diff --git a/net/arpd/Makefile b/net/arpd/Makefile
index 9f6089550737..f1263fe674de 100644
--- a/net/arpd/Makefile
+++ b/net/arpd/Makefile
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/dnet.h:${PORTSDIR}/net/libdnet \
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libdnet.a:${PORTSDIR}/net/libdnet \
 		${LOCALBASE}/lib/libevent.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libevent
 
-BROKEN=		Broken by libevent update
-
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 WRKSRC=	${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 
diff --git a/net/plb/Makefile b/net/plb/Makefile
index 3f87e0e02ea5..d88d9f21d851 100644
--- a/net/plb/Makefile
+++ b/net/plb/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ COMMENT=	A high-performance HTTP load balancer
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libevent.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libevent
 
-BROKEN=		Broken by libevent update
-
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--sysconfdir=${PREFIX}/etc
 
diff --git a/security/fragroute/Makefile b/security/fragroute/Makefile
index 2f9fac9cdba3..a6fde9e1fd0c 100644
--- a/security/fragroute/Makefile
+++ b/security/fragroute/Makefile
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ COMMENT=	A tool for intercepting, modifying and rewriting egress traffic
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libdnet.a:${PORTSDIR}/net/libdnet \
 		${LOCALBASE}/lib/libevent.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libevent
 
-BROKEN=		Broken by libevent update
-
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--with-libdnet=${PREFIX} \
 			--with-libevent=${PREFIX} --with-pcap
diff --git a/security/stegdetect/Makefile b/security/stegdetect/Makefile
index 605e0af9549d..d5ef8ec8e2cc 100644
--- a/security/stegdetect/Makefile
+++ b/security/stegdetect/Makefile
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ COMMENT=	An automated tool for detecting steganographic content in jpegs
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libevent.a:${PORTSDIR}/devel/libevent
 .endif
 
-BROKEN=		Broken by libevent update
-
 # Note: stegdetect includes a modified version of jpeg-6b linked statically
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}