diff -NaurwB transmission-1.83.old/configure.ac transmission-1.83/configure.ac
--- transmission-1.83.old/configure.ac	2010-01-30 16:47:26.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.83/configure.ac	2010-01-30 16:57:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
 dnl build our copy of libevent whether we use it or not,
 dnl because "make dist" needs its Makefiles to exist, and
 dnl AM_CONDITIONAL + AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS don't seem to play nice
-AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([third-party/libevent])
+dnl AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([third-party/libevent])
 libevent_source=bundled
 AC_CHECK_LIB([event],[evutil_vsnprintf],
              [libevent_found=yes],
diff -NaurwB transmission-1.83.old/third-party/Makefile.am transmission-1.83/third-party/Makefile.am
--- transmission-1.83.old/third-party/Makefile.am	2010-01-30 16:47:26.000000000 +0100
+++ transmission-1.83/third-party/Makefile.am	2010-01-30 16:47:51.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = libnatpmp miniupnp libevent dht
+SUBDIRS = libnatpmp miniupnp dht
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
   macosx-libevent-config.h \