diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a24212..260eed9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 # Master
 
+- Sqlite fix:
+  - Update Python3 base formula
 - Test staged binaries on Travis
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/builds/cedar-14.Dockerfile b/builds/cedar-14.Dockerfile
index ea11542..5d1ae59 100644
--- a/builds/cedar-14.Dockerfile
+++ b/builds/cedar-14.Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV WORKSPACE_DIR="/app/builds" \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     STACK="cedar-14"
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python-pip && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python-pip libsqlite3-dev realpath && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY requirements.txt /app/
 RUN pip install -r /app/requirements.txt
diff --git a/builds/heroku-16.Dockerfile b/builds/heroku-16.Dockerfile
index 324042e..6b0728e 100644
--- a/builds/heroku-16.Dockerfile
+++ b/builds/heroku-16.Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV WORKSPACE_DIR="/app/builds" \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     STACK="heroku-16"
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python-pip && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python-pip libsqlite3-dev && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY requirements.txt /app/
 RUN pip install --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir -r /app/requirements.txt
diff --git a/builds/heroku-18.Dockerfile b/builds/heroku-18.Dockerfile
index 7f0f942..80ad34d 100644
--- a/builds/heroku-18.Dockerfile
+++ b/builds/heroku-18.Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV WORKSPACE_DIR="/app/builds" \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     STACK="heroku-18"
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python-pip-whl=9.0.1-2 python-pip=9.0.1-2 python-setuptools python-wheel && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python-pip-whl=9.0.1-2 python-pip=9.0.1-2 python-setuptools python-wheel libsqlite3-dev && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 COPY requirements.txt /app/
 RUN pip install --disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir -r /app/requirements.txt
diff --git a/builds/runtimes/python3 b/builds/runtimes/python3
index 79f4421..1b6d152 100755
--- a/builds/runtimes/python3
+++ b/builds/runtimes/python3
@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@ python_version=${BASE^} # this gives us only the filename with version number
 version_number=$(echo "$python_version" | cut -d- -f2) # this returns just X.X.X
 dep_url=https://python.org/ftp/python/${version_number}/${python_version}.tgz
 
-# shellcheck source=bin/utils
-source "$BIN_DIR/steps/sqlite3"
-
-sqlite3_version
-echo "Setting up SQLite3 Headers for $SQLITE3_VERSION"
-sqlite3_install "$OUT_PREFIX" "$SQLITE3_VERSION" 1
-
-echo "Building Python 3..."
-echo "Pulling from source: ${dep_url}"
-
-
 curl -L "${dep_url}" | tar xz -C "${OUT_PREFIX}"
 mv "${OUT_PREFIX}/${python_version}" src
 cd src
@@ -42,4 +31,9 @@ find "${OUT_PREFIX}" \( -type d -a \( -name test -o -name tests \) \) -exec rm -
 # Remove spare /
 LOCATION=${OUT_PREFIX%?}
 
+# Create links to SQLITE headers so Python can call them at runtime
+mkdir -p ${OUT_PREFIX}/include ${OUT_PREFIX}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+cp /usr/include/sqlite3*.h ${OUT_PREFIX}/include
+ln -fs $(realpath /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.so) ${OUT_PREFIX}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.so
+
 ln $LOCATION/bin/python3 $LOCATION/bin/python