diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/fix-libressl-2.7.patch b/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/fix-libressl-2.7.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a42a4a577a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/patches/fix-libressl-2.7.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---- openssl-compat.h.orig	2018-04-23 16:26:06.271112397 +0200
-+++ openssl-compat.h	2018-04-23 16:27:06.157202883 +0200
-@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
- #ifndef OPENSSL_COMPAT_H
- #define OPENSSL_COMPAT_H
- 
--#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L
-+#if defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) && LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x2070000fL
-+#define BIO_get_init(b) (b)->init
-+#define BIO_get_data(b) (b)->ptr
-+#define BIO_get_shutdown(b) (b)->shutdown
-+#elif (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER)
- 
- static inline BIO_METHOD *BIO_meth_new(int type, const char *name)
- {
-@@ -30,6 +34,6 @@ static inline BIO_METHOD *BIO_meth_new(i
- 
- #define TLS_method SSLv23_method
- 
--#endif /* OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L */
-+#endif /* (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x10100000L) || defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) */
- 
- #endif /* OPENSSL_COMPAT_H */
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/template b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
index 1105394201a..0e424c73831 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libevent'
 pkgname=libevent
-version=2.1.8
-revision=6
+version=2.1.10
+revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-stable"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="libressl-devel"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.org>"
 homepage="http://libevent.org/"
 license="3-clause-BSD"
 distfiles="https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${version}-stable/libevent-${version}-stable.tar.gz"
-checksum=965cc5a8bb46ce4199a47e9b2c9e1cae3b137e8356ffdad6d94d3b9069b71dc2
+checksum=e864af41a336bb11dab1a23f32993afe963c1f69618bd9292b89ecf6904845b0
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE