diff --git a/auto.def b/auto.def
index 5f751c77f8..7f1c9d6a86 100644
--- a/auto.def
+++ b/auto.def
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ set flags {
   geopoly              => {Enable the GEOPOLY extension}
   rtree                => {Enable the RTREE extension}
   session              => {Enable the SESSION extension}
-  rbu                  => {Enable the RBU extension}
   all                  => {Enable FTS4, FTS5, Geopoly, RTree, Sessions}
   # </lib-feature>
   # <tcl>
@@ -1118,7 +1117,6 @@ foreach {boolFlag featureFlag ifSetEvalThis} {
   fts5         -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5    {affirm-have-math fts5}
   geopoly      -DSQLITE_ENABLE_GEOPOLY {proj-opt-set rtree}
   rtree        -DSQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE   {}
-  rbu          -DSQLITE_ENABLE_RBU     {}
   session      {-DSQLITE_ENABLE_SESSION -DSQLITE_ENABLE_PREUPDATE_HOOK} {}
   update-limit -DSQLITE_ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT {}
   memsys5      -DSQLITE_ENABLE_MEMSYS5 {}
diff --git a/main.mk b/main.mk
index a0fc7de672..bcb642398e 100644
--- a/main.mk
+++ b/main.mk
@@ -1796,9 +1796,12 @@ kvtest$(T.exe):	$(TOP)/test/kvtest.c sqlite3.c
 	$(T.link) $(KV_OPT) -o $@ $(TOP)/test/kvtest.c sqlite3.c $(LDFLAGS.libsqlite3)
 xbin: kvtest$(T.exe)
 
+#
+# rbu$(T.exe) requires building with -DSQLITE_ENABLE_RBU, which
+# specifically does not have an --enable-rbu flag in the configure
+# script.
 rbu$(T.exe): $(TOP)/ext/rbu/rbu.c $(TOP)/ext/rbu/sqlite3rbu.c sqlite3.o
 	$(T.link) -I. -o $@ $(TOP)/ext/rbu/rbu.c sqlite3.o $(LDFLAGS.libsqlite3)
-xbin: rbu$(T.exe)
 
 loadfts$(T.exe): $(TOP)/tool/loadfts.c $(libsqlite3.LIB)
 	$(T.link) $(TOP)/tool/loadfts.c $(libsqlite3.LIB) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS.libsqlite3)
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 8d6a1004aa..fb9f6e0d34 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Ensure\sthat\sthe\sone-line\srunning\sstatus\soutput\sfrom\stestrunner.tcl\sdoes\snot\nexceed\sthe\s80-char\sline\swidth\sof\sa\sstandard\sterminal.
-D 2024-11-05T11:59:45.661
+C Remove\sthe\s--enable-rbu\sflag\sfrom\sthe\sconfigure\sscript,\sper\s/chat\sdiscussion,\sbecause\sit's\sa\shighly\sniche\sfeature\snot\sin\sactive\suse.
+D 2024-11-05T13:03:58.554
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md c5b4009dca54d127d2d6033c22fd9cc34f53bedb6ef12c7cbaa468381c74ab28
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ F art/icon-80x90.gif 65509ce3e5f86a9cd64fe7fca2d23954199f31fe44c1e09e208c80fb83d
 F art/sqlite370.eps aa97a671332b432a54e1d74ff5e8775be34200c2
 F art/sqlite370.ico af56c1d00fee7cd4753e8631ed60703ed0fc6e90
 F art/sqlite370.jpg d512473dae7e378a67e28ff96a34da7cb331def2
-F auto.def ac7dfc51216c6aa7d34e82d73c945cb71758a3fb79612ef2c5ed38f468d980e8
+F auto.def 348be257a61090f739287d54046f63801c99705f42fae0dffa2ba415dd9afcfb
 F autoconf/INSTALL 83e4a25da9fd053c7b3665eaaaf7919707915903
 F autoconf/Makefile.am adedc1324b6a87fdd1265ddd336d2fb7d4f36a0e77b86ea553ae7cc4ea239347
 F autoconf/Makefile.fallback 22fe523eb36dfce31e0f6349f782eb084e86a5620b2b0b4f84a2d6133f53f5ac
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ F ext/wasm/tests/opfs/concurrency/test.js d08889a5bb6e61937d0b8cbb78c9efbefbf65a
 F ext/wasm/tests/opfs/concurrency/worker.js 0a8c1a3e6ebb38aabbee24f122693f1fb29d599948915c76906681bb7da1d3d2
 F ext/wasm/wasmfs.make bc8bb227f35d5bd3863a7bd2233437c37472a0d81585979f058f9b9b503bef35
 F magic.txt 5ade0bc977aa135e79e3faaea894d5671b26107cc91e70783aa7dc83f22f3ba0
-F main.mk 342578d173fd10ab1128d29b0fb61722b8ac08d73e1dd2cf66ea1f27c3bea0f2
+F main.mk ef087df40894cf2c024ec5f4d763853616c9616b073fb86b71146f11fa003af3
 F mptest/config01.test 3c6adcbc50b991866855f1977ff172eb6d901271
 F mptest/config02.test 4415dfe36c48785f751e16e32c20b077c28ae504
 F mptest/crash01.test 61e61469e257df0850df4293d7d4d6c2af301421
@@ -2199,8 +2199,8 @@ F tool/version-info.c 3b36468a90faf1bbd59c65fd0eb66522d9f941eedd364fabccd7227350
 F tool/warnings-clang.sh bbf6a1e685e534c92ec2bfba5b1745f34fb6f0bc2a362850723a9ee87c1b31a7
 F tool/warnings.sh 49a486c5069de041aedcbde4de178293e0463ae9918ecad7539eedf0ec77a139
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix deb315d026cc8400325c5863eef847784a219a2f
-P ee9eb8b157c93b33a8ac201c31169cdd1d2cf2f21da92f7a6a418a41e5a50b7b
-R 42fdf6d683cf4cf4bef385bd5a8dd761
-U drh
-Z 5ea36a74eb3b5e1b4fcf77e0c8195535
+P 1eae0f9ed3c4530d117a8efc4adaf0b2cc422083f0407830a1a6d2a5b970fa1a
+R 5832e2fda8be65dd3be8138925e4ff6f
+U stephan
+Z 66fc4d6192e82f3b20a33931887419b0
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 83fd9d0272..36c6766e69 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1eae0f9ed3c4530d117a8efc4adaf0b2cc422083f0407830a1a6d2a5b970fa1a
+77db0cd736746873d4ed3dbf0e9a43a3e15ab49961fccee20417e01f88de8664