diff --git a/packages/bitcoin/libevent-version.patch b/packages/bitcoin/libevent-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 84023147e..000000000
--- a/packages/bitcoin/libevent-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/depends/packages/libevent.mk b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
-index a3ade899b..66fc46c64 100644
---- a/depends/packages/libevent.mk
-+++ b/depends/packages/libevent.mk
-@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
- package=libevent
--$(package)_version=2.1.8-stable
-+$(package)_version=2.1.11-stable
- $(package)_download_path=https://github.com/libevent/libevent/archive/
- $(package)_file_name=release-$($(package)_version).tar.gz
--$(package)_sha256_hash=316ddb401745ac5d222d7c529ef1eada12f58f6376a66c1118eee803cb70f83d
--
-+$(package)_sha256_hash=229393ab2bf0dc94694f21836846b424f3532585bac3468738b7bf752c03901e
- define $(package)_preprocess_cmds
-   ./autogen.sh
- endef