diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-1.4.14b.recipe b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-1.4.14b.recipe
index 685c46c70..a9388647c 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-1.4.14b.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-1.4.14b.recipe
@@ -36,16 +36,8 @@ PROVIDES_devel="
 	libevent${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
 	cmd:event_rpcgen.py
 	devel:libevent_1.4$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
-	devel:libevent_core$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
 	devel:libevent_core_1.4$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
-	devel:libevent_extra$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
 	devel:libevent_extra_1.4$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
-	lib:libevent$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
-	lib:libevent_1.4$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
-	lib:libevent_core$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
-	lib:libevent_core_1.4$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
-	lib:libevent_extra$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
-	lib:libevent_extra_1.4$secondaryArchSuffix = 2.2.0 compat >= 2
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	libevent$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
@@ -73,7 +65,7 @@ BUILD()
 	aclocal
 	autoconf
 	automake --add-missing
-	runConfigure ./configure
+	runConfigure ./configure --disable-static
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
@@ -81,14 +73,7 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 
-# TODO: replace /packages/libevent-1.4.14b-1/.self/ with an alias
-	mv /packages/libevent-1.4.14b-1/.self/lib/libevent.a \
-		/packages/libevent-1.4.14b-1/.self/lib/libevent.la \
-		/packages/libevent-1.4.14b-1/.self/lib/libevent_core.a \
-		/packages/libevent-1.4.14b-1/.self/lib/libevent_core.la \
-		/packages/libevent-1.4.14b-1/.self/lib/libevent_extra.a \
-		/packages/libevent-1.4.14b-1/.self/lib/libevent_extra.la \
-		$developDir
+	rm $libDir/*.la
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs \
 		libevent-1.4 \
@@ -98,8 +83,8 @@ INSTALL()
 	fixPkgconfig
 
 	# devel package
-
 	packageEntries devel \
 		$binDir \
-		$developDir
+		$developDir \
+		$manDir
 }
diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.1.12.recipe b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.1.12.recipe
index 986d31842..2a4679490 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.1.12.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.1.12.recipe
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="http://www.libevent.org/"
 COPYRIGHT="2000-2007 Niels Provos
 	2005 Nick Mathewson, and other contributors."
 LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-$portVersion-stable/libevent-$portVersion-stable.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="92e6de1be9ec176428fd2367677e61ceffc2ee1cb119035037a27d346b0403bb"
 SOURCE_DIR="libevent-${portVersion}-stable"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ libVersion="7.0.1"
 libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
 
 PROVIDES="
-	libevent21${secondaryArchSuffix} = ${portVersion}
+	libevent${secondaryArchSuffix} = ${portVersion}
 	lib:libevent_2.1$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	lib:libevent_core_2.1$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	lib:libevent_extra_2.1$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ REQUIRES="
 	"
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
-	libevent21${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = ${portVersion}
+	libevent${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = ${portVersion}
 	cmd:event_rpcgen.py$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libevent$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	devel:libevent_2.1$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ PROVIDES_devel="
 	devel:libevent_pthreads_2.1$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
-	libevent21$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	libevent$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
 	cmd:python3
 	devel:libcrypto$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libssl$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -111,5 +111,6 @@ INSTALL()
 	# devel package
 	packageEntries devel \
 		$binDir \
-		$developDir
+		$developDir \
+		$manDir
 }