diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile
index b3b96141e..09eaa2bc8 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 
-default: libevent libconfig libdaemon jemalloc mariadb_client re2 sqlite3
+default: libconfig libdaemon jemalloc mariadb_client re2 sqlite3
 .PHONY: default
 
 
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ libdaemon/libdaemon/libdaemon/.libs/libdaemon.a:
 
 libdaemon: libdaemon/libdaemon/libdaemon/.libs/libdaemon.a
 
-libevent/libevent/.libs/libevent.a:
-	cd libevent && rm -rf libevent-2.0.22-stable
-	cd libevent && tar -zxf libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
-	cd libevent/libevent && ./configure
-	cd libevent/libevent && CC=${CC} CXX=${CXX} ${MAKE}
-
-libevent: libevent/libevent/.libs/libevent.a
-
 jemalloc/jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc.a:
 	cd jemalloc && rm -rf jemalloc-4.2.1
 	cd jemalloc && tar -jxf jemalloc-4.2.1.tar.bz2
@@ -73,7 +65,6 @@ cleanall:
 	cd mariadb-client-library && rm -rf mariadb-connector-c-2.1.0-src
 	cd libconfig && rm -rf libconfig-1.4.9
 	cd re2 && rm -rf re2
-	cd libevent && rm -rf libevent-2.0.22-stable
 	cd sqlite3/sqlite3 && rm -rf *.o
 .PHONY: cleanall
 
diff --git a/deps/libevent/libevent b/deps/libevent/libevent
deleted file mode 120000
index 99ce3b45f..000000000
--- a/deps/libevent/libevent
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-libevent-2.0.22-stable
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/libevent/libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz b/deps/libevent/libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index db88cad47..000000000
Binary files a/deps/libevent/libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index cc4d8708d..2b04a94cb 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ LIBCONFIG_IDIR=-I$(LIBCONFIG_PATH)/lib
 #INJECTION_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libinjection
 #INJECTION_IDIR=$(INJECTION_PATH)
 
-LIBEVENT_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libevent/libevent
-LIBEVENT_IDIR=$(LIBEVENT_PATH)/include
-
 RE2_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/re2/re2
 RE2_IDIR=$(RE2_PATH)
 
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ SQLITE3_DIR=$(DEPS_PATH)/sqlite3/sqlite3
 
 IDIR=../include
 
-IDIRS=-I$(IDIR) -I$(JEMALLOC_IDIR) -I$(MARIADB_IDIR) $(LIBCONFIG_IDIR) -I$(RE2_IDIR) -I$(LIBEVENT_IDIR) -I$(SQLITE3_DIR)
+IDIRS=-I$(IDIR) -I$(JEMALLOC_IDIR) -I$(MARIADB_IDIR) $(LIBCONFIG_IDIR) -I$(RE2_IDIR) -I$(SQLITE3_DIR)
 
 LDIRS=-L$(JEMALLOC_PATH)/lib -L$(RE2_PATH)/obj -L$(INJECTION_PATH)
 
@@ -62,8 +59,8 @@ $(ODIR)/%.o: %.c
 $(ODIR)/%.oo: %.cpp
 	$(CXX) -fPIC -c -o $@ $< $(MYCPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 
-libproxysql.a: $(ODIR) $(OBJ) $(OBJ_CPP) $(RE2_PATH)/obj/libre2.a $(LIBEVENT_PATH)/.libs/libevent.a $(SQLITE3_DIR)/sqlite3.o 
-	ar rcs $@ $(OBJ) $(OBJ_CPP) $(RE2_PATH)/obj/libre2.a $(LIBEVENT_PATH)/.libs/libevent.a $(SQLITE3_DIR)/sqlite3.o
+libproxysql.a: $(ODIR) $(OBJ) $(OBJ_CPP) $(RE2_PATH)/obj/libre2.a $(SQLITE3_DIR)/sqlite3.o 
+	ar rcs $@ $(OBJ) $(OBJ_CPP) $(RE2_PATH)/obj/libre2.a $(SQLITE3_DIR)/sqlite3.o
 
