diff --git a/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile b/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile
index 7fe95b1fb0..68350077c8 100644
--- a/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/libevent-$(PKG_VERSION)-stable
 PKG_SOURCE:=libevent-$(PKG_VERSION)-stable.tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.monkey.org/~provos/ \
-	@SF/levent
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/levent
 PKG_MD5SUM:=c4c56f986aa985677ca1db89630a2e11
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause