diff --git a/src/widgets/lv_checkbox.c b/src/widgets/lv_checkbox.c
index 2128f2d13..59b6b0e4c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/lv_checkbox.c
+++ b/src/widgets/lv_checkbox.c
@@ -156,10 +156,7 @@ static void lv_checkbox_event(const lv_obj_class_t * class_p, lv_event_t * e)
     lv_event_code_t code = lv_event_get_code(e);
     lv_obj_t * obj = lv_event_get_target(e);
 
-    if(code == LV_EVENT_PRESSED || code == LV_EVENT_RELEASED) {
-        lv_obj_invalidate(obj);
-    }
-    else if(code == LV_EVENT_GET_SELF_SIZE) {
+    if(code == LV_EVENT_GET_SELF_SIZE) {
         lv_point_t * p = lv_event_get_param(e);
         lv_checkbox_t * cb = (lv_checkbox_t *)obj;
 
@@ -188,13 +185,6 @@ static void lv_checkbox_event(const lv_obj_class_t * class_p, lv_event_t * e)
         lv_coord_t m = lv_obj_calculate_ext_draw_size(obj, LV_PART_INDICATOR);
         *s = LV_MAX(*s, m);
     }
-    else if(code == LV_EVENT_RELEASED) {
-        uint32_t v = lv_obj_get_state(obj) & LV_STATE_CHECKED ? 1 : 0;
-        res = lv_event_send(obj, LV_EVENT_VALUE_CHANGED, &v);
-        if(res != LV_RES_OK) return;
-
-        lv_obj_invalidate(obj);
-    }
     else if(code == LV_EVENT_DRAW_MAIN) {
         lv_checkbox_draw(e);
     }