /* Tokenizer object */
-      const char *pInput, int nBytes,       /* Input buffer */
-    sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor **ppCursor  /* OUT: Created tokenizer cursor */
-  );
-
-  int (*xClose)(sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor *pCursor);
-
-  int (*xNext)(
-      sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor *pCursor,  /* Tokenizer cursor */
-      const char* *ppToken, int *pnBytes, /* OUT: Normalized text for token */
-      int *piStartOffset, /* OUT: Byte offset of token in input buffer */
-      int *piEndOffset,   /* OUT: Byte offset of end of token in input buffer */
-      int *piPosition);   /* OUT: Number of tokens returned before this one */
-};
-
-struct sqlite3_tokenizer {
-  const sqlite3_tokenizer_module *pModule; /* The module for this tokenizer */
-  /* Tokenizer implementations will typically add additional fields */
-};
-
-struct sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor {
-  sqlite3_tokenizer *pTokenizer; /* Tokenizer for this cursor. */
-  /* Tokenizer implementations will typically add additional fields */
-};
-
-sqlite3_tokenizer_module *Database::sFTSTokenizer = nullptr;
-
-int Database::FTSCreate(int argc, const char *const *argv, sqlite3_tokenizer **tokenizer) {
-
-  *tokenizer = reinterpret_cast<sqlite3_tokenizer*>(new UnicodeTokenizer);
-
-  return SQLITE_OK;
-}
-
-int Database::FTSDestroy(sqlite3_tokenizer *tokenizer) {
-
-  UnicodeTokenizer *real_tokenizer = reinterpret_cast<UnicodeTokenizer*>(tokenizer);
-  delete real_tokenizer;
-  return SQLITE_OK;
-}
-
-int Database::FTSOpen(sqlite3_tokenizer *pTokenizer, const char *input, int bytes, sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor **cursor) {
-
-  UnicodeTokenizerCursor *new_cursor = new UnicodeTokenizerCursor;
-  new_cursor->pTokenizer = pTokenizer;
-  new_cursor->position = 0;
-
-  QString str = QString::fromUtf8(input, bytes).toLower();
-  QChar *data = str.data();
-  // Decompose and strip punctuation.
-  QList<Token> tokens;
-  QString token;
-  int start_offset = 0;
-  int offset = 0;
-  for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); ++i) {
-    QChar c = data[i];
-    ushort unicode = c.unicode();
-    if (unicode <= 0x007f) {
-      offset += 1;
-    }
-    else if (unicode >= 0x0080 && unicode <= 0x07ff) {
-      offset += 2;
-    }
-    else if (unicode >= 0x0800) {
-      offset += 3;
-    }
-    // Unicode astral planes unsupported in Qt?
-    /*else if (unicode >= 0x010000 && unicode <= 0x10ffff) {
-      offset += 4;
-    }*/
-
-    if (!data[i].isLetterOrNumber()) {
-      // Token finished.
-      if (token.length() != 0) {
-        tokens << Token(token, start_offset, offset - 1);
-        start_offset = offset;
-        token.clear();
-      }
-      else {
-        ++start_offset;
-      }
-    }
-    else {
-      if (data[i].decompositionTag() != QChar::NoDecomposition) {
-        token.push_back(data[i].decomposition()[0]);
-      } else {
-        token.push_back(data[i]);
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (i == str.length() - 1) {
-      if (token.length() != 0) {
-        tokens << Token(token, start_offset, offset);
-        token.clear();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  new_cursor->tokens = tokens;
-  *cursor = reinterpret_cast<sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor*>(new_cursor);
-
-  return SQLITE_OK;
-
-}
-
-int Database::FTSClose(sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor *cursor) {
-
-  UnicodeTokenizerCursor *real_cursor = reinterpret_cast<UnicodeTokenizerCursor*>(cursor);
-  delete real_cursor;
-
-  return SQLITE_OK;
-
-}
-
-int Database::FTSNext(sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor *cursor, const char* *token, int *bytes, int *start_offset, int *end_offset, int *position) {
-
-  UnicodeTokenizerCursor *real_cursor = reinterpret_cast<UnicodeTokenizerCursor*>(cursor);
-
-  QList<Token> tokens = real_cursor->tokens;
-  if (real_cursor->position >= tokens.size()) {
-    return SQLITE_DONE;
-  }
-
-  Token t = tokens[real_cursor->position];
-  QByteArray utf8 = t.token.toUtf8();
-  *token = utf8.constData();
-  *bytes = utf8.size();
-  *start_offset = t.start_offset;
-  *end_offset = t.end_offset;
-  *position = real_cursor->position++;
-
-  real_cursor->current_utf8 = utf8;
-
-  return SQLITE_OK;
-
-}
-
-void Database::StaticInit() {
-
-  if (sFTSTokenizer) return;
-
-  sFTSTokenizer = new sqlite3_tokenizer_module;
-  sFTSTokenizer->iVersion = 0;
-  sFTSTokenizer->xCreate = &Database::FTSCreate;
-  sFTSTokenizer->xDestroy = &Database::FTSDestroy;
-  sFTSTokenizer->xOpen = &Database::FTSOpen;
-  sFTSTokenizer->xNext = &Database::FTSNext;
-  sFTSTokenizer->xClose = &Database::FTSClose;
-  return;
-
-}
-
 Database::Database(Application *app, QObject *parent, const QString &database_name) :
       QObject(parent),
       app_(app),
@@ -254,9 +90,6 @@ Database::~Database() {
     qLog(Error) << "Connection" << connection_id << "is still open!";
   }
 
