diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-1.4.11.recipe b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-1.4.11.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index adcc35f01..000000000
--- a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-1.4.11.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="Libevent"
-HOMEPAGE="http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/"
-SRC_URI="http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent-1.4.11-stable.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="3d2dfe659a84441dd27e4587b5ffe0fe"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd libevent-1.4.11-stable
-	autoreconf -vfi
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd libevent-1.4.11-stable
-	make install
-}
-LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
-COPYRIGHT="2000-2007 Niels Provos, 2005 Nick Mathewson, and other contributors."
diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-1.4.13.recipe b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-1.4.13.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index e20c33422..000000000
--- a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-1.4.13.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="Libevent"
-HOMEPAGE="http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/"
-SRC_URI="http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent-1.4.13-stable.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="0b3ea18c634072d12b3c1ee734263664"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd libevent-1.4.13-stable
-	autoreconf -vfi
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd libevent-1.4.13-stable
-	make install
-}
-LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
-COPYRIGHT="2000-2007 Niels Provos, 2005 Nick Mathewson, and other contributors."
diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.0.10.recipe b/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.0.10.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ebdfec99..000000000
--- a/dev-libs/libevent/libevent-2.0.10.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="Libevent"
-HOMEPAGE="http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/"
-SRC_URI="http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent-2.0.10-stable.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="a37401d26cbbf28185211d582741a3d4"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd libevent-2.0.10-stable
-	autoreconf -vfi
-	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
-	LIBDIR=`finddir B_COMMON_LIB_DIRECTORY`
-	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
-		--libdir=$LIBDIR \
-		--mandir=$COMMON_DOCS
-	make
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd libevent-2.0.10-stable
-	make install
-}
-LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
-COPYRIGHT="2000-2007 Niels Provos, 2005 Nick Mathewson, and other contributors."
diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-1.4.11.patch b/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-1.4.11.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 666e9f109..000000000
--- a/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-1.4.11.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur libevent-1.4.11-stable/configure.in libevent-1.4.11-stable-haiku/configure.in
---- libevent-1.4.11-stable/configure.in	2009-05-24 13:37:49.000000000 +0000
-+++ libevent-1.4.11-stable-haiku/configure.in	2009-05-28 16:55:17.000000000 +0000
-@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
- AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_DEPS)
- 
- dnl Checks for libraries.
--AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket)
-+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket network)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, inet_aton)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(rt, clock_gettime)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, inet_ntoa)
diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-1.4.13.patch b/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-1.4.13.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f01c4701..000000000
--- a/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-1.4.13.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur libevent-1.4.13-stable/configure.in libevent-1.4.13-stable-haiku/configure.in
---- libevent-1.4.13-stable/configure.in	2009-05-24 13:37:49.000000000 +0000
-+++ libevent-1.4.13-stable-haiku/configure.in	2009-05-28 16:55:17.000000000 +0000
-@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
- AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_DEPS)
-
- dnl Checks for libraries.
--AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket)
-+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket network)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(resolv, inet_aton)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(rt, clock_gettime)
- AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, inet_ntoa)
diff --git a/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-2.0.10.patch b/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-2.0.10.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bd94c5901..000000000
--- a/dev-libs/libevent/patches/libevent-2.0.10.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur libevent-2.0.10-stable/configure.in libevent-2.0.10-stable-haiku/configure.in
---- libevent-2.0.10-stable/configure.in	2010-12-16 18:38:34.018350080 +0100
-+++ libevent-2.0.10-stable-haiku/configure.in	2011-02-21 23:55:55.070254592 +0100
-@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
- AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_DEPS)
- 
- dnl Checks for libraries.
--AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_ntoa], [nsl])
--AC_SEARCH_LIBS([socket], [socket])
-+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_ntoa], [nsl network])
-+AC_SEARCH_LIBS([socket], [socket network])
- AC_SEARCH_LIBS([inet_aton], [resolv])
- AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime], [rt])
- AC_SEARCH_LIBS([sendfile], [sendfile])
-diff -Naur libevent-2.0.10-stable/util-internal.h libevent-2.0.10-stable-haiku/util-internal.h
---- libevent-2.0.10-stable/util-internal.h	2010-12-14 20:07:56.021233664 +0100
-+++ libevent-2.0.10-stable-haiku/util-internal.h	2011-02-22 00:00:14.000000000 +0100
-@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
- 
- /* Evaluates to the same boolean value as 'p', and hints to the compiler that
-  * we expect this value to be false. */
--#ifdef __GNUC__
-+#if __GNUC__ >= 3
- #define EVUTIL_UNLIKELY(p) __builtin_expect(!!(p),0)
- #else
- #define EVUTIL_UNLIKELY(p) (p)
\ No newline at end of file