--- a/lib_pypy/_sqlite3_build.py
+++ b/lib_pypy/_sqlite3_build.py
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
 
 def _has_load_extension():
     """Only available since 3.3.6"""
+    return True
     unverified_ffi = _FFI()
     unverified_ffi.cdef("""
     typedef ... sqlite3;
