diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/libevent-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libevent/libevent-devel.template
index 37a8a366b3b..a11b179481c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/libevent-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/libevent-devel.template
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 #
 noarch=yes
 depends="openssl-devel libevent>=${version}"
-short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/bin usr
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevent/template b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
index 3cd661a4e3c..421ddb11864 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevent/template
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'libevent'
 pkgname=libevent
 version=2.0.21
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="$pkgname-$version-stable"
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
 makedepends="openssl-devel"
+crossmakedepends="${makedepends}"
 short_desc="Abstract asynchronous event notification library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/$pkgname/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version-stable.tar.gz"
 checksum=22a530a8a5ba1cb9c080cba033206b17dacd21437762155c6d30ee6469f574f5
-long_desc="
- The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function
- when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout
- has been reached. libevent is meant to replace the asynchronous event
- loop found in event driven network servers. An application just needs
- to call event_dispatch() and can then add or remove events dynamically
- without having to change the event loop."