diff --git a/nav2_lifecycle_manager/CMakeLists.txt b/nav2_lifecycle_manager/CMakeLists.txt
index 352522fced1..5f4b3f3c232 100644
--- a/nav2_lifecycle_manager/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nav2_lifecycle_manager/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ project(nav2_lifecycle_manager)
 find_package(ament_cmake REQUIRED)
 find_package(geometry_msgs REQUIRED)
 find_package(lifecycle_msgs REQUIRED)
-find_package(irobot_events_executor REQUIRED)
 find_package(nav2_common REQUIRED)
 find_package(nav2_msgs REQUIRED)
 find_package(nav2_util REQUIRED)
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ set(dependencies
   nav2_msgs
   nav2_util
   rclcpp
-  irobot_events_executor
   rclcpp_action
   rclcpp_lifecycle
   rclcpp_components
diff --git a/nav2_lifecycle_manager/package.xml b/nav2_lifecycle_manager/package.xml
index f476470f7fa..fabcc9d56bb 100644
--- a/nav2_lifecycle_manager/package.xml
+++ b/nav2_lifecycle_manager/package.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   <build_depend>bondcpp</build_depend>
   <build_depend>nav2_common</build_depend>
   <build_depend>diagnostic_updater</build_depend>
-  <build_depend>irobot_events_executor</build_depend>
 
   <exec_depend>geometry_msgs</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>lifecycle_msgs</exec_depend>
diff --git a/nav2_lifecycle_manager/src/main.cpp b/nav2_lifecycle_manager/src/main.cpp
index 2162a5705d1..94268ae2f3c 100644
--- a/nav2_lifecycle_manager/src/main.cpp
+++ b/nav2_lifecycle_manager/src/main.cpp
@@ -15,18 +15,13 @@
 #include <memory>
 
 #include "nav2_lifecycle_manager/lifecycle_manager.hpp"
-#include "rclcpp/executors/events_executor/events_executor.hpp"
 #include "rclcpp/rclcpp.hpp"
 
 int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 {
   rclcpp::init(argc, argv);
   auto node = std::make_shared<nav2_lifecycle_manager::LifecycleManager>();
-  
-  auto executor = std::make_shared<rclcpp::executors::EventsExecutor>();
-
-  executor->add_node(node->get_node_base_interface());
-  executor->spin();
+  rclcpp::spin(node);
   rclcpp::shutdown();
 
   return 0;