diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.md b/docs/topics/settings.md
index a8f7b422..f24adecb 100644
--- a/docs/topics/settings.md
+++ b/docs/topics/settings.md
@@ -168,14 +168,6 @@ When your script terminates all entries will be cleared from Wincache,
 regardless of the cacheTime value, so it cannot be used for persistent
 storage using this mechanism.
 
-### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\CachedObjectStorageFactory::CACHE\_TO\_SQLITE
-
-Uses an SQLite 2 "in-memory" database for caching cell data. Unlike
-other caching methods, neither cells nor an index are held in PHP memory
-- an indexed database table makes it unnecessary to hold any index in
-PHP memory, which makes this the most memory-efficient of the cell
-caching methods.
-
 ### \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\CachedObjectStorageFactory::CACHE\_TO\_SQLITE3;
 
 Uses an SQLite 3 "in-memory" database for caching cell data. Unlike
diff --git a/samples/06_Largescale_with_cellcaching_sqlite.php b/samples/06_Largescale_with_cellcaching_sqlite.php
deleted file mode 100644
index c80505cf..00000000
--- a/samples/06_Largescale_with_cellcaching_sqlite.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-require __DIR__ . '/Header.php';
-
-$cacheMethod = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\CachedObjectStorageFactory::CACHE_TO_SQLITE;
-if (\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Settings::setCacheStorageMethod($cacheMethod)) {
-    $helper->log('Enable Cell Caching using ' . $cacheMethod . ' method');
-} else {
-    $helper->log('ERROR: Unable to set Cell Caching using ' . $cacheMethod . ' method, reverting to memory');
-}
-
-$spreadsheet = require __DIR__ . '/templates/largeSpreadsheet.php';
-
-// Save
-$helper->write($spreadsheet, __FILE__);
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/CachedObjectStorage/SQLite.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/CachedObjectStorage/SQLite.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2139b950..00000000
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/CachedObjectStorage/SQLite.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,320 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\CachedObjectStorage;
-
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2006 - 2016 PhpSpreadsheet.
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
- *
- * @category   PhpSpreadsheet
- *
- * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2006 - 2016 PhpSpreadsheet (https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet)
- * @license    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt    LGPL
- */
-class SQLite extends CacheBase implements ICache
-{
-    /**
-     * Database table name.
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    private $TableName = null;
-
-    /**
-     * Database handle.
-     *
-     * @var resource
-     */
-    private $DBHandle = null;
-
-    /**
-     * Store cell data in cache for the current cell object if it's "dirty",
-     * and the 'nullify' the current cell object.
-     *
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception
-     */
-    protected function storeData()
-    {
-        if ($this->currentCellIsDirty && !empty($this->currentObjectID)) {
-            $this->currentObject->detach();
-
-            if (!$this->DBHandle->queryExec('INSERT OR REPLACE INTO kvp_' . $this->TableName . " VALUES('" . $this->currentObjectID . "','" . sqlite_escape_string(serialize($this->currentObject)) . "')")) {
-                throw new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception(sqlite_error_string($this->DBHandle->lastError()));
-            }
-            $this->currentCellIsDirty = false;
-        }
-        $this->currentObjectID = $this->currentObject = null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Add or Update a cell in cache identified by coordinate address.
-     *
-     * @param string $pCoord Coordinate address of the cell to update
-     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell $cell Cell to update
-     *
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception
-     *
-     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell
-     */
-    public function addCacheData($pCoord, \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell $cell)
-    {
-        if (($pCoord !== $this->currentObjectID) && ($this->currentObjectID !== null)) {
-            $this->storeData();
-        }
-
-        $this->currentObjectID = $pCoord;
-        $this->currentObject = $cell;
-        $this->currentCellIsDirty = true;
-
-        return $cell;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get cell at a specific coordinate.
-     *
-     * @param string $pCoord Coordinate of the cell
-     *
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception
-     *
-     * @return \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Cell Cell that was found, or null if not found
-     */
-    public function getCacheData($pCoord)
-    {
-        if ($pCoord === $this->currentObjectID) {
-            return $this->currentObject;
-        }
-        $this->storeData();
-
-        $query = 'SELECT value FROM kvp_' . $this->TableName . " WHERE id='" . $pCoord . "'";
-        $cellResultSet = $this->DBHandle->query($query, SQLITE_ASSOC);
-        if ($cellResultSet === false) {
-            throw new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception(sqlite_error_string($this->DBHandle->lastError()));
-        } elseif ($cellResultSet->numRows() == 0) {
-            //    Return null if requested entry doesn't exist in cache
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        //    Set current entry to the requested entry
-        $this->currentObjectID = $pCoord;
-
-        $cellResult = $cellResultSet->fetchSingle();
-        $this->currentObject = unserialize($cellResult);
-        //    Re-attach this as the cell's parent
-        $this->currentObject->attach($this);
-
-        //    Return requested entry
-        return $this->currentObject;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Is a value set for an indexed cell?
-     *
-     * @param string $pCoord Coordinate address of the cell to check
-     *
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception
-     *
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function isDataSet($pCoord)
-    {
-        if ($pCoord === $this->currentObjectID) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        //    Check if the requested entry exists in the cache
-        $query = 'SELECT id FROM kvp_' . $this->TableName . " WHERE id='" . $pCoord . "'";
-        $cellResultSet = $this->DBHandle->query($query, SQLITE_ASSOC);
-        if ($cellResultSet === false) {
-            throw new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception(sqlite_error_string($this->DBHandle->lastError()));
-        } elseif ($cellResultSet->numRows() == 0) {
