diff --git a/libpod/events.go b/libpod/events.go
index 6e862f3676..1ca42ffd74 100644
--- a/libpod/events.go
+++ b/libpod/events.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ func (c *Container) newContainerEventWithInspectData(status events.Status, inspe
 	e.Type = events.Container
 
 	e.Details = events.Details{
-		ID:         e.ID,
 		PodID:      c.PodID(),
 		Attributes: c.Labels(),
 	}
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ func (c *Container) newContainerExitedEvent(exitCode int32) {
 	e.ContainerExitCode = &intExitCode
 
 	e.Details = events.Details{
-		ID:         e.ID,
 		Attributes: c.Labels(),
 	}
 
@@ -121,7 +119,6 @@ func (c *Container) newExecDiedEvent(sessionID string, exitCode int) {
 	e.Attributes["execID"] = sessionID
 
 	e.Details = events.Details{
-		ID:         e.ID,
 		Attributes: c.Labels(),
 	}
 
diff --git a/libpod/events/config.go b/libpod/events/config.go
index 7b31842097..c67f0daae2 100644
--- a/libpod/events/config.go
+++ b/libpod/events/config.go
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ type Event struct {
 // Details describes specifics about certain events, specifically around
 // container events
 type Details struct {
-	// ID is the event ID
-	ID string
 	// ContainerInspectData includes the payload of the container's inspect
 	// data. Only set when events_container_create_inspect_data is set true
 	// in containers.conf.