diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
index c1773b890..ec0bd7079 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 
 #include "Application.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 #include "leveldb/cache.h"
 #include "leveldb/filter_policy.h"
-#endif
 
 #include "AcceptedLedger.h"
 #include "Config.h"
@@ -56,10 +54,7 @@ Application::Application() :
 	mFeatureTable(2 * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60, 200), // two weeks, 200/256
 
 	mRpcDB(NULL), mTxnDB(NULL), mLedgerDB(NULL), mWalletDB(NULL),
-	mNetNodeDB(NULL), mPathFindDB(NULL), mHashNodeDB(NULL),
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
-	mHashNodeLDB(NULL),
-#endif
+	mNetNodeDB(NULL), mPathFindDB(NULL), mHashNodeDB(NULL), mHashNodeLDB(NULL),
 	mConnectionPool(mIOService), mPeerDoor(NULL), mRPCDoor(NULL), mWSPublicDoor(NULL), mWSPrivateDoor(NULL),
 	mSweepTimer(mAuxService), mShutdown(false)
 {
@@ -84,10 +79,8 @@ void Application::stop()
 	mAuxService.stop();
 	mJobQueue.shutdown();
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 	delete mHashNodeLDB;
 	mHashNodeLDB = NULL;
-#endif
 
 	WriteLog (lsINFO, Application) << "Stopped: " << mIOService.stopped();
 	Instance::shutdown();
@@ -164,7 +157,6 @@ void Application::setup()
 	boost::thread t7(boost::bind(&InitDB, &mPathFindDB, "pathfind.db", PathFindDBInit, PathFindDBCount));
 	t4.join(); t6.join(); t7.join();
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 	if (mHashedObjectStore.isLevelDB())
 	{
 		WriteLog (lsINFO, Application) << "LevelDB used for nodes";
@@ -186,7 +178,6 @@ void Application::setup()
 		}
 	}
 	else
-#endif
 	{
 		WriteLog (lsINFO, Application) << "SQLite used for nodes";
 		boost::thread t5(boost::bind(&InitDB, &mHashNodeDB, "hashnode.db", HashNodeDBInit, HashNodeDBCount));
@@ -246,9 +237,7 @@ void Application::setup()
 
 	mLedgerMaster.setMinValidations(theConfig.VALIDATION_QUORUM);
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 	if (!mHashedObjectStore.isLevelDB())
-#endif
 		theApp->getHashNodeDB()->getDB()->executeSQL(boost::str(boost::format("PRAGMA cache_size=-%d;") %
 			(theConfig.getSize(siHashNodeDBCache) * 1024)));
 
@@ -414,9 +403,7 @@ Application::~Application()
 	delete mHashNodeDB;
 	delete mNetNodeDB;
 	delete mPathFindDB;
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 	delete mHashNodeLDB;
-#endif
 }
 
 void Application::startNewLedger()
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.h b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.h
index a4b76e43a..4d992de59 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/Application.h
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/Application.h
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __APPLICATION__
 #define __APPLICATION__
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 #include "leveldb/db.h"
-#endif
 
 #include <boost/asio.hpp>
 
@@ -83,9 +81,7 @@ class Application
 
 	DatabaseCon				*mRpcDB, *mTxnDB, *mLedgerDB, *mWalletDB, *mNetNodeDB, *mPathFindDB, *mHashNodeDB;
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 	leveldb::DB				*mHashNodeLDB;
-#endif
 
 	ConnectionPool			mConnectionPool;
 	PeerDoor*				mPeerDoor;
@@ -156,9 +152,7 @@ public:
 	DatabaseCon* getPathFindDB()	{ return mPathFindDB; }
 	DatabaseCon* getHashNodeDB()	{ return mHashNodeDB; }
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 	leveldb::DB* getHashNodeLDB()	{ return mHashNodeLDB; }
-#endif
 
 	uint256 getNonce256()			{ return mNonce256; }
 	std::size_t getNonceST()		{ return mNonceST; }
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp
index 9366be5d9..a158e5590 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #include "HashedObject.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 #include "leveldb/db.h"
 #include "leveldb/write_batch.h"
-#endif
 
