diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0a37328e9c..10b82faef0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -586,9 +586,9 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pthread_setname_np pthread_set_name_np])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([pthread_np.h], [], [], [#include <pthread.h>])
 
 # libuv
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libuv])
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBUV], [libuv >= 1.34.0], [],
-		  [AC_MSG_ERROR([libuv >= 1.34.0 not found])])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBUV], [libuv >= 1.37.0], [],
+		  [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBUV], [libuv >= 1.34.0 libuv < 1.35.0], [],
+				     [AC_MSG_ERROR([libuv >= 1.34.0 (except 1.35.0 and 1.36.0) not found])])])
 
 AX_SAVE_FLAGS([libuv])
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $LIBUV_CFLAGS"
diff --git a/doc/arm/build.inc.rst b/doc/arm/build.inc.rst
index 7239b1a3c9..93a08ecadc 100644
--- a/doc/arm/build.inc.rst
+++ b/doc/arm/build.inc.rst
@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ To build BIND 9, the following packages must be installed:
 - ``perl``
 - ``pkg-config`` / ``pkgconfig`` / ``pkgconf``
 
-BIND 9.19 requires ``libuv`` 1.34.0 or higher. On older systems, an updated
-``libuv`` package needs to be installed from sources such as EPEL, PPA,
-or other native sources. The other option is to build and install
-``libuv`` from source.
+BIND 9.19 requires ``libuv`` 1.34.0 or higher, using ``libuv`` >= 1.40.0
+is recommended. Compiling or running with ``libuv`` 1.35.0 or 1.36.0 is
+not supported, as this could lead to an assertion failure in the UDP
+receive code. On older systems, an updated ``libuv`` package needs to be
+installed from sources such as EPEL, PPA, or other native sources. The
+other option is to build and install ``libuv`` from source.
 
 OpenSSL 1.0.2e or newer is required. If the OpenSSL library is installed
 in a nonstandard location, specify the prefix using
diff --git a/lib/isc/netmgr/netmgr.c b/lib/isc/netmgr/netmgr.c
index 8906e560b6..d7a70a47cc 100644
--- a/lib/isc/netmgr/netmgr.c
+++ b/lib/isc/netmgr/netmgr.c
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ netmgr_teardown(void *arg) {
 #define MINIMAL_UV_VERSION UV_VERSION(1, 40, 0)
 #elif HAVE_DECL_UV_UDP_RECVMMSG
 #define MINIMAL_UV_VERSION UV_VERSION(1, 37, 0)
-#elif HAVE_DECL_UV_UDP_MMSG_CHUNK
-#define MINIMAL_UV_VERSION UV_VERSION(1, 35, 0)
 #else
 #define MINIMAL_UV_VERSION UV_VERSION(1, 0, 0)
 #endif