diff --git a/src/conf/domain_event.c b/src/conf/domain_event.c
index 880056852d1c19fdcff35218399578a9ee4528fc..5e5bac5e7808a240def9fc06d6a07c1ad4995a38 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_event.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_event.c
@@ -1191,12 +1191,11 @@ virDomainEventDispatchDefaultFunc(virConnectPtr conn,
                                   void *cbopaque)
 {
     virDomainPtr dom = virGetDomain(conn, event->meta.name, event->meta.uuid);
-    int eventID = virObjectEventGetEventID(event);
     if (!dom)
         return;
     dom->id = event->meta.id;
 
-    switch ((virDomainEventID) eventID) {
+    switch ((virDomainEventID) event->eventID) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_EVENT_ID_LIFECYCLE:
         {
             virDomainEventLifecyclePtr lifecycleEvent;
@@ -1360,7 +1359,7 @@ virDomainEventDispatchDefaultFunc(virConnectPtr conn,
         break;
     }
 
-    VIR_WARN("Unexpected event ID %d", eventID);
+    VIR_WARN("Unexpected event ID %d", event->eventID);
 
 cleanup:
     virDomainFree(dom);
diff --git a/src/conf/object_event.c b/src/conf/object_event.c
index f05949943d52525db40b6592fd218f7586396f36..dad98d63f769c36004f2d85314f1f71f1b49c2c9 100644
--- a/src/conf/object_event.c
+++ b/src/conf/object_event.c
@@ -73,18 +73,6 @@ virClassForObjectEvent(void)
     return virObjectEventClass;
 }
 
-int
-virObjectEventGetEventID(void *anyobj)
-{
-    virObjectEventPtr obj = anyobj;
-
-    if (!virObjectIsClass(obj, virClassForObjectEvent())) {
-        VIR_WARN("Object %p (%s) is not a virObjectEvent instance",
-                 obj, obj ? virClassName(obj->parent.klass) : "(unknown)");
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return obj->eventID;
-}
 
 static void
 virObjectEventDispose(void *obj)
@@ -599,7 +587,7 @@ virObjectEventDispatchMatchCallback(virObjectEventPtr event,
         return 0;
     if (!virObjectIsClass(event, cb->klass))
         return 0;
-    if (cb->eventID != virObjectEventGetEventID(event))
+    if (cb->eventID != event->eventID)
         return 0;
 
     if (cb->meta) {
diff --git a/src/conf/object_event_private.h b/src/conf/object_event_private.h
index 89c76752189c4cda616a88f80cee8e43fa012a9c..bc80425a32df7a0569b5c8014b03bae87567ba2e 100644
--- a/src/conf/object_event_private.h
+++ b/src/conf/object_event_private.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * object_event_private.h: object event queue processing helpers
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Red Hat, Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2008 VirtualIron
  * Copyright (C) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
  *
@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ struct _virObjectEvent {
 virClassPtr
 virClassForObjectEvent(void);
 
-int
-virObjectEventGetEventID(void *anyobj);
-
 int
 virObjectEventCallbackListAddID(virConnectPtr conn,
                                 virObjectEventCallbackListPtr cbList,