diff --git a/scripts/check_dependencies.py b/scripts/check_dependencies.py
index a6e075db4..941f6bdc9 100755
--- a/scripts/check_dependencies.py
+++ b/scripts/check_dependencies.py
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ MODULES = [
 
 
 OPTIONAL_MODULES = [
-    ('sqlite', ' (SQLite 2 support)'),
     ('MySQLdb', ' (MySQL support)'),
     ('psycopg2', ' (PostgreSQL support)'),
     ('nose', ' (testing framework)'),