diff --git a/packages/libevent/build.sh b/packages/libevent/build.sh
index e24ac3e04..4ff077d55 100644
--- a/packages/libevent/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libevent/build.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,3 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 -DEVENT__HAVE_WAITPID_WITH_WNOWAIT=ON
 -DEVENT__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_T=$((TERMUX_ARCH_BITS/8))
 "
-termux_step_post_make_install() {
-	# Building with cmake does not install .pc files, see
-	# https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/443
-	cat > "$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR/libevent.pc" <<-HERE
-		Name: libevent
-		Description: libevent is an asynchronous notification event loop library
-		Version: ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}-stable
-		Libs: -levent
-	HERE
-}