diff --git a/edenscm/hgdemandimport/__init__.py b/edenscm/hgdemandimport/__init__.py
index c7954168d9..d776667263 100644
--- a/edenscm/hgdemandimport/__init__.py
+++ b/edenscm/hgdemandimport/__init__.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ ignore = [
     "_thread",  # For RLock
     "_scandir",  # for IPython
     "collections.abc",  # for IPython - pickleshare
+    "sqlite3",  # for IPython to detect missing sqlite
 ]
 
 _pypy = "__pypy__" in sys.builtin_module_names