diff --git a/databases/rubygem-sqlite3-ruby/Makefile b/databases/rubygem-sqlite3-ruby/Makefile
index d50912e41e6e..4e3360f8d4e0 100644
--- a/databases/rubygem-sqlite3-ruby/Makefile
+++ b/databases/rubygem-sqlite3-ruby/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	sqlite3-ruby
 PORTVERSION=	1.3.3
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	databases rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
 MAINTAINER=	ruby@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Ruby interface to the SQLite DB engine version 3
 WWW=		https://github.com/sparklemotion/sqlite3-ruby
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	swig:devel/swig
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libsqlite3.so:databases/sqlite3
 RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-sqlite3>=1.3.3:databases/rubygem-sqlite3
 
+USES=		gem sqlite
+
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-sqlite3-dir=${LOCALBASE}
 NO_ARCH=	yes
-USES=		gem
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/sqlite3_ruby
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>