diff -uNr rpm-4.16.0.ORIG/configure.ac rpm-4.16.0/configure.ac
--- rpm-4.16.0.ORIG/configure.ac	2020-10-01 11:02:21.605485875 +0100
+++ rpm-4.16.0/configure.ac	2020-10-01 11:05:34.077157904 +0100
@@ -552,9 +552,6 @@
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([BDB], [test "x$have_bdb" != "xno"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_INTERNAL_DB],[test "x$have_bdb" = "xinternal"])
-if test "x$have_bdb" = "xinternal"; then
-    AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(db3)
-fi
 
 
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