 $(ODIR):
 	mkdir $(ODIR)
diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Monitor.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Monitor.cpp
index 552e2ddd7..72f8c0f96 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Monitor.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Monitor.cpp
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 #endif /* DEBUG */
 #define MYSQL_MONITOR_VERSION "0.2.0902" DEB
 
-
-
-#include <event2/event.h>
-
 extern ProxySQL_Admin *GloAdmin;
 extern MySQL_Threads_Handler *GloMTH;
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index dfd2112eb..5808337bd 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ DAEMONPATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libdaemon/libdaemon
 DAEMONPATH_IDIR=$(DAEMONPATH)
 DAEMONPATH_LDIR=$(DAEMONPATH)/libdaemon/.libs
 
-#LIBEVENT_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libevent/libevent
-#LIBEVENT_IDIR=$(LIBEVENT_PATH)/include
-#LIBEVENT_LDIR=$(LIBEVENT_PATH)/.libs
-
 JEMALLOC_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/jemalloc/jemalloc
 JEMALLOC_IDIR=$(JEMALLOC_PATH)/include/jemalloc
 JEMALLOC_LDIR=$(JEMALLOC_PATH)/lib
@@ -25,10 +21,6 @@ LIBCONFIG_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libconfig/libconfig-1.4.9
 LIBCONFIG_IDIR=-I$(LIBCONFIG_PATH)/lib
 LIBCONFIG_LDIR=-L$(LIBCONFIG_PATH)/lib/.libs
 
-LIBEVENT_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libevent/libevent
-LIBEVENT_IDIR=$(LIBEVENT_PATH)/include
-LIBEVENT_LDIR=$(LIBEVENT_PATH)/.libs
-
 RE2_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/re2/re2
 RE2_IDIR=$(RE2_PATH)
 
@@ -37,12 +29,12 @@ SQLITE3_DIR=$(DEPS_PATH)/sqlite3/sqlite3
 IDIR=../include
 LDIR=../lib
 IDIRS=-I$(IDIR) -I$(JEMALLOC_IDIR) -I$(MARIADB_IDIR) $(LIBCONFIG_IDIR) -I$(DAEMONPATH_IDIR) -I$(SQLITE3_DIR)
-LDIRS=-L$(LDIR) -L$(JEMALLOC_LDIR) $(LIBCONFIG_LDIR) -L$(RE2_PATH)/obj -L$(LIBEVENT_LDIR) -L$(MARIADB_LDIR) -L$(DAEMONPATH_LDIR)
+LDIRS=-L$(LDIR) -L$(JEMALLOC_LDIR) $(LIBCONFIG_LDIR) -L$(RE2_PATH)/obj -L$(MARIADB_LDIR) -L$(DAEMONPATH_LDIR)
 
 
 MYCPPFLAGS=-std=c++11 $(IDIRS) $(OPTZ) $(DEBUG)
 LDFLAGS+=
-MYLIBS=-Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,-Bstatic -lconfig -lproxysql -ldaemon -ljemalloc -lconfig++ -lre2 -levent -lmariadbclient -Wl,-Bdynamic -lpthread -lm -lz -lrt -lcrypto -lssl $(EXTRALINK)
+MYLIBS=-Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,-Bstatic -lconfig -lproxysql -ldaemon -ljemalloc -lconfig++ -lre2 -lmariadbclient -Wl,-Bdynamic -lpthread -lm -lz -lrt -lcrypto -lssl $(EXTRALINK)
 #MYLIBS=-Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,-Bstatic -lconfig -lproxysql -ldaemon -lconfig++ -lre2 -levent -lmariadbclient -Wl,-Bdynamic -lpthread -lm -lz -lrt -lcrypto -lssl $(EXTRALINK)
 
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)