diff --git a/ruma-events/src/lib.rs b/ruma-events/src/lib.rs
index bd6c821f..2b87bad2 100644
--- a/ruma-events/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ruma-events/src/lib.rs
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ mod error;
 mod event_kinds;
 mod event_type;
 mod json;
-#[doc(hidden)] // only public for external tests
-pub mod util;
 
 // Hack to allow both ruma-events itself and external crates (or tests) to use procedural macros
 // that expect `ruma_events` to exist in the prelude.
diff --git a/ruma-events/src/util.rs b/ruma-events/src/util.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ba5050bd..00000000
--- a/ruma-events/src/util.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
-use serde_json::Value as JsonValue;
-
-pub fn try_variant_from_value<T, U, E>(value: JsonValue, variant: fn(T) -> U) -> Result<U, E>
-where
-    T: DeserializeOwned,
-    E: serde::de::Error,
-{
-    serde_json::from_value(value).map(variant).map_err(serde_json_error_to_generic_de_error)
-}
-
-pub fn serde_json_error_to_generic_de_error<E: serde::de::Error>(error: serde_json::Error) -> E {
-    E::custom(error.to_string())
-}
-
-pub fn get_field<T, E>(value: &JsonValue, field: &'static str) -> Result<T, E>
-where
-    T: DeserializeOwned,
-    E: serde::de::Error,
-{
-    serde_json::from_value(value.get(field).cloned().ok_or_else(|| E::missing_field(field))?)
-        .map_err(serde_json_error_to_generic_de_error)
-}