diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6c9b151252b3..f086aae4f342 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ GCONF_VERSION=1.2.1
 GIO_VERSION=2.0
 STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_VERSION=0.8
 DBUS_VERSION=0.60
-SQLITE_VERSION=3.7.0.1
+SQLITE_VERSION=3.6.23.1
 LIBNOTIFY_VERSION=0.4
 
 MSMANIFEST_TOOL=
diff --git a/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA b/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA
index 1a1a90fdb820..a90db532cc52 100644
--- a/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA
+++ b/db/sqlite3/README.MOZILLA
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-This is sqlite 3.7.0.1
+This is sqlite 3.6.23.1
 
--- Shawn Wilsher <me@shawnwilsher.com>, 08/2010
+-- Shawn Wilsher <me@shawnwilsher.com>, 03/2010
 
 See http://www.sqlite.org/ for more info.