diff --git a/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile b/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile
index feb90715e1..ea69782854 100644
--- a/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ define Package/libevent2/Default
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=Event notification
   URL:=http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
-  DEPENDS:=+USE_EGLIBC:librt
 endef
 
 define Package/libevent2/Default/description