This was missed in commit 25b947589a (Modules: Guard calls to pkg_check_modules, 2024-08-07, v3.31.0-rc1~236^2).
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ cmake_policy(PUSH)
cmake_policy(SET CMP0159 NEW) # file(STRINGS) with REGEX updates CMAKE_MATCH_<n>
find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
-pkg_check_modules(PC_SQLite3 QUIET sqlite3)
+if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+ pkg_check_modules(PC_SQLite3 QUIET sqlite3)
+endif()
# Look for the necessary header
find_path(SQLite3_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES sqlite3.h