diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7d6b5a37..abbfbc8e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ jobs:
             ./autogen.sh
             ./configure \
               --prefix=/opt/tor-build \
-              --enable-static-libevent \
               --disable-asciidoc
             make -j$(nproc)
             make install