-            //    Return null if requested entry doesn't exist in cache
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Delete a cell in cache identified by coordinate address.
-     *
-     * @param string $pCoord Coordinate address of the cell to delete
-     *
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception
-     */
-    public function deleteCacheData($pCoord)
-    {
-        if ($pCoord === $this->currentObjectID) {
-            $this->currentObject->detach();
-            $this->currentObjectID = $this->currentObject = null;
-        }
-
-        //    Check if the requested entry exists in the cache
-        $query = 'DELETE FROM kvp_' . $this->TableName . " WHERE id='" . $pCoord . "'";
-        if (!$this->DBHandle->queryExec($query)) {
-            throw new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception(sqlite_error_string($this->DBHandle->lastError()));
-        }
-
-        $this->currentCellIsDirty = false;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Move a cell object from one address to another.
-     *
-     * @param string $fromAddress Current address of the cell to move
-     * @param string $toAddress Destination address of the cell to move
-     *
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception
-     *
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function moveCell($fromAddress, $toAddress)
-    {
-        if ($fromAddress === $this->currentObjectID) {
-            $this->currentObjectID = $toAddress;
-        }
-
-        $query = 'DELETE FROM kvp_' . $this->TableName . " WHERE id='" . $toAddress . "'";
-        $result = $this->DBHandle->exec($query);
-        if ($result === false) {
-            throw new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception($this->DBHandle->lastErrorMsg());
-        }
-
-        $query = 'UPDATE kvp_' . $this->TableName . " SET id='" . $toAddress . "' WHERE id='" . $fromAddress . "'";
-        $result = $this->DBHandle->exec($query);
-        if ($result === false) {
-            throw new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception($this->DBHandle->lastErrorMsg());
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get a list of all cell addresses currently held in cache.
-     *
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception
-     *
-     * @return string[]
-     */
-    public function getCellList()
-    {
-        if ($this->currentObjectID !== null) {
-            $this->storeData();
-        }
-
-        $query = 'SELECT id FROM kvp_' . $this->TableName;
-        $cellIdsResult = $this->DBHandle->unbufferedQuery($query, SQLITE_ASSOC);
-        if ($cellIdsResult === false) {
-            throw new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception(sqlite_error_string($this->DBHandle->lastError()));
-        }
-
-        $cellKeys = [];
-        foreach ($cellIdsResult as $row) {
-            $cellKeys[] = $row['id'];
-        }
-
-        return $cellKeys;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Clone the cell collection.
-     *
-     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet $parent The new worksheet that we're copying to
-     *
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception
-     */
-    public function copyCellCollection(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet $parent)
-    {
-        $this->currentCellIsDirty;
-        $this->storeData();
-
-        //    Get a new id for the new table name
-        $tableName = str_replace('.', '_', $this->getUniqueID());
-        if (!$this->DBHandle->queryExec('CREATE TABLE kvp_' . $tableName . ' (id VARCHAR(12) PRIMARY KEY, value BLOB)
-            AS SELECT * FROM kvp_' . $this->TableName)
-        ) {
-            throw new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception(sqlite_error_string($this->DBHandle->lastError()));
-        }
-
-        //    Copy the existing cell cache file
-        $this->TableName = $tableName;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Clear the cell collection and disconnect from our parent.
-     */
-    public function unsetWorksheetCells()
-    {
-        if (!is_null($this->currentObject)) {
-            $this->currentObject->detach();
-            $this->currentObject = $this->currentObjectID = null;
-        }
-        //    detach ourself from the worksheet, so that it can then delete this object successfully
-        $this->parent = null;
-
-        //    Close down the temporary cache file
-        $this->__destruct();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Initialise this new cell collection.
-     *
-     * @param \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet $parent The worksheet for this cell collection
-     *
-     * @throws \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception
-     */
-    public function __construct(\PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet $parent)
-    {
-        parent::__construct($parent);
-        if (is_null($this->DBHandle)) {
-            $this->TableName = str_replace('.', '_', $this->getUniqueID());
-            $_DBName = ':memory:';
-
-            $this->DBHandle = new SQLiteDatabase($_DBName);
-            if ($this->DBHandle === false) {
-                throw new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception(sqlite_error_string($this->DBHandle->lastError()));
-            }
-            if (!$this->DBHandle->queryExec('CREATE TABLE kvp_' . $this->TableName . ' (id VARCHAR(12) PRIMARY KEY, value BLOB)')) {
-                throw new \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Exception(sqlite_error_string($this->DBHandle->lastError()));
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Destroy this cell collection.
-     */
-    public function __destruct()
-    {
-        if (!is_null($this->DBHandle)) {
-            $this->DBHandle->queryExec('DROP TABLE kvp_' . $this->TableName);
-        }
-        $this->DBHandle = null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Identify whether the caching method is currently available
-     * Some methods are dependent on the availability of certain extensions being enabled in the PHP build.
-     *
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public static function cacheMethodIsAvailable()
-    {
-        if (!function_exists('sqlite_open')) {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/CachedObjectStorageFactory.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/CachedObjectStorageFactory.php
index e8af0bec..6b81eaf5 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/CachedObjectStorageFactory.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/CachedObjectStorageFactory.php
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ class CachedObjectStorageFactory
     const CACHE_TO_MEMCACHE = 'Memcache';
     const CACHE_TO_PHPTEMP = 'PHPTemp';
     const CACHE_TO_WINCACHE = 'Wincache';
-    const CACHE_TO_SQLITE = 'SQLite';
     const CACHE_TO_SQLITE3 = 'SQLite3';
 
     /**
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ class CachedObjectStorageFactory
         self::CACHE_TO_APC,
         self::CACHE_TO_MEMCACHE,
         self::CACHE_TO_WINCACHE,
-        self::CACHE_TO_SQLITE,
         self::CACHE_TO_SQLITE3,
     ];
 
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@ class CachedObjectStorageFactory
         self::CACHE_TO_WINCACHE => [
             'cacheTime' => 600,
         ],
-        self::CACHE_TO_SQLITE => [],
         self::CACHE_TO_SQLITE3 => [],
     ];
 
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Helper/Migrator.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Helper/Migrator.php
index 6615c25d..a00dbb52 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Helper/Migrator.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Helper/Migrator.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class Migrator
             'PHPExcel_CachedObjectStorage_MemoryGZip' => '\\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\CachedObjectStorage\\MemoryGZip',
             'PHPExcel_CachedObjectStorage_MemorySerialized' => '\\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\CachedObjectStorage\\MemorySerialized',
             'PHPExcel_CachedObjectStorage_PHPTemp' => '\\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\CachedObjectStorage\\PHPTemp',
-            'PHPExcel_CachedObjectStorage_SQLite' => '\\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\CachedObjectStorage\\SQLite',
+            'PHPExcel_CachedObjectStorage_SQLite' => '\\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\CachedObjectStorage\\SQLite3',
             'PHPExcel_CachedObjectStorage_SQLite3' => '\\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\CachedObjectStorage\\SQLite3',
             'PHPExcel_CachedObjectStorage_Wincache' => '\\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\CachedObjectStorage\\Wincache',
             'PHPExcel_CalcEngine_CyclicReferenceStack' => '\\PhpOffice\\PhpSpreadsheet\\CalcEngine\\CyclicReferenceStack',
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/SampleTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/SampleTest.php
index d30c5a26..0a4a4337 100644
--- a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/SampleTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/SampleTest.php
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class SampleTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             $tooLongToBeCovered = [
                 '06 Largescale',
                 '06 Largescale with cellcaching',
-                '06 Largescale with cellcaching sqlite',
                 '06 Largescale with cellcaching sqlite3',
                 '13 CalculationCyclicFormulae',
             ];