diff --git a/templates/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua.j2 b/templates/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua.j2
index 04c794f..2686bfe 100644
--- a/templates/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua.j2
+++ b/templates/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua.j2
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
 -- Example: admins = { "user1@example.com", "user2@example.net" }
 admins = { "alex@{{ prosody_domain_name }}", "tux@{{ prosody_domain_name }}" }
 
--- Enable use of libevent for better performance under high load
--- For more information see: https://prosody.im/doc/libevent
-use_libevent = true
-
 -- Prosody will always look in its source directory for modules, but
 -- this option allows you to specify additional locations where Prosody
 -- will look for modules first. For community modules, see https://modules.prosody.im/