diff --git a/builds/runtimes/python2 b/builds/runtimes/python2
index 5794991..b309254 100644
--- a/builds/runtimes/python2
+++ b/builds/runtimes/python2
@@ -12,14 +12,7 @@ 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 "Building ${python_version}..."
 echo "Pulling from source: ${dep_url}"
 
 curl -L "${dep_url}" | tar xz -C "${OUT_PREFIX}"
@@ -33,3 +26,8 @@ make install
 # Remove unneeded test directories, similar to the official Docker Python images:
 # https://github.com/docker-library/python
 find "${OUT_PREFIX}" \( -type d -a \( -name test -o -name tests \) \) -exec rm -rf '{}' +
+
+# 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