diff --git a/bin/steps/sqlite3 b/bin/steps/sqlite3
index 8ecdecb..6216177 100755
--- a/bin/steps/sqlite3
+++ b/bin/steps/sqlite3
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # shellcheck source=bin/utils
 source "$BIN_DIR/utils"
 
-sqlite3_version()
-
 sqlite3_install() {
   HEROKU_PYTHON_DIR="$1"
   HEADERS_ONLY="$3"
@@ -66,16 +64,13 @@ buildpack_sqlite3_install() {
     INSTALLED_SQLITE3_VERSION=$(cat "$SQLITE3_VERSION_FILE")
   fi
 
-  # python version check
-  if python_sqlite3_check "$PYTHON_VERSION"; then
-    puts-step "Installing SQLite3"
+  puts-step "Installing SQLite3"
 
-    if sqlite3_install "$BUILD_DIR/.heroku/python" ; then
-      echo "Sqlite3 successfully installed."
-      mcount "success.python.sqlite3"
-    else
-      echo "Sqlite3 failed to install."
-      mcount "failure.python.sqlite3"
-    fi
+  if sqlite3_install "$BUILD_DIR/.heroku/python" ; then
+    echo "Sqlite3 successfully installed."
+    mcount "success.python.sqlite3"
+  else
+    echo "Sqlite3 failed to install."
+    mcount "failure.python.sqlite3"
   fi
 }