diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index c79a0cb5..73c36f49 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ parts:
     source-type: tar
     plugin: autotools
     autotools-configure-parameters:
-      - "--with-libevent-dir=/build/onionshare/parts/libevent/install/usr/local"
+      # - "--with-libevent-dir=/build/onionshare/parts/libevent/install/usr/local"
+      - "--with-libevent-dir=/root/parts/libevent/install/usr/local"
     build-packages:
       - libssl-dev
       - zlib1g-dev