diff --git a/include/geopackage/NGen_SQLite.hpp b/include/geopackage/NGen_SQLite.hpp
index 1bc0b53038..191522eef5 100644
--- a/include/geopackage/NGen_SQLite.hpp
+++ b/include/geopackage/NGen_SQLite.hpp
@@ -170,8 +170,9 @@ class sqlite
      */
     sqlite(const std::string& path);
 
-    sqlite(sqlite& db);
-    sqlite& operator=(sqlite& db);
+    sqlite(sqlite& db) = delete;
+  
+    sqlite& operator=(sqlite& db) = delete;
 
     /**
      * Take ownership of a sqlite3 database
diff --git a/src/geopackage/sqlite/database.cpp b/src/geopackage/sqlite/database.cpp
index 7145f35642..4fdb0f6cd1 100644
--- a/src/geopackage/sqlite/database.cpp
+++ b/src/geopackage/sqlite/database.cpp
@@ -36,19 +36,6 @@ sqlite::sqlite(const std::string& path)
     this->conn = sqlite_t(conn);
 }
 
-sqlite::sqlite(sqlite& db)
-{
-    this->conn = std::move(db.conn);
-    this->stmt = db.stmt;
-}
-
-sqlite& sqlite::operator=(sqlite& db)
-{
-    this->conn = std::move(db.conn);
-    this->stmt = db.stmt;
-    return *this;
-}
-
 sqlite::sqlite(sqlite&& db)
 {
     this->conn = std::move(db.conn);