diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8b1fecee6..ea1b98b14 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@ $(SQLITE_OUT)/sqlite3.o : $(SQLITE_UNPACKED) $(SQLITE_SOURCE)/sqlite3.c $(SQLITE
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
 	cp $(SQLITE_SOURCE)/* $(SQLITE_OUT)/
 
-    # Temporary workaround for quadmath on Windows ARM64
-	perl -p -e "s/#if defined\(__GNUC__\) && defined\(_WIN64\)/#if defined(__GNUC__) && defined(_WIN64) && defined(__x86_64__)/;" \
-	    $(SQLITE_OUT)/sqlite3.c > $(SQLITE_OUT)/sqlite3.c.tmp
-	cat $(SQLITE_OUT)/sqlite3.c.tmp > $(SQLITE_OUT)/sqlite3.c
-
-
 #	perl -p -e "s/sqlite3_api;/sqlite3_api = 0;/g" $(SQLITE_SOURCE)/sqlite3ext.h > $(SQLITE_OUT)/sqlite3ext.h
 # insert a code for loading extension functions
 #	perl -p -e "s/^opendb_out:/  if(!db->mallocFailed && rc==SQLITE_OK){ rc = RegisterExtensionFunctions(db); }\nopendb_out:/;" $(SQLITE_SOURCE)/sqlite3.c > $(SQLITE_OUT)/sqlite3.c.tmp
diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index a0ae3adac..1716d1047 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Windows-x86_SQLITE_FLAGS :=
 Windows-x86_64_CC           := $(CROSS_PREFIX)gcc
 Windows-x86_64_STRIP        := $(CROSS_PREFIX)strip
 Windows-x86_64_CCFLAGS      := -D_JNI_IMPLEMENTATION_ -Ilib/inc_win -Os -msse4.2 -maes
-Windows-x86_64_LINKFLAGS    := -Wl,--kill-at -shared -static-libgcc -lquadmath
+Windows-x86_64_LINKFLAGS    := -Wl,--kill-at -shared -static-libgcc
 Windows-x86_64_LIBNAME      := sqlitejdbc.dll
 Windows-x86_64_SQLITE_FLAGS :=
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 7ccbd95c1..aff2e8914 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-version=3.44.0
-artifactVersion=3.44.0.1
-sqliteMCVersion=1.7.4
+version=3.44.1
+artifactVersion=3.44.1.0
+sqliteMCVersion=1.8.0