-  if (sFTSTokenizer)
-    delete sFTSTokenizer;
-
 }
 
 void Database::ExitAsync() {
@@ -308,14 +141,14 @@ QSqlDatabase Database::Connect() {
     return db;
   }
 
-  // Find Sqlite3 functions in the Qt plugin.
-  if (!sFTSTokenizer) StaticInit();
-
-  {
+  if (db.tables().count() == 0) {
+    // Set up initial schema
+    qLog(Info) << "Creating initial database schema";
+    UpdateDatabaseSchema(0, db);
+  }
 
+  else if (SchemaVersion(&db) <= 8) { //  Register unicode from unicode61 tokenizer to drop old FTS3 tables.
 #ifdef SQLITE_DBCONFIG_ENABLE_FTS3_TOKENIZER
-    // In case sqlite>=3.12 is compiled without -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3_TOKENIZER
-    // (generally a good idea  due to security reasons) the fts3 support should be enabled explicitly.
     QVariant v = db.driver()->handle();
     if (v.isValid() && qstrcmp(v.typeName(), "sqlite3*") == 0) {
       sqlite3 *handle = *static_cast<sqlite3**>(v.data());
@@ -326,20 +159,21 @@ QSqlDatabase Database::Connect() {
       else qLog(Fatal) << "Unable to enable FTS3 tokenizer";
     }
 #endif
-    QSqlQuery set_fts_tokenizer(db);
-    set_fts_tokenizer.prepare("SELECT fts3_tokenizer(:name, :pointer)");
-    set_fts_tokenizer.bindValue(":name", "unicode");
-    set_fts_tokenizer.bindValue(":pointer", QByteArray(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&sFTSTokenizer), sizeof(&sFTSTokenizer)));
-    if (!set_fts_tokenizer.exec()) {
-      qLog(Warning) << "Couldn't register FTS3 tokenizer : " << set_fts_tokenizer.lastError();
+    QSqlQuery get_fts_tokenizer(db);
+    get_fts_tokenizer.prepare("SELECT fts3_tokenizer(:name)");
+    get_fts_tokenizer.bindValue(":name", "unicode61");
+    if (get_fts_tokenizer.exec() && get_fts_tokenizer.next()) {
+      QSqlQuery set_fts_tokenizer(db);
+      set_fts_tokenizer.prepare("SELECT fts3_tokenizer(:name, :pointer)");
+      set_fts_tokenizer.bindValue(":name", "unicode");
+      set_fts_tokenizer.bindValue(":pointer", get_fts_tokenizer.value(0));
+      if (!set_fts_tokenizer.exec()) {
+        qLog(Warning) << "Couldn't register FTS3 tokenizer : " << set_fts_tokenizer.lastError();
+      }
+    }
+    else {
+      qLog(Warning) << "Couldn't get FTS3 tokenizer : " << get_fts_tokenizer.lastError();
     }
-    // Implicit invocation of ~QSqlQuery() when leaving the scope to release any remaining database locks!
-  }
-
-  if (db.tables().count() == 0) {
-    // Set up initial schema
-    qLog(Info) << "Creating initial database schema";
-    UpdateDatabaseSchema(0, db);
   }
 
