diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4442d0e7..1e6101bf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,11 +6,19 @@ authors = [
   "Jordan Santell <jsantell@mozilla.com>",
   "Joe Walker <jwalker@mozilla.com>",
   "Emily Toop <etoop@mozilla.com>",
+  "Grisha Kruglov <grigory@kruglov.ca>",
+  "Kit Cambridge <kit@yakshaving.ninja>",
+  "Edouard Oger <eoger@fastmail.com>",
+  "Thom Chiovoloni <tchiovoloni@mozilla.com>",
 ]
 name = "mentat"
-version = "0.6.0"
+version = "0.6.1"
 build = "build/version.rs"
 
+[features]
+default = ["bundled_sqlite3"]
+bundled_sqlite3 = ["rusqlite/bundled"]
+
 [workspace]
 members = ["tools/cli"]
 
@@ -26,7 +34,7 @@ time = "0.1"
 [dependencies.rusqlite]
 version = "0.12"
 # System sqlite might be very old.
-features = ["bundled", "limits"]
+features = ["limits"]
 
 [dependencies.edn]
 path = "edn"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e2592e8..1cbbec1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -145,3 +145,14 @@ Project Mentat is currently licensed under the Apache License v2.0. See the `LIC
 Mentat uses partial indices, which are available in SQLite 3.8.0 and higher.
 
 It also uses FTS4, which is [a compile time option](http://www.sqlite.org/fts3.html#section_2).
+
+By default, Mentat specifies the `"bundled"` feature for `rusqlite`, which uses a relatively recent
+version of SQLite. If you want to link against the system version of SQLite, omit `"bundled_sqlite3"`
+from Mentat's features.
+
+```toml
+[dependencies.mentat]
+version = "0.6"
+# System sqlite is known to be new.
+default-features = false
+```
diff --git a/db/Cargo.toml b/db/Cargo.toml
index b8512fb7..7ab6b5aa 100644
--- a/db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/db/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ time = "0.1"
 
 [dependencies.rusqlite]
 version = "0.12"
-# System sqlite might be very old.
-features = ["bundled", "limits"]
+features = ["limits"]
 
 [dependencies.edn]
 path = "../edn"
diff --git a/query-projector/Cargo.toml b/query-projector/Cargo.toml
index 416e33b7..ada8dea0 100644
--- a/query-projector/Cargo.toml
+++ b/query-projector/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ error-chain = { git = "https://github.com/rnewman/error-chain", branch = "rnewma
 
 [dependencies.rusqlite]
 version = "0.12"
-# System sqlite might be very old.
-features = ["bundled", "limits"]
+features = ["limits"]
 
 [dependencies.mentat_core]
 path = "../core"
diff --git a/sql/Cargo.toml b/sql/Cargo.toml
index 05a988c8..082bf49a 100644
--- a/sql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sql/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ ordered-float = "0.5"
 
 [dependencies.rusqlite]
 version = "0.12"
-# System sqlite might be very old.
-features = ["bundled", "limits"]
+features = ["limits"]
 
 [dependencies.mentat_core]
 path = "../core"
diff --git a/tolstoy/Cargo.toml b/tolstoy/Cargo.toml
index 4f8928e5..2d0bbb3f 100644
--- a/tolstoy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tolstoy/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ path = "../db"
 
 [dependencies.rusqlite]
 version = "0.12"
-# System sqlite might be very old.
-features = ["bundled", "limits"]
+features = ["limits"]
diff --git a/tools/cli/Cargo.toml b/tools/cli/Cargo.toml
index 7bfe5168..b5512d90 100644
--- a/tools/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tools/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ error-chain = { git = "https://github.com/rnewman/error-chain", branch = "rnewma
 
 [dependencies.rusqlite]
 version = "0.12"
-# System sqlite might be very old.
-features = ["bundled", "limits"]
+features = ["limits"]
 
 [dependencies.mentat]
 path = "../.."