diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/cli/Makefile.in transmission-1.61/cli/Makefile.in
--- transmission-1.61.orig/cli/Makefile.in	2009-05-28 09:24:37.769618239 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/cli/Makefile.in	2009-05-28 09:24:45.953608600 +0200
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 am__DEPENDENCIES_1 =
 transmissioncli_DEPENDENCIES =  \
 	$(top_builddir)/libtransmission/libtransmission.a \
-	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libevent/libevent.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libnatpmp/libnatpmp.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/miniupnp/libminiupnp.a \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@
 transmissioncli_SOURCES = cli.c
 transmissioncli_LDADD = \
     $(top_builddir)/libtransmission/libtransmission.a \
-    $(top_builddir)/third-party/libevent/libevent.la \
+    -levent -levent_core \
     $(top_builddir)/third-party/libnatpmp/libnatpmp.a \
     $(top_builddir)/third-party/miniupnp/libminiupnp.a \
     $(INTLLIBS) \
diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/configure transmission-1.61/configure
--- transmission-1.61.orig/configure	2009-05-28 09:24:37.944616797 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/configure	2009-05-28 09:24:45.963613650 +0200
@@ -1038,7 +1038,6 @@
 LIBNOTIFY_LIBS
 DBUS_GLIB_CFLAGS
 DBUS_GLIB_LIBS'
-ac_subdirs_all='third-party/libevent'
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
 ac_init_help=
@@ -24734,16 +24733,6 @@
 
 
 
-subdirs="$subdirs third-party/libevent"
-
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: invoking libevent's configure script" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: invoking libevent's configure script" >&6;}
-LIBEVENT_CPPFLAGS="-I\$(top_srcdir)/third-party/libevent"
-
-
-
-
-
 pkg_failed=no
 { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for GTK" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for GTK... " >&6; }
diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/daemon/Makefile.in transmission-1.61/daemon/Makefile.in
--- transmission-1.61.orig/daemon/Makefile.in	2009-05-28 09:24:37.770626622 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/daemon/Makefile.in	2009-05-28 09:24:46.123360682 +0200
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 	$(top_builddir)/libtransmission/libtransmission.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/miniupnp/libminiupnp.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libnatpmp/libnatpmp.a \
-	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libevent/libevent.la \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@
 	$(top_builddir)/libtransmission/libtransmission.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/miniupnp/libminiupnp.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libnatpmp/libnatpmp.a \
-	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libevent/libevent.la \
+        -levent -levent_core \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
@@ -299,7 +298,7 @@
     $(top_builddir)/libtransmission/libtransmission.a \
     $(top_builddir)/third-party/miniupnp/libminiupnp.a \
     $(top_builddir)/third-party/libnatpmp/libnatpmp.a \
-    $(top_builddir)/third-party/libevent/libevent.la \
+    -levent -levent_core \
     $(INTLLIBS) \
     $(LIBCURL_LIBS) \
     $(ZLIB_LIBS) \
diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/daemon/remote.c transmission-1.61/daemon/remote.c
--- transmission-1.61.orig/daemon/remote.c	2009-05-28 09:24:37.770626622 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/daemon/remote.c	2009-05-28 09:24:46.144365896 +0200
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  #include <unistd.h> /* getcwd */
 #endif
 
