diff --git a/src/getdns/getdns.h b/src/getdns/getdns.h
index 08ba6361..788ca144 100644
--- a/src/getdns/getdns.h
+++ b/src/getdns/getdns.h
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#if defined( __FreeBSD__ )
-# include <event2/event.h>
-#else
-# include <event.h>
-#endif
+#include <event2/event.h>
 
 #define GETDNS_COMPILATION_COMMENT The API implementation should fill in something here, such as a compilation version string and date, and change it each time the API is compiled.