diff --git a/docker/main/requirements-wheels.txt b/docker/main/requirements-wheels.txt
index 4db0a935a..5db2e8886 100644
--- a/docker/main/requirements-wheels.txt
+++ b/docker/main/requirements-wheels.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ unidecode == 1.3.*
 # OpenVino (ONNX installed in wheels-post)
 openvino == 2024.3.*
 # Embeddings
-sqlite_vec == 0.1.3
 transformers == 4.45.*
 onnx_clip == 4.0.*
 # Generative AI
diff --git a/frigate/db/sqlitevecq.py b/frigate/db/sqlitevecq.py
index 26d7e921c..8f5b3dae7 100644
--- a/frigate/db/sqlitevecq.py
+++ b/frigate/db/sqlitevecq.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import sqlite3
 
-import sqlite_vec
 from playhouse.sqliteq import SqliteQueueDatabase
 
 
@@ -9,6 +8,9 @@ class SqliteVecQueueDatabase(SqliteQueueDatabase):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.load_vec_extension: bool = load_vec_extension
 
+        # no extension necessary, sqlite will load correctly for each platform
+        self.sqlite_vec_path = "/usr/local/lib/vec0"
+
     def _connect(self, *args, **kwargs) -> sqlite3.Connection:
         conn: sqlite3.Connection = super()._connect(*args, **kwargs)
         if self.load_vec_extension:
@@ -17,5 +19,5 @@ class SqliteVecQueueDatabase(SqliteQueueDatabase):
 
     def _load_vec_extension(self, conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
         conn.enable_load_extension(True)
-        sqlite_vec.load(conn)
+        conn.load_extension(self.sqlite_vec_path)
         conn.enable_load_extension(False)