diff --git a/crates/ruma-events/src/enums.rs b/crates/ruma-events/src/enums.rs
index dcdba064..cdf6b5ea 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-events/src/enums.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-events/src/enums.rs
@@ -112,30 +112,6 @@ event_enum! {
     ]
 }
 
-/// Any event.
-#[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize)]
-#[serde(untagged)]
-pub enum AnyEvent {
-    /// Any basic event.
-    Basic(AnyBasicEvent),
-
-    /// Any ephemeral room event.
-    Ephemeral(AnyEphemeralRoomEvent),
-
-    /// Any message event.
-    Message(AnyMessageEvent),
-
-    /// Any state event.
-    State(AnyStateEvent),
-
-    /// Any message event that has been redacted.
-    RedactedMessage(AnyRedactedMessageEvent),
-
-    /// Any state event that has been redacted.
-    RedactedState(AnyRedactedStateEvent),
-}
-
 /// Any room event.
 #[allow(clippy::large_enum_variant)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize)]
@@ -172,41 +148,6 @@ pub enum AnySyncRoomEvent {
     RedactedState(AnyRedactedSyncStateEvent),
 }
 
-// FIXME `#[serde(untagged)]` deserialization fails for these enums which
-// is odd as we are doing basically the same thing here, investigate?
-impl<'de> de::Deserialize<'de> for AnyEvent {
-    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
-    where
-        D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
-    {
-        let json = Box::<RawJsonValue>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
-        let EventDeHelper { state_key, event_id, room_id, unsigned, .. } =
-            from_raw_json_value(&json)?;
-
-        // Determine whether the event is a state, message, ephemeral, or basic event
-        // based on the fields present.
-        if state_key.is_some() {
-            Ok(match unsigned {
-                Some(unsigned) if unsigned.redacted_because.is_some() => {
-                    AnyEvent::RedactedState(from_raw_json_value(&json)?)
-                }
-                _ => AnyEvent::State(from_raw_json_value(&json)?),
-            })
-        } else if event_id.is_some() {
-            Ok(match unsigned {
-                Some(unsigned) if unsigned.redacted_because.is_some() => {
-                    AnyEvent::RedactedMessage(from_raw_json_value(&json)?)
-                }
-                _ => AnyEvent::Message(from_raw_json_value(&json)?),
-            })
-        } else if room_id.is_some() {
-            Ok(AnyEvent::Ephemeral(from_raw_json_value(&json)?))
-        } else {
-            Ok(AnyEvent::Basic(from_raw_json_value(&json)?))
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl<'de> de::Deserialize<'de> for AnyRoomEvent {
     fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
     where
diff --git a/crates/ruma-events/src/lib.rs b/crates/ruma-events/src/lib.rs
index e3e92b4a..659ccfca 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-events/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-events/src/lib.rs
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
 //!     }
 //! });
 //!
-//! // The downside of this event is we cannot use it with the `AnyRoomEvent` or `AnyEvent` enums,
-//! // but could be deserialized from a `Raw<AnyRoomEvent>` that has failed.
+//! // The downside of this event is we cannot use it with event enums, but could be deserialized
+//! // from a `Raw<_>` that has failed to deserialize.
 //! matches::assert_matches!(
 //!     serde_json::from_value::<SyncMessageEvent<ReactionEventContent>>(json),
 //!     Ok(SyncMessageEvent {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ pub use self::relation::Relations;
 pub use self::{
     enums::{
         AnyBasicEvent, AnyBasicEventContent, AnyEphemeralRoomEvent, AnyEphemeralRoomEventContent,
-        AnyEvent, AnyInitialStateEvent, AnyMessageEvent, AnyMessageEventContent,
+        AnyInitialStateEvent, AnyMessageEvent, AnyMessageEventContent,
         AnyPossiblyRedactedMessageEvent, AnyPossiblyRedactedStateEvent,
         AnyPossiblyRedactedStrippedStateEvent, AnyPossiblyRedactedSyncMessageEvent,
         AnyPossiblyRedactedSyncStateEvent, AnyRedactedMessageEvent, AnyRedactedStateEvent,