diff --git a/event-internal.h b/event-internal.h
index 56f1750b..bce9c386 100644
--- a/event-internal.h
+++ b/event-internal.h
@@ -233,11 +233,6 @@ struct event_base {
 	/** Mapping from signal numbers to enabled (added) events. */
 	struct event_signal_map sigmap;
 
-#ifdef _EVENT_USE_EVENTLIST
-	/** All events that have been enabled (added) in this event_base */
-	struct event_list eventqueue;
-#endif
-
 	/** Stored timeval; used to detect when time is running backwards. */
 	struct timeval event_tv;
 
diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index 5a54a9f4..bdcb8cd7 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -588,9 +588,7 @@ event_base_new_with_config(const struct event_config *cfg)
 	gettime(base, &base->event_tv);
 
 	min_heap_ctor(&base->timeheap);
-#ifdef _EVENT_USE_EVENTLIST
-	TAILQ_INIT(&base->eventqueue);
-#endif
+
 	base->sig.ev_signal_pair[0] = -1;
 	base->sig.ev_signal_pair[1] = -1;
 	base->th_notify_fd[0] = -1;
@@ -815,10 +813,6 @@ event_base_free(struct event_base *base)
 
 	mm_free(base->activequeues);
 
-#ifdef _EVENT_USE_EVENTLIST
-	EVUTIL_ASSERT(TAILQ_EMPTY(&base->eventqueue));
-#endif
-
 	evmap_io_clear(&base->io);
 	evmap_signal_clear(&base->sigmap);
 	event_changelist_freemem(&base->changelist);
@@ -2629,9 +2623,6 @@ event_queue_remove_inserted(struct event_base *base, struct event *ev)
 	}
 	DECR_EVENT_COUNT(base, ev);
 	ev->ev_flags &= ~EVLIST_INSERTED;
-#ifdef _EVENT_USE_EVENTLIST
-	TAILQ_REMOVE(&base->eventqueue, ev, ev_next);
-#endif
 }
 static void
 event_queue_remove_active(struct event_base *base, struct event *ev)
@@ -2735,10 +2726,6 @@ event_queue_insert_inserted(struct event_base *base, struct event *ev)
 	INCR_EVENT_COUNT(base, ev);
 
 	ev->ev_flags |= EVLIST_INSERTED;
-
-#ifdef _EVENT_USE_EVENTLIST
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&base->eventqueue, ev, ev_next);
-#endif
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/include/event2/event_struct.h b/include/event2/event_struct.h
index d3ca44d4..2da11e2f 100644
--- a/include/event2/event_struct.h
+++ b/include/event2/event_struct.h
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ struct {								\
 struct event_base;
 struct event {
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(event) ev_active_next;
-#ifdef _EVENT_USE_EVENTLIST
-	TAILQ_ENTRY(event) ev_next;
-#endif
+
 	/* for managing timeouts */
 	union {
 		TAILQ_ENTRY(event) ev_next_with_common_timeout;