diff -ru transmission-1.40.orig/cli/Makefile.in transmission-1.40/cli/Makefile.in
--- transmission-1.40.orig/cli/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/cli/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 09:53:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -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) \
@@ -288,7 +287,7 @@
 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 -ru transmission-1.40.orig/configure transmission-1.40/configure
--- transmission-1.40.orig/configure	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/configure	2008-11-21 09:56:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -1056,7 +1056,6 @@
 LIBNOTIFY_LIBS
 DBUS_GLIB_CFLAGS
 DBUS_GLIB_LIBS'
-ac_subdirs_all='third-party/libevent'
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
 ac_init_help=
@@ -23764,16 +23763,6 @@
 
 
 
-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 -ru transmission-1.40.orig/daemon/Makefile.in transmission-1.40/daemon/Makefile.in
--- transmission-1.40.orig/daemon/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/daemon/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 09:53:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 	$(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)
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@
 	$(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)
@@ -307,7 +305,7 @@
     $(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 -ru transmission-1.40.orig/daemon/remote.c transmission-1.40/daemon/remote.c
--- transmission-1.40.orig/daemon/remote.c	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/daemon/remote.c	2008-11-21 09:56:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h> /* strcmp */
 
-#include <libevent/event.h>
+#include <event.h>
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
 #include <libtransmission/transmission.h>
diff -ru transmission-1.40.orig/gtk/Makefile.in transmission-1.40/gtk/Makefile.in
--- transmission-1.40.orig/gtk/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/gtk/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 09:54:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -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) \
@@ -397,7 +396,7 @@
 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 -ru transmission-1.40.orig/gtk/util.c transmission-1.40/gtk/util.c
--- transmission-1.40.orig/gtk/util.c	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/gtk/util.c	2008-11-21 09:56:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  #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 -ru transmission-1.40.orig/libtransmission/clients.c transmission-1.40/libtransmission/clients.c
--- transmission-1.40.orig/libtransmission/clients.c	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/libtransmission/clients.c	2008-11-21 09:56:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -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 -ru transmission-1.40.orig/libtransmission/Makefile.in transmission-1.40/libtransmission/Makefile.in
--- transmission-1.40.orig/libtransmission/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/libtransmission/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 09:52:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -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)
@@ -439,7 +438,7 @@
     ./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 -ru transmission-1.40.orig/libtransmission/net.c transmission-1.40/libtransmission/net.c
--- transmission-1.40.orig/libtransmission/net.c	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/libtransmission/net.c	2008-11-21 09:56:16.000000000 +0100
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  #include <fcntl.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <stdarg.h>
 #include <evutil.h>
 
 #include "transmission.h"
diff -ru transmission-1.40.orig/libtransmission/rpc-server.c transmission-1.40/libtransmission/rpc-server.c
--- transmission-1.40.orig/libtransmission/rpc-server.c	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/libtransmission/rpc-server.c	2008-11-21 09:56:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -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 -ru transmission-1.40.orig/third-party/Makefile.in transmission-1.40/third-party/Makefile.in
--- transmission-1.40.orig/third-party/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 09:45:25.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.40/third-party/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 09:54:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@
 top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
 transmissionlocaledir = @transmissionlocaledir@
 SUBDIRS = \
-    libevent \
     libnatpmp \
     miniupnp