2 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dcd474b..195f49c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ If you need to define custom [compile-time options](https://www.sqlite.org/compi
 Now it's just a matter of linking your `build.zig` target(s) to this library instead of the system one:
 
 ```zig
-exe.linkLibC();
 exe.linkLibrary(sqlite);
 exe.addPackagePath("sqlite", "third_party/zig-sqlite/sqlite.zig");
 exe.addIncludeDir("third_party/zig-sqlite/c");
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 95d821e..a8da358 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ const builtin = @import("builtin");
 var sqlite3: ?*std.build.LibExeObjStep = null;
 
 fn linkSqlite(b: *std.build.LibExeObjStep) void {
-    b.linkLibC();
-
     if (sqlite3) |lib| {
         b.linkLibrary(lib);
     } else {
+        b.linkLibC();
         b.linkSystemLibrary("sqlite3");
     }
 }