diff --git a/vendor/CMakeLists.txt b/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
index 49b18c7..7c7f2e0 100644
--- a/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ set_property(TARGET openssl-ssl-static PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${
 ExternalProject_Add(libevent PREFIX libevent
         URL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libevent-2.1.8-stable.tar.gz
         URL_MD5 f3eeaed018542963b7d2416ef1135ecc
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${OPENSSL_PKGCONFIG_PATH} ./configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR> --disable-shared
+        CONFIGURE_COMMAND PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${OPENSSL_PKGCONFIG_PATH}
+		                  ./configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR> --disable-shared --disable-samples
         BUILD_COMMAND make LDFLAGS="-ldl"
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1)