diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile
index 2e5c05626..43236d1d8 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ libhttpserver: libhttpserver/libhttpserver/build/src/.libs/libhttpserver.a
 
 libev/libev/.libs/libev.a:
 	cd libev && rm -rf libev-*/ || true
-	cd libev && tar -zxf libev-4.24.tar.gz
-	cd libev/libev && patch ev.c < ../ev.c-multiplication-overflow.patch
-	cd libev/libev  && ./configure
+	cd libev && tar -zxf libev-*.tar.gz
+#	cd libev/libev && patch ev.c < ../ev.c-multiplication-overflow.patch
+	cd libev/libev && ./configure
 	cd libev/libev && CC=${CC} CXX=${CXX} ${MAKE}
 
 ev: libev/libev/.libs/libev.a
diff --git a/deps/libev/libev b/deps/libev/libev
index ba5a1373a..101821f97 120000
--- a/deps/libev/libev
+++ b/deps/libev/libev
@@ -1 +1 @@
-libev-4.24
\ No newline at end of file
+libev-4.33
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/libev/libev-4.24.tar.gz b/deps/libev/libev-4.24.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index c5efba32f..000000000
Binary files a/deps/libev/libev-4.24.tar.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/deps/libev/libev-4.33.tar.gz b/deps/libev/libev-4.33.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cb43d84d
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