diff --git a/sqlite3.go b/sqlite3.go
index df3ad10..d106285 100644
--- a/sqlite3.go
+++ b/sqlite3.go
@@ -293,12 +293,7 @@ func (d *SQLiteDriver) Open(dsn string) (driver.Conn, error) {
 
 // Close the connection.
 func (c *SQLiteConn) Close() error {
-	s := C.sqlite3_next_stmt(c.db, nil)
-	for s != nil {
-		C.sqlite3_finalize(s)
-		s = C.sqlite3_next_stmt(c.db, nil)
-	}
-	rv := C.sqlite3_close(c.db)
+	rv := C.sqlite3_close_v2(c.db)
 	if rv != C.SQLITE_OK {
 		return ErrNo(rv)
 	}