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
@@ -31,14 +29,6 @@ HashedObjectStore::HashedObjectStore(int cacheSize, int cacheAge) :
 		WriteLog (lsFATAL, HashedObject) << "Incorrect database selection";
 		assert(false);
 	}
-#ifndef USE_LEVELDB
-	if (mLevelDB)
-	{
-		WriteLog (lsFATAL) << "LevelDB has been selected but not compiled";
-		assert(false);
-	}
-#endif
-
 }
 
 void HashedObjectStore::tune(int size, int age)
@@ -61,8 +51,6 @@ int HashedObjectStore::getWriteLoad()
 	return std::max(mWriteLoad, static_cast<int>(mWriteSet.size()));
 }
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
-
 bool HashedObjectStore::storeLevelDB(HashedObjectType type, uint32 index,
 	const std::vector<unsigned char>& data, const uint256& hash)
 { // return: false = already in cache, true = added to cache
@@ -177,8 +165,6 @@ HashedObject::pointer HashedObjectStore::retrieveLevelDB(const uint256& hash)
 	return obj;
 }
 
-#endif
-
 bool HashedObjectStore::storeSQLite(HashedObjectType type, uint32 index,
 	const std::vector<unsigned char>& data, const uint256& hash)
 { // return: false = already in cache, true = added to cache
@@ -405,8 +391,6 @@ HashedObject::pointer HashedObjectStore::retrieveSQLite(const uint256& hash)
 	return obj;
 }
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
-
 int HashedObjectStore::import(const std::string& file)
 {
 	WriteLog (lsWARNING, HashedObject) << "Hashed object import from \"" << file << "\".";
@@ -476,6 +460,4 @@ int HashedObjectStore::import(const std::string& file)
 	return count;
 }
 
-#endif
-
 // vim:ts=4
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.h b/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.h
index 3240e0421..afc678284 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.h
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/HashedObject.h
@@ -82,19 +82,15 @@ public:
 	bool store(HashedObjectType type, uint32 index, const std::vector<unsigned char>& data,
 		const uint256& hash)
 	{
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 		if (mLevelDB)
 			return storeLevelDB(type, index, data, hash);
-#endif
 		return storeSQLite(type, index, data, hash);
 	}
 
 	HashedObject::pointer retrieve(const uint256& hash)
 	{
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 		if (mLevelDB)
 			return retrieveLevelDB(hash);
-#endif
 		return retrieveSQLite(hash);
 	}
 
@@ -103,12 +99,10 @@ public:
 	HashedObject::pointer retrieveSQLite(const uint256& hash);
 	void bulkWriteSQLite(Job&);
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 	bool storeLevelDB(HashedObjectType type, uint32 index, const std::vector<unsigned char>& data,
 		const uint256& hash);
 	HashedObject::pointer retrieveLevelDB(const uint256& hash);
 	void bulkWriteLevelDB(Job&);
-#endif
 
 
 	void waitWrite();
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp
index 9a31b360c..12143c9a5 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/UpdateTables.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ void Application::updateTables(bool ldbImport)
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 	if (theApp->getHashedObjectStore().isLevelDB())
 	{
 		boost::filesystem::path hashPath = theConfig.DATA_DIR / "hashnode.db";
@@ -134,5 +133,4 @@ void Application::updateTables(bool ldbImport)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/main.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/main.cpp
index 24dd35441..0ef94a4d8 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/main.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/main.cpp
@@ -150,9 +150,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 		("start", "Start from a fresh Ledger.")
 		("net", "Get the initial ledger from the network.")
 		("fg", "Run in the foreground.")
-#ifdef USE_LEVELDB
 		("import", "Import SQLite node DB into LevelDB.")
-#endif
 	;
 
 	// Interpret positional arguments as --parameters.