diff -urN rpm-4.11.0.1.old/configure.ac rpm-4.11.0.1/configure.ac
--- rpm-4.11.0.1.old/configure.ac	2013-03-26 18:38:35.137667450 +0100
+++ rpm-4.11.0.1/configure.ac	2013-03-26 18:44:08.632673258 +0100
@@ -824,10 +810,6 @@
 
 AC_SUBST(OBJDUMP)
 
-if test "$with_external_db" = no; then
-    AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(db3)
-fi
-
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_INTERNAL_DB],[test "$with_external_db" = no])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([DOXYGEN],[test "$DOXYGEN" != no])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HACKINGDOCS],[test "$with_hackingdocs" = yes])