diff --git a/gnu/packages/sqlite.scm b/gnu/packages/sqlite.scm
index 195146aca2..445c1606cf 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sqlite.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sqlite.scm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Ben Woodcroft <donttrustben@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 David Craven <david@craven.ch>
-;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2017 Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
@@ -102,3 +102,8 @@ (define-public sqlite
 widely deployed SQL database engine in the world.  The source code for SQLite
 is in the public domain.")
    (license license:public-domain)))
+
+;; Column metadata support was added to the regular 'sqlite' package with
+;; commit fad5b1a6d8d9c36bea5785ae4fbc1beb37e644d7.
+(define-public sqlite-with-column-metadata
+  (deprecated-package "sqlite-with-column-metadata" sqlite))