diff --git a/binr/radare2/Makefile b/binr/radare2/Makefile
index ee3121b6b3c4c..66bc3f7f7e17a 100644
--- a/binr/radare2/Makefile
+++ b/binr/radare2/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ MACSDK=macosx10.10
 ENTITL=radare2.xcent
 #ENTITL=radare2_ios.xml
 
-CFLAGS_INCLUDES+=-I$(SHLR)/sdb/src
+include ../../shlr/sdb.mk
+CFLAGS_INCLUDES+=$(SDB_CFLAGS)
 CFLAGS_INCLUDES+=-I$(LIBR)/include
 
 ifeq (${COMPILER},emscripten)
@@ -94,6 +95,5 @@ include ../../shlr/bochs/deps.mk
 include ../../shlr/grub/deps.mk
 include ../../shlr/qnx/deps.mk
 include ../../shlr/ar/deps.mk
-include ../../shlr/sdb.mk
 
 LDFLAGS+=$(LINK)
diff --git a/binr/rules.mk b/binr/rules.mk
index 2aaaa91ef0436..79f2c5de3c7f9 100644
--- a/binr/rules.mk
+++ b/binr/rules.mk
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ LINK+=$(LIBR)/crypto/libr_crypto.a
 LINK+=$(LIBR)/main/libr_main.a
 else ifeq (${COMPILER},wasm)
 LINK+=$(SHLR)/libr_shlr.a
-LINK+=$(SHLR)/sdb/src/libsdb.a
+LINK+=$(SHLR)/../subprojects/sdb/src/libsdb.a
 include $(SHLR)/capstone.mk
 EXT_EXE=.wasm
 else ifeq (${COMPILER},emscripten)
 LINK+=$(SHLR)/libr_shlr.a
-LINK+=$(SHLR)/sdb/src/libsdb.a
+LINK+=$(SHLR)/../subprojects/sdb/src/libsdb.a
 include $(SHLR)/capstone.mk
 CFLAGS+= -s SIDE_MODULE=1
 #CFLAGS+=-s ERROR_ON_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS=0
diff --git a/dist/rpm/radare2.spec b/dist/rpm/radare2.spec
index 66df3c6161dc3..b4a379d9e8396 100644
--- a/dist/rpm/radare2.spec
+++ b/dist/rpm/radare2.spec
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fPIC -I../include" make %{?_smp_mflags} LIBDIR=%{_libdir} P
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
 NOSUDO=1 make install DESTDIR=%{buildroot} LIBDIR=%{_libdir} PREFIX=%{_prefix}
-cp shlr/sdb/src/libsdb.a %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/libsdb.a
+cp subprojects/sdb/src/libsdb.a %{buildroot}/%{_libdir}/libsdb.a
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
diff --git a/doc/emscripten.md b/doc/emscripten.md
index 6acfaa0af6399..6bfbca2e64fd5 100644
--- a/doc/emscripten.md
+++ b/doc/emscripten.md
@@ -1,35 +1,15 @@
-Building for the browser
-========================
+# Building for the browser
 
-# Install emscripten:
+## Install emscripten:
 
-    git clone git://github.com/kripken/emscripten.git
-    export PATH=/path/to/emscripten:$PATH
-    make clean
+```bash
+$ git clone git://github.com/kripken/emscripten.git
+$ export PATH=/path/to/emscripten:$PATH
+$ make clean
+```
 
+## Build radare
 
-# Build radare
-
-    sys/emscripten.sh
-
-
-<!--
-
---- random notes ---
-
-export CC="emcc --ignore-dynamic-linking"
-./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-shared --enable-static --disable-debugger --with-compiler=emscripten --without-pic --with-nonpic
-emmake make -j4
-
-cd binr/radare2
- emcc ../../libr/*/*.o radare2.c -I ../../libr/include/ -DR2_BIRTH=\"pop\" -DR2_GITTIP=\"123\" ../../libr/db/sdb/src/*.o
-
-binr/rax2/rax2.js:
-
-emcc -O2 rax2.o ../../libr/util/libr_util.a -o rax2.js
-
-binr/rasm2/rasm2.js:
-
-emcc -O2  -L.. -o rasm2.js   ../../shlr/sdb/src/libsdb.a ../../libr/fs/p/grub/libgrubfs.a -lm $A/util/libr_util.a $A/asm/libr_asm.a rasm2.o ../../libr/util/libr_util.a  ../../libr/parse/libr_parse.a  ../../libr/db/libr_db.a ../../libr/syscall/libr_syscall.a  ../../libr/asm/libr_asm.a  ../../libr/lib/libr_lib.a ../../libr/db/libr_db.a ../../shlr/sdb/src/libsdb.a ../../libr/util/libr_util.a
-
--->
+```bash
+$ sys/emscripten.sh
+```
diff --git a/doc/license.md b/doc/license.md
index c17854c2350a6..494e7f48d0270 100644
--- a/doc/license.md
+++ b/doc/license.md
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ should be copied to `./plugins.cfg` before calling `./configure-plugins` to take
 ### Less restrictive than LGPL
 
