diff --git a/docker/main/Dockerfile b/docker/main/Dockerfile
index 42009e7c86..c1d44c2a96 100644
--- a/docker/main/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/main/Dockerfile
@@ -183,10 +183,6 @@ COPY docker/main/requirements-dev.txt /requirements-dev.txt
 
 RUN pip3 install -r /requirements.txt
 
-# Build pysqlite3 from source
-COPY docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh /build_pysqlite3.sh
-RUN /build_pysqlite3.sh
-
 COPY docker/main/requirements-wheels.txt /requirements-wheels.txt
 RUN pip3 wheel --wheel-dir=/wheels -r /requirements-wheels.txt && \
     if [ "$DEBUG" = "true" ]; then \
diff --git a/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh b/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 14d0cde44c..0000000000
--- a/docker/main/build_pysqlite3.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euxo pipefail
-
-SQLITE3_VERSION="3.46.1"
-PYSQLITE3_VERSION="0.5.3"
-
-# Install libsqlite3-dev if not present (needed for some base images like NVIDIA TensorRT)
-if ! dpkg -l | grep -q libsqlite3-dev; then
-  echo "Installing libsqlite3-dev for compilation..."
-  apt-get update && apt-get install -y libsqlite3-dev && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-fi
-
-# Fetch the pre-built sqlite amalgamation instead of building from source
-if [[ ! -d "sqlite" ]]; then
-  mkdir sqlite
-  cd sqlite
-
-  # Download the pre-built amalgamation from sqlite.org
-  # For SQLite 3.46.1, the amalgamation version is 3460100
-  SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_VERSION="3460100"
-
-  wget https://www.sqlite.org/2024/sqlite-amalgamation-${SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_VERSION}.zip -O sqlite-amalgamation.zip
-  unzip sqlite-amalgamation.zip
-  mv sqlite-amalgamation-${SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_VERSION}/* .
-  rmdir sqlite-amalgamation-${SQLITE_AMALGAMATION_VERSION}
-  rm sqlite-amalgamation.zip
-
-  cd ../
-fi
-
-# Grab the pysqlite3 source code.
-if [[ ! -d "./pysqlite3" ]]; then
-  git clone https://github.com/coleifer/pysqlite3.git
-fi
-
-cd pysqlite3/
-git checkout ${PYSQLITE3_VERSION}
-
-# Copy the sqlite3 source amalgamation into the pysqlite3 directory so we can
-# create a self-contained extension module.
-cp "../sqlite/sqlite3.c" ./
-cp "../sqlite/sqlite3.h" ./
-
-# Create the wheel and put it in the /wheels dir.
-sed -i "s|name='pysqlite3-binary'|name=PACKAGE_NAME|g" setup.py
-python3 setup.py build_static
-pip3 wheel . -w /wheels
diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index f0c0b7f9b4..ec78d202eb 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ class FrigateApp:
                 "auto_vacuum": "FULL",  # Does not defragment database
                 "cache_size": -512 * 1000,  # 512MB of cache,
                 "synchronous": "NORMAL",  # Safe when using WAL https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_synchronous
+                "temp_store": "MEMORY",  # Keep temp tables and indices in memory
             },
             timeout=max(
                 60,