diff --git a/package/docker-engine/Config.in b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
index 4fa3b5a8c3..e99b2504c5 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/Config.in
+++ b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CONTAINERD # runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_PROXY # runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_IPTABLES # runtime dependency
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE # runtime dependency
 	help
 	  Docker is a platform to build, ship,
 	  and run applications as lightweight containers.