diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b0ce4afa..9f58696fe 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -232,8 +232,6 @@ endif()
 # Add required includes:
 target_include_directories(
 	${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} SYSTEM PRIVATE
-	${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib/libevent/include # TODO: remove when updating libevent
-	lib/libevent/include
 	lib/mbedtls/include
 	lib/TCLAP/include
 	lib # TODO fix files including zlib/x instead of x
diff --git a/lib/libevent b/lib/libevent
index 4c908dde5..5df3037d1 160000
--- a/lib/libevent
+++ b/lib/libevent
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4c908dde58ef780eeefcc9df4db3063ca62ea862
+Subproject commit 5df3037d10556bfcb675bc73e516978b75fc7bc7
diff --git a/tests/HTTP/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/HTTP/CMakeLists.txt
index a32355d95..d252801c0 100644
--- a/tests/HTTP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/HTTP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/)
-include_directories(SYSTEM ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/libevent/include)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/mbedtls/include)
 
 # Create a single HTTP library that contains all the HTTP code:
diff --git a/tests/Network/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/Network/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fe639ba4..12759558e 100644
--- a/tests/Network/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/Network/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/)
-include_directories(SYSTEM ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/libevent/include)
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/mbedtls/include)
 
 # Create a single Network library that contains all the networking code: