diff --git a/cmake/find_scripts/FindSQLite.cmake b/cmake/find_scripts/FindSQLite.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 19da96bf203..00000000000
--- a/cmake/find_scripts/FindSQLite.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-find_path(SQLITE_INCLUDE_DIR sqlite3.h)
-find_library(SQLITE_LIBRARY NAMES sqlite3)
-
-mark_as_advanced(SQLITE_LIBRARY)
-mark_as_advanced(SQLITE_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(SQLite REQUIRED_VARS SQLITE_LIBRARY
-                                                       SQLITE_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/CheckDependentLibraries.cmake b/cmake/modules/CheckDependentLibraries.cmake
index b45b2b751ee..af9dfafc31d 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/CheckDependentLibraries.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/CheckDependentLibraries.cmake
@@ -106,14 +106,7 @@ endif()
 # Data storage options
 
 if(WITH_SQLITE)
-  find_package(SQLite REQUIRED)
-  if(SQLITE_FOUND)
-    add_library(SQLITE INTERFACE IMPORTED GLOBAL)
-    set_property(TARGET SQLITE PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
-                                        ${SQLITE_LIBRARY})
-    set_property(TARGET SQLITE PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
-                                        ${SQLITE_INCLUDE_DIR})
-  endif()
+  find_package(SQLite3 REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_POSTGRES)
@@ -328,7 +321,8 @@ check_target(ZLIB::ZLIB HAVE_ZLIB_H)
 check_target(Iconv::Iconv HAVE_ICONV_H)
 check_target(PNG::PNG HAVE_PNG_H)
 check_target(LIBJPEG HAVE_JPEGLIB_H)
-check_target(SQLITE HAVE_SQLITE)
+check_target(SQLite::SQLite3 HAVE_SQLITE)
+check_target(SQLite::SQLite3 HAVE_SQLITE3_H)
 check_target(PostgreSQL::PostgreSQL HAVE_POSTGRES)
 check_target(PostgreSQL::PostgreSQL HAVE_LIBPQ_FE_H)
 check_target(MYSQL HAVE_MYSQL_H)
diff --git a/db/drivers/CMakeLists.txt b/db/drivers/CMakeLists.txt
index dc816bc412d..66b449d7fb8 100644
--- a/db/drivers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/db/drivers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ build_program_in_subdir(
   DEFS
   "${grass_dbstubs_DEFS}"
   PRIMARY_DEPENDS
-  SQLITE
+  SQLite::SQLite3
   HTML_FILE_NAME
   grass-sqlite
   RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIR
   "${GRASS_INSTALL_DRIVERDIR}/db")
 
-if(TARGET SQLITE)
+if(TARGET SQLite::SQLite3)
   list(APPEND db_drivers sqlite)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/general/CMakeLists.txt b/general/CMakeLists.txt
index f143daf6aa3..6bd0859ce9b 100644
--- a/general/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/general/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ build_program_in_subdir(
   GDAL::GDAL
   GEOS::geos_c
   PROJ
-  SQLITE
+  SQLite::SQLite3
   DEFS
   "-DGRASS_VERSION_NUMBER=\"${GRASS_VERSION_NUMBER}\""
   "-DGRASS_VERSION_GIT=\"${GRASS_VERSION_GIT}\""
diff --git a/include/config.h.cmake.in b/include/config.h.cmake.in
index 2ea368ed813..8ac75a562c3 100644
--- a/include/config.h.cmake.in
+++ b/include/config.h.cmake.in
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SQLITE3_H ${HAVE_SQLITE3_H}
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sql.h> header file. */
-#cmakedefine HAVE_SQL_H ${HAVE_SQLITE3_H}
+#cmakedefine HAVE_SQL_H ${HAVE_SQL_H}
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_STDINT_H ${HAVE_STDINT_H}