 * libr/bin/mangling/cxx: GPLv2 or later, with linking exception
+* subprojects/sdb: MIT
 * shlr/capstone: BSD + LLVM
 * shlr/zip/zip: BSD
 * shlr/zip/zlib: BSD
 * shlr/java: Apache2.0
-* shlr/sdb: MIT
 * shlr/qnx: GPL (will be moved to extras soon)
 * shlr/grub: GPL (used by some fs plugins)
 * shlr/lz4: simplified BSD license
diff --git a/libr/bin/p/mach064.mk b/libr/bin/p/mach064.mk
index 066f3860d7246..ae7ecda44b5a9 100644
--- a/libr/bin/p/mach064.mk
+++ b/libr/bin/p/mach064.mk
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ TARGET_MACH064=bin_mach064.${EXT_SO}
 ALL_TARGETS+=${TARGET_MACH064}
 
 ${TARGET_MACH064}: ${OBJ_MACH064}
-	-${CC} $(call libname,bin_mach064) -shared ${CFLAGS} -o ${TARGET_MACH064}\
-		${OBJ_MACH064} $(LINK) $(LDFLAGS) $(SHLR)/sdb/src/libsdb.a
+	-${CC} $(call libname,bin_mach064) \
+		-shared ${CFLAGS} -o ${TARGET_MACH064} \
+		${OBJ_MACH064} $(LINK) $(LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/libr/core/p/sixref.mk b/libr/core/p/sixref.mk
index c26f384b5d22a..4cd83e09a40cc 100644
--- a/libr/core/p/sixref.mk
+++ b/libr/core/p/sixref.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ALL_TARGETS+=${CORE_TARGET_SIXREF}
 ${CORE_TARGET_SIXREF}: ${CORE_OBJ_SIXREF}
 	${CC} $(call libname,core_anal) ${CFLAGS} \
 		-o core_sixref.${EXT_SO} \
-		$(SHLR)/sdb/src/libsdb.a \
+		$(SHLR)/../subprojects/sdb/src/libsdb.a \
 		-L$(LIBR)/crypto -lr_crypto \
 		${CORE_OBJ_SIXREF}
 endif
diff --git a/libr/util/str.c b/libr/util/str.c
index 4f4520b77e7f1..8944f65e9fac9 100644
--- a/libr/util/str.c
+++ b/libr/util/str.c
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ R_API ut32 r_str_hash(const char *s) {
 }
 
 R_API int r_str_delta(char *p, char a, char b) {
-	char *_a = strchr (p, a);
-	char *_b = strchr (p, b);
+	const char *_a = strchr (p, a);
+	const char *_b = strchr (p, b);
 	return (!_a || !_b)? 0 : (_a - _b);
 }
 
