diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/module.c b/Modules/_sqlite/module.c
index d5c353ea7bee837..dc19dd335726ac8 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/module.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/module.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(module_complete_doc,
 \n\
 Checks if a string contains a complete SQL statement. Non-standard.");
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SHARED_CACHE
+#if defined(HAVE_SHARED_CACHE) && !defined(__APPLE__)
 static PyObject* module_enable_shared_cache(PyObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject*
         kwargs)
 {