diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index ac01d2c..5da654a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -301,66 +301,6 @@ dnl for this macro (not LIBS=...), otherwise the check for dbopen
 dnl will fail.
 AC_CHECK_LIB(port, writev)
 
-WITH_DB_SUBDIR=
-WITH_INTERNAL_DB=0
-DBLIBSRCS="db3.c"
-libdb3=""
-libdb3a=""
-
-dnl
-dnl Detect whether internal Berkeley DB should be built.
-dnl
-withval=no
-AC_ARG_WITH(db, [  --with-db            use internal Berkeley db])
-
-if test $withval = no ; then
-dnl ------------------ without internal db
-
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([db4/db.h] [db3/db.h])
-
-dnl Check for Berkeley db3 API.
-AC_CHECK_FUNC(db_create, ,
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(db, db_create, [libdb3="-ldb"],
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([sorry rpm requires Berkeley db3/db4])
-  )
-)
-
-if test -n "$libdb3" -a -n "$libthread" ; then
-   AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether $libdb3 needs $libthread)
-   saveLIBS="$LIBS"
-   LIBS="$LIBS $libdb3"
-   AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(db_create, AC_MSG_RESULT(no),
-	[libdb3="$libdb3 $libthread"; AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)])
-   LIBS="$saveLIBS"
-fi
-
-else
-dnl ------------------ with    internal db
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DB3_DB_H, 1, [Define if you have the <db3/db.h> header file])
-  WITH_DB_SUBDIR=db3
-  WITH_INTERNAL_DB=1
-  libdb3="# \$(top_builddir)/db3/libdb.la"
-  libdb3a="\$(top_builddir)/db3/libdb.a"
-dnl  INCPATH="-I\$(top_builddir)/$(WITH_DB_SUBDIR) $INCPATH"
-fi
-
-AC_SUBST(WITH_DB_SUBDIR)
-AC_SUBST(WITH_INTERNAL_DB)
-
-DBLIBOBJS=`echo $DBLIBSRCS | sed -e "s/\.c/\.lo/g"`
-
-AC_SUBST(DBLIBSRCS)
-AC_SUBST(DBLIBOBJS)
-AC_SUBST(libdb3)
-AC_SUBST(libdb3a)
-
-for dbi in $DBLIBSRCS; do
-  case $dbi in
-  db3.c) AC_DEFINE(USE_DB3, 1, [Use the Berkeley db3 API?]) ;;
-  db1.c) AC_DEFINE(USE_DB1, 1, [Use the Berkeley db1 retrofit to db3 API?]) ;;
-  esac
-done
-
 dnl AmigaOS and IXEmul have a fork() dummy
   case "$target" in
     m68k-*-amigaos ) 
diff --git a/rpmdb/Makefile.am b/rpmdb/Makefile.am
index 1f13318..9d6de64 100644
--- a/rpmdb/Makefile.am
+++ b/rpmdb/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I. \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/rpmio \
 	@INCPATH@
 
-LIBDB = @libdb3@
+LIBDB = -ldb
 LIBELF = @WITH_LIBELF_LIB@
 LIBPOPT = @LIBPOPT@
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = librpmdb.la
 librpmdb_la_SOURCES = db3.c \
 	dbconfig.c hdrNVR.c header.c fprint.c legacy.c merge.c poptDB.c \
 	rpmhash.c rpmdb.c rpmvercmp.c tagname.c tagtbl.c
-librpmdb_la_LDFLAGS = -release @VERSION@ @libdb3@
+librpmdb_la_LDFLAGS = -release @VERSION@
 librpmdb_la_LIBADD = $(LIBDB) $(LIBELF) $(LIBPOPT) $(top_builddir)/rpmio/librpmio.la
 librpmdb_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/rpmio/librpmio.la
 
diff --git a/rpmdb/db3.c b/rpmdb/db3.c
index f70413e..bc9c009 100644
--- a/rpmdb/db3.c
+++ b/rpmdb/db3.c
@@ -23,11 +23,7 @@ typedef	int int32_t;
 /*@=redef@*/
 #endif
 
-#if defined(HAVE_DB4_DB_H)
-#include <db4/db.h>
-#elif defined(HAVE_DB3_DB_H)
-#include <db3/db.h>
-#endif
+#include <db.h>
 
 #include "rpmlib.h"
 #include "rpmmacro.h"
diff --git a/rpmdb/dbconfig.c b/rpmdb/dbconfig.c
index de6354a..9fa29d6 100644
--- a/rpmdb/dbconfig.c
+++ b/rpmdb/dbconfig.c
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@ typedef	int int32_t;
 /*@=redef@*/
 #endif
 
-#if defined(HAVE_DB4_DB_H)
-#include <db4/db.h>
-#elif defined(HAVE_DB3_DB_H)
-#include <db3/db.h>
-#endif
+#include <db.h>
 
 #include "rpmlib.h"
 #include "rpmmacro.h"
@@ -35,9 +31,6 @@ typedef	int int32_t;
 /*@access dbiIndex@*/
 /*@access dbiIndexSet@*/
 
-#if (DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 3) || (DB_VERSION_MAJOR == 4)
-#define	__USE_DB3	1
-
 /*@-exportlocal -exportheadervar@*/
 /*@unchecked@*/
 struct _dbiIndex db3dbi;
@@ -573,5 +566,3 @@ const char * prDbiOpenFlags(int dbflags, int print_dbenv_flags)
     }
     return buf;
 }
-
-#endif
diff --git a/rpmdb/rpmdb.c b/rpmdb/rpmdb.c
index df3c5d8..cdb2ff3 100644
--- a/rpmdb/rpmdb.c
+++ b/rpmdb/rpmdb.c
@@ -176,13 +176,9 @@ static void dbiTagsInit(void)
 #define	DB1vec		NULL
 #define	DB2vec		NULL
 
-#if USE_DB3
 /*@unchecked@*/
 extern struct _dbiVec db3vec;
 #define	DB3vec		&db3vec
-#else
-#define	DB3vec		NULL
-#endif
 /*@=redecl@*/
 
 /*@-nullassign@*/