diff --git a/build_msvc/vcpkg.json b/build_msvc/vcpkg.json
index 3557269be0c..25ef4a24af9 100644
--- a/build_msvc/vcpkg.json
+++ b/build_msvc/vcpkg.json
@@ -7,11 +7,8 @@
     "boost-process",
     "boost-signals2",
     "boost-test",
+    "libevent",
     "sqlite3",
-    {
-      "name": "libevent",
-      "features": ["thread"]
-    },
     "zeromq"
   ],
   "builtin-baseline": "f14984af3738e69f197bf0e647a8dca12de92996",