1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/sqlite.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/sqlite.py
index c2aced4d0..8618bfc3e 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/sqlite.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/sqlite.py
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ class SQLiteExecutionContext(default.DefaultExecutionContext):
         return SELECT_REGEXP.match(self.statement)
         
 class SQLiteDialect(default.DefaultDialect):
+    supports_alter = False
+    supports_unicode_statements = True
     
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         default.DefaultDialect.__init__(self, default_paramstyle='qmark', **kwargs)
@@ -199,9 +201,6 @@ class SQLiteDialect(default.DefaultDialect):
     def server_version_info(self, connection):
         return self.dbapi.sqlite_version_info
 
-    def supports_alter(self):
-        return False
-
     def create_connect_args(self, url):
         filename = url.database or ':memory:'
 
@@ -220,9 +219,6 @@ class SQLiteDialect(default.DefaultDialect):
     def create_execution_context(self, **kwargs):
         return SQLiteExecutionContext(self, **kwargs)
 
-    def supports_unicode_statements(self):
-        return True
-
     def last_inserted_ids(self):
         return self.context.last_inserted_ids