diff --git a/autoconf/tea/configure.ac b/autoconf/tea/configure.ac
index 8df0af6195..7fca05b2e7 100644
--- a/autoconf/tea/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/tea/configure.ac
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ TEA_ADD_LIBS([])
 TEA_ADD_CFLAGS([-DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3=1])
 TEA_ADD_CFLAGS([-DSQLITE_3_SUFFIX_ONLY=1])
 TEA_ADD_CFLAGS([-DSQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE=1])
-TEA_ADD_CFLAGS([-DSQLITE_OMIT_DEPRECATED=1])
 TEA_ADD_STUB_SOURCES([])
 TEA_ADD_TCL_SOURCES([])