diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.12.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.12.bb
index be690fe94e..32c61768d9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.12.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libevent/libevent_2.1.12.bb
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/${BPN}-${PV}-stable"
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "--enable-openssl,--disable-openssl,openssl"
 
-inherit autotools github-releases
+inherit autotools github-releases ptest multilib_header
 
 # Needed for Debian packaging
 LEAD_SONAME = "libevent-2.1.so"
 
-inherit ptest multilib_header
-
 DEPENDS = "zlib"
 
 PACKAGES_DYNAMIC = "^${PN}-.*$"