diff --git a/util/findcheckpoint/config.go b/util/findcheckpoint/config.go
index 08772299..63a5075a 100644
--- a/util/findcheckpoint/config.go
+++ b/util/findcheckpoint/config.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/conformal/btcdb"
 	_ "github.com/conformal/btcdb/ldb"
-	_ "github.com/conformal/btcdb/sqlite3"
 	"github.com/conformal/btcutil"
 	"github.com/conformal/btcwire"
 	"github.com/conformal/go-flags"
diff --git a/util/findcheckpoint/findcheckpoint.go b/util/findcheckpoint/findcheckpoint.go
index a2d313da..a71dd676 100644
--- a/util/findcheckpoint/findcheckpoint.go
+++ b/util/findcheckpoint/findcheckpoint.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/conformal/btcchain"
 	"github.com/conformal/btcdb"
 	_ "github.com/conformal/btcdb/ldb"
-	_ "github.com/conformal/btcdb/sqlite3"
 	"github.com/conformal/btcwire"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
diff --git a/util/showblock/showblock.go b/util/showblock/showblock.go
index 1e4ba25b..80d5b4a3 100644
--- a/util/showblock/showblock.go
+++ b/util/showblock/showblock.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"github.com/conformal/btcdb"
 	_ "github.com/conformal/btcdb/ldb"
-	_ "github.com/conformal/btcdb/sqlite3"
 	"github.com/conformal/btclog"
 	"github.com/conformal/btcutil"
 	"github.com/conformal/btcwire"