   // Attach external databases
@@ -399,7 +233,7 @@ void Database::Close() {
 
 }
 
-void Database::UpdateMainSchema(QSqlDatabase *db) {
+int Database::SchemaVersion(QSqlDatabase *db) {
 
   // Get the database's schema version
   int schema_version = 0;
@@ -408,7 +242,13 @@ void Database::UpdateMainSchema(QSqlDatabase *db) {
     if (q.next()) schema_version = q.value(0).toInt();
     // Implicit invocation of ~QSqlQuery() when leaving the scope to release any remaining database locks!
   }
+  return schema_version;
 
+}
+
+void Database::UpdateMainSchema(QSqlDatabase *db) {
+
+  int schema_version = SchemaVersion(db);
   startup_schema_version_ = schema_version;
 
   if (schema_version > kSchemaVersion) {
@@ -591,6 +431,7 @@ void Database::ExecSongTablesCommands(QSqlDatabase &db, const QStringList &song_
       if (CheckErrors(query)) qFatal("Unable to update music collection database");
     }
   }
+
 }
 
 QStringList Database::SongsTables(QSqlDatabase &db, int schema_version) const {
@@ -745,4 +586,3 @@ void Database::BackupFile(const QString &filename) {
   sqlite3_backup_finish(backup);
 
 }
-
diff --git a/src/core/database.h b/src/core/database.h
index 17ea464b..b5a5a915 100644
--- a/src/core/database.h
+++ b/src/core/database.h
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QStringList>
 
-extern "C" {
-
-struct sqlite3_tokenizer;
-struct sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor;
-struct sqlite3_tokenizer_module;
-}
-
 class QThread;
 class Application;
 
@@ -95,6 +88,7 @@ class Database : public QObject {
   void DoBackup();
 
  private:
+  int SchemaVersion(QSqlDatabase *db);
   void UpdateMainSchema(QSqlDatabase *db);
 
   void ExecSchemaCommandsFromFile(QSqlDatabase &db, const QString &filename, int schema_version, bool in_transaction = false);
@@ -133,38 +127,6 @@ class Database : public QObject {
 
   QThread *original_thread_;
 
-  // Do static initialisation like loading sqlite functions.
-  static void StaticInit();
-
-  typedef int (*Sqlite3CreateFunc)(sqlite3*, const char*, int, int, void*, void (*)(sqlite3_context*, int, sqlite3_value**), void (*)(sqlite3_context*, int, sqlite3_value**), void (*)(sqlite3_context*));
-
-  static sqlite3_tokenizer_module *sFTSTokenizer;
-
-  static int FTSCreate(int argc, const char *const *argv, sqlite3_tokenizer **tokenizer);
-  static int FTSDestroy(sqlite3_tokenizer *tokenizer);
-  static int FTSOpen(sqlite3_tokenizer *tokenizer, const char *input, int bytes, sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor **cursor);
-  static int FTSClose(sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor *cursor);
-  static int FTSNext(sqlite3_tokenizer_cursor *cursor, const char **token, int *bytes, int *start_offset, int *end_offset, int *position);
-
-  struct Token {
-    Token(const QString &token, int start, int end);
-    QString token;
-    int start_offset;
-    int end_offset;
-  };
-
-  // Based on sqlite3_tokenizer.
-  struct UnicodeTokenizer {
-    const sqlite3_tokenizer_module *pModule;
-  };
-
-  struct UnicodeTokenizerCursor {
-    const sqlite3_tokenizer *pTokenizer;
-
-    QList<Token> tokens;
-    int position;
-    QByteArray current_utf8;
-  };
 };
 
 class MemoryDatabase : public Database {
@@ -178,4 +140,3 @@ class MemoryDatabase : public Database {
 };
 
 #endif  // DATABASE_H
-