diff --git a/plugins/Makefile b/plugins/Makefile
index aab6c973..5abe2a64 100644
--- a/plugins/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ DIRS= \
 		dynamic-security \
 		examples \
 		password-file \
-		persist-sqlite \
 		sparkplug-aware
 
+ifeq ($(WITH_SQLITE),yes)
+DIRS+=persist-sqlite
+endif
+
 .PHONY : all binary check clean reallyclean test test-compile install uninstall
 
 all :
diff --git a/plugins/persist-sqlite/Makefile b/plugins/persist-sqlite/Makefile
index fc3612e4..809fbe48 100644
--- a/plugins/persist-sqlite/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/persist-sqlite/Makefile
@@ -23,11 +23,7 @@ OBJS = \
 OBJS_EXTERNAL = \
 	json_help.o
 
-ifeq ($(WITH_SQLITE),yes)
 ALL_DEPS:= binary
-else
-ALL_DEPS:=
-endif
 
 all : ${ALL_DEPS}