diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index fe2b973e58..4efa308911 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Map;
 
 require_once "mod/proxy.php";
-require_once "include/event.php";
 require_once "include/conversation.php";
 
 /**
diff --git a/mod/cal.php b/mod/cal.php
index fdcb06a6f5..bf73408f42 100644
--- a/mod/cal.php
+++ b/mod/cal.php
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ use Friendica\Protocol\DFRN;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Temporal;
 
-require_once 'include/event.php';
-
 function cal_init(App $a)
 {
 	if ($a->argc > 1) {
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index db96729066..073226b829 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Protocol\DFRN;
 
 require_once 'include/items.php';
-require_once 'include/event.php';
 
 function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 	logger(__function__, LOGGER_TRACE);
diff --git a/mod/events.php b/mod/events.php
index 54f4e79528..60827cac20 100644
--- a/mod/events.php
+++ b/mod/events.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use Friendica\Model\Profile;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Temporal;
 
-require_once 'include/event.php';
 require_once 'include/items.php';
 
 function events_init(App $a) {
diff --git a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
index b7e4207199..ebaef2b29d 100644
--- a/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
+++ b/src/Content/Text/BBCode.php
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\ParseUrl;
 use League\HTMLToMarkdown\HtmlConverter;
 
-require_once "include/event.php";
 require_once "mod/proxy.php";
 
 class BBCode extends BaseObject
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 64ca81a90b..bdb85af441 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ use Text_LanguageDetect;
 require_once 'boot.php';
 require_once 'include/items.php';
 require_once 'include/text.php';
-require_once 'include/event.php';
 
 class Item extends BaseObject
 {
diff --git a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
index 5fda6e6a75..429c5051ff 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/DFRN.php
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ require_once 'boot.php';
 require_once 'include/dba.php';
 require_once "include/enotify.php";
 require_once "include/items.php";
-require_once "include/event.php";
 require_once "include/text.php";
 
 /**