diff --git a/pyglossary/glossary_v2.py b/pyglossary/glossary_v2.py
index 571106699..371ff926b 100644
--- a/pyglossary/glossary_v2.py
+++ b/pyglossary/glossary_v2.py
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ def _resolveSortParams(
 			self._switchToSQLite(
 				inputFilename=args.inputFilename,
 			)
-		else:
+		elif not os.getenv("NO_SQLITE"):
 			self._data = self._newInMemorySqEntryList()
 
 		self._data.setSortKey(
diff --git a/tests/g_stardict_sort_test.py b/tests/g_stardict_sort_test.py
index 02772e890..f6916d6a2 100644
--- a/tests/g_stardict_sort_test.py
+++ b/tests/g_stardict_sort_test.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import unittest
 
 from g_stardict_test import TestGlossaryStarDictBase
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ def test_convert_txt_stardict_enfa_4(self):
 			", and using sortKey function from Stardict plugin",
 		)
 
+	def test_convert_txt_stardict_enfa_5(self):
+		os.environ["NO_SQLITE"] = "1"
+		self.convert_txt_stardict_enfa("100-en-fa", sqlite=False)
+		del os.environ["NO_SQLITE"]
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 	unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/glossary_v2_test.py b/tests/glossary_v2_test.py
index 14a866adc..d07a72c8b 100644
--- a/tests/glossary_v2_test.py
+++ b/tests/glossary_v2_test.py
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ def convert_txt_txt_sort(self, *args, **convertArgs):
 		for sqlite in (None, True, False):
 			self.convert_txt_txt(*args, sort=True, sqlite=sqlite, **convertArgs)
 
+		os.environ["NO_SQLITE"] = "1"
+		self.convert_txt_txt(*args, sort=True, sqlite=False, **convertArgs)
+		del os.environ["NO_SQLITE"]
+
 
 class TestGlossary(TestGlossaryBase):
 	def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):