diff --git a/libevent/PKGBUILD b/libevent/PKGBUILD
index 274b2c0e87..eea22ffeb2 100644
--- a/libevent/PKGBUILD
+++ b/libevent/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@
 pkgbase=libevent
 pkgname=(libevent libevent-docs)
 pkgver=2.1.12
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=4.1
 pkgdesc="Event notification library"
 url="https://libevent.org/"
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
 license=(BSD)
 depends=(openssl)
 makedepends=(cmake ninja python zlib doxygen)
-options=(debug)
 source=(
   https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-$pkgver-stable/libevent-$pkgver-stable.tar.gz{,.asc}
   EVENT__SIZEOF_TIME_T.patch