--- a/third-party/Makefile.am
+++ b/third-party/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ else
   DHT_DIR =
 endif
 
-SUBDIRS = libnatpmp miniupnp libevent $(DHT_DIR)
+SUBDIRS = libnatpmp miniupnp $(DHT_DIR)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
   macosx-libevent-config.h \
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ LIBNOTIFY_CFLAGS
 LIBNOTIFY_LIBS
 DBUS_GLIB_CFLAGS
 DBUS_GLIB_LIBS'
-ac_subdirs_all='third-party/libevent'
+#ac_subdirs_all='third-party/libevent'
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
 ac_init_help=
@@ -19738,7 +19738,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
-subdirs="$subdirs third-party/libevent"
+#subdirs="$subdirs third-party/libevent"
 
 libevent_source=bundled
 { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for evutil_vsnprintf in -levent" >&5
--- a/third-party/Makefile.in
+++ b/third-party/Makefile.in
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS = $(RECURSIVE_TARGE
 	distdir
 ETAGS = etags
 CTAGS = ctags
-DIST_SUBDIRS = libnatpmp miniupnp libevent dht
+DIST_SUBDIRS = libnatpmp miniupnp dht
 DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(DIST_SOURCES) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
 am__relativize = \
   dir0=`pwd`; \
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 transmissionlocaledir = @transmissionlocaledir@
 @DHT_FALSE@DHT_DIR = 
 @DHT_TRUE@DHT_DIR = dht
-SUBDIRS = libnatpmp miniupnp libevent $(DHT_DIR)
+SUBDIRS = libnatpmp miniupnp $(DHT_DIR)
 EXTRA_DIST = \
   macosx-libevent-config.h \
   macosx-libevent-event-config.h