diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4623736..6def290 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ tde_setup_paths( )
 
 option( WITH_ALL_OPTIONS      "Enable all optional support" OFF )
 option( WITH_GCC_VISIBILITY   "Enable fvisibility and fvisibility-inlines-hidden" ${WITH_ALL_OPTIONS} )
-option( WITH_EMBEDDED_SQLITE  "Use included SQLite instead of system one" ${WITH_ALL_OPTIONS} )
 
 
 ##### user requested modules ####################