diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index de45948d0..52be0fb4a 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ outputs:
         # its dependencies leak into the build here
         - libcrc32c  # [win]
         - libcurl    # [win]
-        - libevent
         - libgrpc
         - libprotobuf
         - libutf8proc