diff --git a/internal/incident/incident.go b/internal/incident/incident.go
index a232eb971..1de773629 100644
--- a/internal/incident/incident.go
+++ b/internal/incident/incident.go
@@ -146,12 +146,6 @@ func (i *Incident) ProcessEvent(ctx context.Context, ev *event.Event) error {
 		i.logger = i.logger.With(zap.String("incident", i.String()))
 	}
 
-	if err = i.AddEvent(ctx, tx, ev); err != nil {
-		i.logger.Errorw("Can't insert incident event to the database", zap.Error(err))
-
-		return errors.New("can't insert incident event to the database")
-	}
-
 	switch ev.Type {
 	case event.TypeState:
 		if !isNew {
@@ -233,10 +227,6 @@ func (i *Incident) RetriggerEscalations(ev *event.Event) {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if err = i.AddEvent(ctx, tx, ev); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("can't insert incident event to the database: %w", err)
-		}
-
 		if err = i.triggerEscalations(ctx, tx, ev, escalations); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/internal/incident/incidents.go b/internal/incident/incidents.go
index 5bcc36c59..e4e7efb45 100644
--- a/internal/incident/incidents.go
+++ b/internal/incident/incidents.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package incident
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"github.com/icinga/icinga-notifications/internal/config"
 	"github.com/icinga/icinga-notifications/internal/event"
 	"github.com/icinga/icinga-notifications/internal/object"
@@ -194,49 +193,3 @@ func GetCurrentIncidents() map[int64]*Incident {
 	}
 	return m
 }
-
-// ProcessEvent from an event.Event.
-//
-// This function first gets this Event's object.Object and its incident.Incident. Then, after performing some safety
-// checks, it calls the Incident.ProcessEvent method.
-//
-// The returned error might be wrapped around event.ErrSuperfluousStateChange.
-func ProcessEvent(
-	ctx context.Context,
-	db *icingadb.DB,
-	logs *logging.Logging,
-	runtimeConfig *config.RuntimeConfig,
-	ev *event.Event,
-) error {
-	obj, err := object.FromEvent(ctx, db, ev)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot sync event object: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	createIncident := ev.Severity != event.SeverityNone && ev.Severity != event.SeverityOK
-	currentIncident, err := GetCurrent(
-		ctx,
-		db,
-		obj,
-		logs.GetChildLogger("incident"),
-		runtimeConfig,
-		createIncident)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot get current incident for %q: %w", obj.DisplayName(), err)
-	}
-
-	if currentIncident == nil {
-		switch {
-		// ignore non-state event without incident
-		case ev.Severity == event.SeverityNone:
-			return fmt.Errorf("%q does not have an active incident, ignoring %q event from source %d",
-				obj.DisplayName(), ev.Type, ev.SourceId)
-		case ev.Severity != event.SeverityOK:
-			panic(fmt.Sprintf("cannot process event %v with a non-OK state %v without a known incident", ev, ev.Severity))
-		default:
-			return fmt.Errorf("%w: ok state event from source %d", event.ErrSuperfluousStateChange, ev.SourceId)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return currentIncident.ProcessEvent(ctx, ev)
-}
diff --git a/internal/incident/sync.go b/internal/incident/sync.go
index 76b1f1b2a..1cec8772b 100644
--- a/internal/incident/sync.go
+++ b/internal/incident/sync.go
@@ -55,15 +55,6 @@ func (i *Incident) AddEscalationTriggered(ctx context.Context, tx *sqlx.Tx, stat
 	return err
 }
 
-// AddEvent Inserts incident history record to the database and returns an error on db failure.
-func (i *Incident) AddEvent(ctx context.Context, tx *sqlx.Tx, ev *event.Event) error {
-	ie := &EventRow{IncidentID: i.Id, EventID: ev.ID}
-	stmt, _ := i.db.BuildInsertStmt(ie)
-	_, err := tx.NamedExecContext(ctx, stmt, ie)
-
-	return err
-}
-
 // AddRecipient adds recipient from the given *rule.Escalation to this incident.
 // Syncs also all the recipients with the database and returns an error on db failure.
 func (i *Incident) AddRecipient(ctx context.Context, tx *sqlx.Tx, escalation *rule.Escalation, eventId int64) error {
diff --git a/schema/pgsql/schema.sql b/schema/pgsql/schema.sql
index ad4ede4d1..a544e8d2d 100644
--- a/schema/pgsql/schema.sql
+++ b/schema/pgsql/schema.sql
@@ -254,13 +254,6 @@ CREATE TABLE incident (
     CONSTRAINT pk_incident PRIMARY KEY (id)
 );
 
-CREATE TABLE incident_event (
-    incident_id bigint NOT NULL REFERENCES incident(id),
-    event_id bigint NOT NULL REFERENCES event(id),
-
-    CONSTRAINT pk_incident_event PRIMARY KEY (incident_id, event_id)
-);
-
 CREATE TYPE incident_contact_role AS ENUM ('recipient', 'subscriber', 'manager');
 
 CREATE TABLE incident_contact (
diff --git a/schema/pgsql/upgrades/some-unique-file-name.sql b/schema/pgsql/upgrades/some-unique-file-name.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79c19f8f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/pgsql/upgrades/some-unique-file-name.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DROP TABLE incident_event;