@@ -320,10 +320,9 @@ R_API int r_str_word_set0(char *str) {
 				*p = '\0';
 				// FIX: i++;
 				continue;
-			} else {
-				quote = 1;
-				memmove (p, p + 1, strlen (p + 1) + 1);
 			}
+			quote = 1;
+			memmove (p, p + 1, strlen (p + 1) + 1);
 		}
 		if (quote) {
 			continue;
diff --git a/shlr/Makefile b/shlr/Makefile
index dbc140d9eee17..6960d605ffa5c 100644
--- a/shlr/Makefile
+++ b/shlr/Makefile
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ sdb-host:
 	@echo ">>>>>>>>"
 	@echo
 	$(MAKE) -C $(SDB_ROOT) clean ; rm -f $(SDB_ROOT)/src/*.o $(SDB_ROOT)/include/sdb/version.h
-	$(MAKE) -C $(SDB_ROOT)/src "CC=${HOST_CC}" LDFLAGS='${HOST_LDFLAGS}' CPPFLAGS='-I$(SHLR)/sdb/include' CFLAGS='${HOST_CFLAGS} ${PIC}' bin
+	$(MAKE) -C $(SDB_ROOT)/src "CC=${HOST_CC}" LDFLAGS='${HOST_LDFLAGS}' CPPFLAGS='-I$(SDB_ROOT)/include' CFLAGS='${HOST_CFLAGS} ${PIC}' bin
 	cp -f $(SDB_ROOT)/src/sdb${BUILD_EXT_EXE} $(SDB_ROOT)/src/.sdb${BUILD_EXT_EXE}
 	cp -f $(SDB_ROOT)/src/sdb${BUILD_EXT_EXE} $(SDB_ROOT)/sdb$(BUILD_EXT_EXE)
 	rm -f $(SDB_LIBA)
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ sdb-target:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(SDB_ROOT) clean ; rm -f $(SDB_ROOT)/src/*.o ../include/sdb/version.h
 	$(MAKE) -C $(SDB_ROOT)/src ../include/sdb/version.h
 ifeq ($(EXT_EXE),.wasm)
-	$(MAKE) -C $(SDB_ROOT)/src ARCH=xxx EXT_AR=.$(EXT_AR) RANLIB="${RANLIB}" CPPFLAGS=-I$(SHLR)/sdb/include \
+	$(MAKE) -C $(SDB_ROOT)/src ARCH=xxx EXT_AR=.$(EXT_AR) RANLIB="${RANLIB}" CPPFLAGS=-I$(SDB_ROOT)/include \
 		CFLAGS_SHARED="${CFLAGS_SHARED} -DHAVE_MMAN=0" \
 		CC="${CC}" AR="${AR}" ARCH=undefined CFLAGS='${CFLAGS} -DHAVE_MMAN=0' LDFLAGS='${LDFLAGS}' libsdb.$(EXT_AR)
 else
-	$(MAKE) -C $(SDB_ROOT)/src ARCH=xxx EXT_AR=.$(EXT_AR) RANLIB="${RANLIB}" CPPFLAGS="-I$(SHLR)/sdb/include -DHAVE_SYSTEM=0" \
+	$(MAKE) -C $(SDB_ROOT)/src ARCH=xxx EXT_AR=.$(EXT_AR) RANLIB="${RANLIB}" CPPFLAGS="-I$(SDB_ROOT)/include -DHAVE_SYSTEM=0" \
 		CFLAGS_SHARED="${CFLAGS_SHARED}" \
 		CC="${CC}" AR="${AR}" ARCH=undefined LDFLAGS='${LDFLAGS}' libsdb.$(EXT_AR)
 endif
diff --git a/shlr/sdb.mk b/shlr/sdb.mk
index 02650e8f62b8f..45957b2cc69a8 100644
--- a/shlr/sdb.mk
+++ b/shlr/sdb.mk
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # deprecate.. move into subprojects/sdb-deps.mk
-CFLAGS+=-I$(SHLR)/../subprojects/sdb/include
+SDB_ROOT=$(SHLR)/../subprojects/sdb
+SDB_CFLAGS+=-I$(SDB_ROOT)/include
+SDB_LDFLAGS+=$(SDB_ROOT)/lib/lib_sdb.a
diff --git a/shlr/spp/meson.build b/shlr/spp/meson.build
index fc218901437dd..9dd604f3c0b13 100644
--- a/shlr/spp/meson.build
+++ b/shlr/spp/meson.build
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spp_files = [
 
 inc_dirs = [
   '../../libr/include',
-  '../../shlr/sdb/src'
+  '../../subprojects/sdb'
 ]
 
 libspp_static = static_library('spp', spp_files,
diff --git a/sys/rebuild.sh b/sys/rebuild.sh
index ab424ff41e8fd..318b2972aca51 100755
--- a/sys/rebuild.sh
+++ b/sys/rebuild.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ RebuildCapstone() {
 }
 
 RebuildSdb() {
-	Rebuild shlr/sdb
+	Rebuild subprojects/sdb
 	Rebuild libr/util
 }