diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 93bdfb1e..0a3028e0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -342,16 +342,7 @@ endif
 ############ tools ############
 tools_shared_sources = [ 'tools/shared.c',
 			 'tools/shared.h' ]
-event_debug_sources = [ 'tools/libinput-debug-events.c' ] + tools_shared_sources
-executable('event-debug',
-	   event_debug_sources,
-	   dependencies : dep_libinput,
-	   include_directories : include_directories('src'),
-	   c_args : [ '-DTOOLS_BUILD_STANDALONE=1' ],
-	   install : false
-	   )
-
-libinput_debug_events_sources = event_debug_sources
+libinput_debug_events_sources = [ 'tools/libinput-debug-events.c' ] + tools_shared_sources
 executable('libinput-debug-events',
 	   libinput_debug_events_sources,
 	   dependencies : dep_libinput,
diff --git a/tools/.gitignore b/tools/.gitignore
index cb934298..2e4c93d3 100644
--- a/tools/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-event-debug
 event-gui
 ptraccel-debug
 libinput-list-devices
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 77b4e74c..68d1fd45 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-noinst_PROGRAMS = event-debug ptraccel-debug
+noinst_PROGRAMS = ptraccel-debug
 bin_PROGRAMS = libinput-list-devices libinput-debug-events libinput
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include \
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ shared_sources = \
 		 shared.c \
 		 shared.h
 
-event_debug_sources = libinput-debug-events.c $(shared_sources)
-event_debug_SOURCES = libinput-debug-events.c $(shared_sources)
-event_debug_LDADD = ../src/libinput.la $(LIBUDEV_LIBS) $(LIBEVDEV_LIBS)
-event_debug_LDFLAGS = -no-install
-event_debug_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS) $(LIBEVDEV_CFLAGS) \
-		     -DTOOLS_BUILD_STANDALONE=1
-
 ptraccel_debug_SOURCES = ptraccel-debug.c
 ptraccel_debug_LDADD = ../src/libfilter.la ../src/libinput.la
 ptraccel_debug_LDFLAGS = -no-install
@@ -28,9 +21,9 @@ libinput_list_devices_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS) $(LIBEVDEV_CFLAGS)
 			       -DTOOLS_BUILD_STANDALONE=1
 dist_man1_MANS = libinput-list-devices.1
 
-libinput_debug_events_SOURCES = $(event_debug_SOURCES)
-libinput_debug_events_LDADD = $(event_debug_LDADD)
-libinput_debug_events_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(event_debug_CFLAGS) \
+libinput_debug_events_SOURCES = libinput-debug-events.c $(shared_sources)
+libinput_debug_events_LDADD = ../src/libinput.la $(LIBUDEV_LIBS) $(LIBEVDEV_LIBS)
+libinput_debug_events_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LIBUDEV_CFLAGS) $(LIBEVDEV_CFLAGS) \
 			       -DTOOLS_BUILD_STANDALONE=1
 dist_man1_MANS += libinput-debug-events.1