-#include <libevent/event.h>
+#include <event.h>
 
 #define CURL_DISABLE_TYPECHECK /* otherwise -Wunreachable-code goes insane */
 #include <curl/curl.h>
diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/gtk/Makefile.in transmission-1.61/gtk/Makefile.in
--- transmission-1.61.orig/gtk/Makefile.in	2009-05-28 09:24:37.763616201 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/gtk/Makefile.in	2009-05-28 09:24:46.125363829 +0200
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
 am__DEPENDENCIES_1 =
 transmission_DEPENDENCIES =  \
 	$(top_builddir)/libtransmission/libtransmission.a \
-	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libevent/libevent.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/miniupnp/libminiupnp.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libnatpmp/libnatpmp.a \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
@@ -389,7 +388,7 @@
 dist_man_MANS = transmission.1
 transmission_LDADD =  \
 	$(top_builddir)/libtransmission/libtransmission.a \
-	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libevent/libevent.la \
+	-levent -levent_core \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/miniupnp/libminiupnp.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libnatpmp/libnatpmp.a $(GTK_LIBS) \
 	$(GIO_LIBS) $(LIBNOTIFY_LIBS) $(DBUS_GLIB_LIBS) \
diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/gtk/util.c transmission-1.61/gtk/util.c
--- transmission-1.61.orig/gtk/util.c	2009-05-28 09:24:37.766615788 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/gtk/util.c	2009-05-28 09:24:46.126365786 +0200
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  #include <dbus/dbus-glib.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <libevent/evhttp.h>
+#include <evhttp.h>
 
 #include <libtransmission/transmission.h> /* TR_RATIO_NA, TR_RATIO_INF */
 #include <libtransmission/utils.h> /* tr_inf */
diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/libtransmission/clients.c transmission-1.61/libtransmission/clients.c
--- transmission-1.61.orig/libtransmission/clients.c	2009-05-28 09:24:37.967615518 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/libtransmission/clients.c	2009-05-28 09:24:46.127387929 +0200
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h> /* strtol */
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include <libevent/event.h> /* evbuffer */
+#include <event.h> /* evbuffer */
 
 #include "transmission.h"
 #include "clients.h"
diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/libtransmission/Makefile.in transmission-1.61/libtransmission/Makefile.in
--- transmission-1.61.orig/libtransmission/Makefile.in	2009-05-28 09:24:37.964615931 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/libtransmission/Makefile.in	2009-05-28 09:24:46.129387025 +0200
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
 am__DEPENDENCIES_2 = ./libtransmission.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/miniupnp/libminiupnp.a \
 	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libnatpmp/libnatpmp.a \
-	$(top_builddir)/third-party/libevent/libevent.la \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) $(am__DEPENDENCIES_1) \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
@@ -462,7 +461,7 @@
     ./libtransmission.a  \
     $(top_builddir)/third-party/miniupnp/libminiupnp.a \
     $(top_builddir)/third-party/libnatpmp/libnatpmp.a \
-    $(top_builddir)/third-party/libevent/libevent.la \
+    -levent -levent_core \
     $(INTLLIBS) \
     $(LIBCURL_LIBS) \
     $(OPENSSL_LIBS) \
diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/libtransmission/net.c transmission-1.61/libtransmission/net.c
--- transmission-1.61.orig/libtransmission/net.c	2009-05-28 09:24:37.970613779 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/libtransmission/net.c	2009-05-28 09:24:46.130388424 +0200
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  #include <fcntl.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <evutil.h>
+#include <event.h>
 
 #include "transmission.h"
 #include "fdlimit.h"
diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/libtransmission/rpc-server.c transmission-1.61/libtransmission/rpc-server.c
--- transmission-1.61.orig/libtransmission/rpc-server.c	2009-05-28 09:24:37.970613779 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/libtransmission/rpc-server.c	2009-05-28 09:24:46.131363912 +0200
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
  #include <zlib.h>
 #endif
 
-#include <libevent/event.h>
-#include <libevent/evhttp.h>
+#include <event.h>
+#include <evhttp.h>
 
 #include "transmission.h"
 #include "bencode.h"
diff -ur transmission-1.61.orig/third-party/Makefile.in transmission-1.61/third-party/Makefile.in
--- transmission-1.61.orig/third-party/Makefile.in	2009-05-28 09:24:37.793612493 +0200
+++ transmission-1.61/third-party/Makefile.in	2009-05-28 09:24:46.132389615 +0200
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 transmissionlocaledir = @transmissionlocaledir@
 SUBDIRS = \
-    libevent \
     libnatpmp \
     miniupnp