diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c72cf63d..e96b7eed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ CMD_STATICCHECK ?= staticcheck
 # libs
 #
 
+LIB_BPF ?= libbpf
 LIB_ELF ?= libelf
 LIB_ZLIB ?= zlib
 
@@ -172,10 +173,6 @@ env:
 	@echo "KERN_BUILD_PATH          $(KERN_BUILD_PATH)"
 	@echo "KERN_SRC_PATH            $(KERN_SRC_PATH)"
 	@echo ---------------------------------------
-	@echo "LIBBPF_CFLAGS            $(LIBBPF_CFLAGS)"
-	@echo "LIBBPF_LDLAGS            $(LIBBPF_LDFLAGS)"
-	@echo "LIBBPF_SRC               $(LIBBPF_SRC)"
-	@echo ---------------------------------------
 	@echo "STATIC                   $(STATIC)"
 	@echo ---------------------------------------
 	@echo "BPF_VCPU                 $(BPF_VCPU)"
@@ -274,8 +271,6 @@ OUTPUT_DIR = ./dist
 $(OUTPUT_DIR):
 #
 	@$(CMD_MKDIR) -p $@
-	@$(CMD_MKDIR) -p $@/libbpf
-	@$(CMD_MKDIR) -p $@/libbpf/obj
 
 #
 # embedded btfhub
@@ -286,37 +281,6 @@ $(OUTPUT_DIR)/btfhub:
 	@$(CMD_MKDIR) -p $@
 	@$(CMD_TOUCH) $@/.place-holder # needed for embed.FS
 
-#
-# libbpf
-#
-
-LIBBPF_CFLAGS = "-fPIC"
-LIBBPF_LDLAGS =
-LIBBPF_SRC = ./3rdparty/libbpf/src
-
-$(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a: \
-	$(LIBBPF_SRC) \
-	$(wildcard $(LIBBPF_SRC)/*.[ch]) \
-	| .checkver_$(CMD_CLANG) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-#
-	CC="$(CMD_CLANG)" \
-		CFLAGS="$(LIBBPF_CFLAGS)" \
-		LD_FLAGS="$(LIBBPF_LDFLAGS)" \
-		$(MAKE) \
-		-C $(LIBBPF_SRC) \
-		BUILD_STATIC_ONLY=1 \
-		DESTDIR=$(abspath ./$(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf/) \
-		OBJDIR=$(abspath ./$(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf/obj) \
-		INCLUDEDIR= LIBDIR= UAPIDIR= prefix= libdir= \
-		install install_uapi_headers
-
-$(LIBBPF_SRC): \
-	| .check_$(CMD_GIT)
-#
-ifeq ($(wildcard $@), )
-	@$(CMD_GIT) submodule update --init --recursive
-endif
-
 #
 # non co-re ebpf
 #
@@ -333,7 +297,6 @@ BPF_NOCORE_TAG = $(subst .,_,$(KERN_RELEASE)).$(subst .,_,$(VERSION))
 bpf-nocore: $(OUTPUT_DIR)/tracee.bpf.$(BPF_NOCORE_TAG).o
 
 $(OUTPUT_DIR)/tracee.bpf.$(BPF_NOCORE_TAG).o: \
-	$(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a \
 	$(TRACEE_EBPF_OBJ_SRC)
 #
 	MAKEFLAGS="--no-print-directory"
@@ -351,7 +314,6 @@ $(OUTPUT_DIR)/tracee.bpf.$(BPF_NOCORE_TAG).o: \
 		-I $(KERN_SRC_PATH)/include/uapi \
 		-I $(KERN_BUILD_PATH)/include/generated \
 		-I $(KERN_BUILD_PATH)/include/generated/uapi \
-		-I $(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf \
 		-I ./3rdparty/include \
 		-Wunused \
 		-Wall \
@@ -412,7 +374,6 @@ TRACEE_EBPF_OBJ_CORE_HEADERS = $(shell find pkg/ebpf/c -name *.h)
 bpf-core: $(OUTPUT_DIR)/tracee.bpf.core.o
 
 $(OUTPUT_DIR)/tracee.bpf.core.o: \
-	$(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a \
 	$(TRACEE_EBPF_OBJ_SRC) \
 	$(TRACEE_EBPF_OBJ_CORE_HEADERS)
 #
@@ -421,7 +382,6 @@ $(OUTPUT_DIR)/tracee.bpf.core.o: \
 		-D__BPF_TRACING__ \
 		-DCORE \
 		-I./pkg/ebpf/c/ \
-		-I$(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf/ \
 		-I ./3rdparty/include \
 		-target bpf \
 		-O2 -g \
@@ -447,8 +407,8 @@ ifeq ($(STATIC), 1)
     GO_TAGS_EBPF := $(GO_TAGS_EBPF),netgo
 endif
 
-CUSTOM_CGO_CFLAGS = "-I$(abspath $(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf)"
-CUSTOM_CGO_LDFLAGS = "$(shell $(call pkg_config, $(LIB_ELF))) $(shell $(call pkg_config, $(LIB_ZLIB))) $(abspath $(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a)"
+CUSTOM_CGO_CFLAGS = ""
+CUSTOM_CGO_LDFLAGS = "$(shell $(call pkg_config, $(LIB_BPF))) $(shell $(call pkg_config, $(LIB_ELF))) $(shell $(call pkg_config, $(LIB_ZLIB)))"
 
 GO_ENV_EBPF =
 GO_ENV_EBPF += GOOS=linux
@@ -468,6 +428,7 @@ $(OUTPUT_DIR)/tracee-ebpf: \
 	$(TRACEE_EBPF_SRC) \
 	./embedded-ebpf.go \
 	| .checkver_$(CMD_GO) \
+	.checklib_$(LIB_BPF) \
 	.checklib_$(LIB_ELF) \
 	.checklib_$(LIB_ZLIB) \
 	btfhub
@@ -658,7 +619,6 @@ test-rules: \
 .PHONY: test-upstream-libbpfgo
 test-upstream-libbpfgo: \
 	.checkver_$(CMD_GO) \
-	$(OUTPUT_DIR)/libbpf/libbpf.a
 #
 	./tests/libbpfgo.sh $(GO_ENV_EBPF)