diff --git a/src/event_enums.rs b/src/event_enums.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index e0e4d1c5..00000000
--- a/src/event_enums.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-
-use crate::{
-    room::{
-        aliases::AliasesEventContent, avatar::AvatarEventContent,
-        canonical_alias::CanonicalAliasEventContent, create::CreateEventContent,
-        encryption::EncryptionEventContent, guest_access::GuestAccessEventContent,
-        history_visibility::HistoryVisibilityEventContent, join_rules::JoinRulesEventContent,
-        member::MemberEventContent, name::NameEventContent,
-        pinned_events::PinnedEventsEventContent, power_levels::PowerLevelsEventContent,
-        server_acl::ServerAclEventContent, third_party_invite::ThirdPartyInviteEventContent,
-        tombstone::TombstoneEventContent, topic::TopicEventContent,
-    },
-    StateEvent,
-};
-
-// TODO: Optimize `Deserialize` implementations.
-// It should be possible to first deserialize into CatchAllEvent<AnyWhateverEventContent> and
-// transform that, which should have much more consistent performance than trying all variants
-// in order.
-
-/// Any state event.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
-#[serde(untagged)]
-pub enum AnyStateEvent {
-    /// An `m.room.aliases` event.
-    RoomAliases(StateEvent<AliasesEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.avatar` event.
-    RoomAvatar(StateEvent<AvatarEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.canonical_alias` event.
-    RoomCanonicalAlias(StateEvent<CanonicalAliasEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.create` event.
-    RoomCreate(StateEvent<CreateEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.encryption` event.
-    RoomEncryption(StateEvent<EncryptionEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.guest_access` event.
-    RoomGuestAccess(StateEvent<GuestAccessEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.history_visibility` event.
-    RoomHistoryVisibility(StateEvent<HistoryVisibilityEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.join_rules` event.
-    RoomJoinRules(StateEvent<JoinRulesEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.member` event.
-    RoomMember(StateEvent<MemberEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.name` event.
-    RoomName(StateEvent<NameEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.pinned_events` event.
-    RoomPinnedEvents(StateEvent<PinnedEventsEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.power_levels` event.
-    RoomPowerLevels(StateEvent<PowerLevelsEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.server_acl` event.
-    RoomServerAcl(StateEvent<ServerAclEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.third_party_invite` event.
-    RoomThirdPartyInvite(StateEvent<ThirdPartyInviteEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.tombstone` event.
-    RoomTombstone(StateEvent<TombstoneEventContent>),
-    /// An `m.room.topic` event.
-    RoomTopic(StateEvent<TopicEventContent>),
-}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d3bcf808..9f50df61 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ pub use ruma_serde::empty::Empty;
 mod algorithm;
 mod content_enums;
 mod error;
-mod event_enums;
 mod event_kinds;
 mod event_type;
 mod json;
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ pub use self::{
         AnyStateEventContent,
     },
     error::{FromStrError, InvalidEvent, InvalidInput},
-    event_enums::AnyStateEvent,
     event_kinds::{BasicEvent, EphemeralRoomEvent, MessageEvent, StateEvent},
     event_type::EventType,
     json::EventJson,