diff --git a/osu.Desktop/Program.cs b/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
index 5e6b5cc701..25beb9a7d4 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
+++ b/osu.Desktop/Program.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ namespace osu.Desktop
         public static int Main(string[] args)
         {
             // required to initialise native SQLite libraries on some platforms.
-            SQLitePCL.Batteries_V2.Init();
 
             if (!RuntimeInfo.IsMono)
                 useMulticoreJit();
diff --git a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
index c7ffbd78de..cca7e70632 100644
--- a/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
+++ b/osu.Desktop/osu.Desktop.csproj
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Win32.Registry" Version="4.4.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.8.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="squirrel.windows" Version="1.7.8" Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461'" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
index 62d3fc008e..37702fad56 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\osu.Game\osu.Game.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.8.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Resources">
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
index 09bbce1893..ebe78a039c 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\osu.Game\osu.Game.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.8.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Resources">
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
index 6f16197856..6b741ef3c9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\osu.Game\osu.Game.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.8.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Resources">
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
index 90efa4d615..b4e7ab0658 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko.csproj
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\osu.Game\osu.Game.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.8.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Resources">
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj b/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj
index 52a41c23f2..30104dee7f 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/osu.Game.Tests.csproj
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\osu-resources\osu.Game.Resources\osu.Game.Resources.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="NUnit" Version="3.8.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="DeepEqual" Version="1.6.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs b/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs
index aa1f523a80..a4b0c30478 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
 
         private static readonly Lazy<OsuDbLoggerFactory> logger = new Lazy<OsuDbLoggerFactory>(() => new OsuDbLoggerFactory());
 
+        static OsuDbContext()
+        {
+            // required to initialise native SQLite libraries on some platforms.
+            SQLitePCL.Batteries_V2.Init();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Create a new in-memory OsuDbContext instance.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index 64176ab706..dd4b0c0e02 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Label="Package References">
     <PackageReference Include="Humanizer" Version="2.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite.Core" Version="2.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="10.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.18.1" />