diff --git a/ecrire/inc_version.php3 b/ecrire/inc_version.php3
index 78e8d25303ce1da918e1d007d40fb6bfd25a3229..90333fc144bd9ec03c4f4b67ff16be431f121541 100644
--- a/ecrire/inc_version.php3
+++ b/ecrire/inc_version.php3
@@ -643,7 +643,8 @@ if (count($GLOBALS['HTTP_POST_VARS'])) {
 //
 if (file_exists(($flag_ecrire ? '' : 'ecrire/').'inc_meta_cache.php3')) {
 	include_ecrire('inc_meta_cache.php3');
-} else {
+}
+if (!defined("_ECRIRE_INC_META_CACHE")) {
 	function lire_meta($nom) {
 		global $meta;
 		return $meta[$nom];