--- subversion/libsvn_subr/sqlite.c
+++ subversion/libsvn_subr/sqlite.c
@@ -597,8 +597,7 @@
                               "thread-safe mode"));
 #endif
 #if SQLITE_VERSION_AT_LEAST(3,6,0)
-  SQLITE_ERR_MSG(sqlite3_config(SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD),
-                 "Could not configure SQLite");
+  sqlite3_config(SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD);
   SQLITE_ERR_MSG(sqlite3_initialize(), "Could not initialize SQLite");
 #endif