diff --git a/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py b/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py
index 10a2e9e0a202a4..3b59763375c147 100644
--- a/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py
+++ b/Lib/sqlite3/__main__.py
@@ -124,4 +124,4 @@ def main(*args):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main(sys.argv)
+    main(sys.argv[1:])