diff --git a/packages/network/avahi/package.mk b/packages/network/avahi/package.mk
index 7bcfa1757e..dfcd11e2ab 100644
--- a/packages/network/avahi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/avahi/package.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="c15e750ef7c6df595fb5f2ce10cac0fee2353649600e6919ad08ae8871e4945f"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://avahi.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/lathiat/avahi/archive/v$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain expat libdaemon dbus connman libevent gettext"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain expat libdaemon dbus connman gettext"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Service Discovery for Linux using mDNS/DNS-SD, compatible with Bonjour."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="configure"
 
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="py_cv_mod_gtk_=yes \
                            --disable-manpages \
                            --disable-xmltoman \
                            --disable-tests \
+                           --disable-libevent \
                            --enable-compat-libdns_sd \
                            --disable-compat-howl \
                            --with-xml=expat \
diff --git a/packages/network/libevent/package.mk b/packages/network/libevent/package.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index f58e104a3b..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/libevent/package.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Copyright (C) 2020-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
-
-PKG_NAME="libevent"
-PKG_VERSION="2.1.12"
-PKG_SHA256="92e6de1be9ec176428fd2367677e61ceffc2ee1cb119035037a27d346b0403bb"
-PKG_LICENSE="BSB-3c"
-PKG_SITE="https://github.com/libevent/libevent"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${PKG_VERSION}-stable/libevent-${PKG_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz"
-PKG_LONGDESC="Event notification library"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain openssl"
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="cmake"
-
-PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DCMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS:BOOL=OFF \
-                       -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14 \
-                       -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=OFF \
-                       -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
-                       -DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL=ON"