diff --git a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
index 5a8b033ce0..a23f6e1d66 100644
--- a/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
+++ b/package/sqlite/sqlite.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA),y)
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3),y)
+SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1),y)
+SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY),y)
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY
 endif
@@ -42,64 +50,30 @@ else
 SQLITE_CFLAGS += $(subst -Ofast,-O3,$(TARGET_CFLAGS))
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES)$(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),yy)
-SQLITE_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses readline
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDIT),y)
-SQLITE_DEPENDENCIES += libedit
-SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-readline --editline
-else
-SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-readline
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3),y)
-SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --fts3
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1),)
-SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-json
-endif
-
 SQLITE_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(SQLITE_CFLAGS)"
 
-define SQLITE_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(SQLITE_CONF_ENV) ./configure \
-		--prefix=/usr \
-		--host="$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)" \
-		--build="$(GNU_HOST_NAME)" \
-		--sysroot="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
-		$(SQLITE_CONF_OPTS) \
-	)
-endef
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-dynamic-extensions=no
+else
+SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-static-shell
+endif
 
-define SQLITE_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)
-endef
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
+SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-threadsafe
+else
+SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-threadsafe
+SQLITE_CFLAGS += -DSQLITE_THREADSAFE=0
+endif
 
-define SQLITE_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) DESTDIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" -C $(@D) install
-endef
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES)$(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),yy)
+SQLITE_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses readline
+SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-editline --enable-readline
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDIT),y)
+SQLITE_DEPENDENCIES += libedit
+SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-editline --disable-readline
+else
+SQLITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-editline --disable-readline
+endif
 
-define SQLITE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) DESTDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" -C $(@D) install
-endef
-
-define HOST_SQLITE_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(SQLITE_CONF_ENV) ./configure \
-		--prefix=/usr \
-		--host="$(GNU_HOST_NAME)" \
-		--build="$(GNU_HOST_NAME)" \
-		--sysroot="$(HOST_DIR)" \
-		$(SQLITE_CONF_OPTS) \
-	)
-endef
-
-define HOST_SQLITE_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)
-endef
-
-define HOST_SQLITE_INSTALL_CMDS
-	$(HOST_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) DESTDIR="$(HOST_DIR)" -C $(@D) install
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))
-$(eval $(host-generic-package))
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))