diff --git a/package/libevent/libevent.mk b/package/libevent/libevent.mk
index 257a071..66ce344 100644
--- a/package/libevent/libevent.mk
+++ b/package/libevent/libevent.mk
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 LIBEVENT_SOURCE = libevent-$(LIBEVENT_VERSION)-beta.tar.gz
 LIBEVENT_SITE = https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-$(LIBEVENT_VERSION)-beta
 
-LIBEVENT_DEPENDENCIES = autoconf
-HOST_LIBEVENT_DEPENDENCIES = host-autoconf
-
 LIBEVENT_AUTORECONF = NO
 LIBEVENT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBEVENT_INSTALL_TARGET = YES