diff --git a/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh b/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh
index 222a6f80015d3d..511db5974dfcce 100755
--- a/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh
+++ b/thirdparty/build-thirdparty.sh
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ build_libevent() {
         CPPLAGS="-I${TP_INCLUDE_DIR}" \
         LDFLAGS="-L${TP_LIB_DIR}" \
         "${CMAKE_CMD}" -G "${GENERATOR}" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${TP_INSTALL_DIR}" -DEVENT__DISABLE_TESTS=ON \
-        -DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_SAMPLES=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_REGRESS=ON ..
+        -DEVENT__DISABLE_SAMPLES=ON -DEVENT__DISABLE_REGRESS=ON ..
 
     "${BUILD_SYSTEM}" -j "${PARALLEL}"
     "${BUILD_SYSTEM}" install