diff --git a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
index 9820c7c0ee5..f3dd5b328e7 100644
--- a/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/walletdb.cpp
@@ -1498,20 +1498,26 @@ std::unique_ptr<WalletDatabase> MakeDatabase(const fs::path& path, const Databas
 
     if (format == DatabaseFormat::SQLITE) {
 #ifdef USE_SQLITE
-        return MakeSQLiteDatabase(path, options, status, error);
-#else
-        error = Untranslated(strprintf("Failed to open database path '%s'. Build does not support SQLite database format.", fs::PathToString(path)));
-        status = DatabaseStatus::FAILED_BAD_FORMAT;
-        return nullptr;
+        if constexpr (true) {
+            return MakeSQLiteDatabase(path, options, status, error);
+        } else
 #endif
+        {
+            error = Untranslated(strprintf("Failed to open database path '%s'. Build does not support SQLite database format.", fs::PathToString(path)));
+            status = DatabaseStatus::FAILED_BAD_FORMAT;
+            return nullptr;
+        }
     }
 
 #ifdef USE_BDB
-    return MakeBerkeleyDatabase(path, options, status, error);
-#else
-    error = Untranslated(strprintf("Failed to open database path '%s'. Build does not support Berkeley DB database format.", fs::PathToString(path)));
-    status = DatabaseStatus::FAILED_BAD_FORMAT;
-    return nullptr;
+    if constexpr (true) {
+        return MakeBerkeleyDatabase(path, options, status, error);
+    } else
 #endif
+    {
+        error = Untranslated(strprintf("Failed to open database path '%s'. Build does not support Berkeley DB database format.", fs::PathToString(path)));
+        status = DatabaseStatus::FAILED_BAD_FORMAT;
+        return nullptr;
+    }
 }
 } // namespace wallet