diff --git a/testing/events.go b/testing/events.go
index 9ebe7af9c90..96b9063759a 100644
--- a/testing/events.go
+++ b/testing/events.go
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 	channeltypes "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v8/modules/core/04-channel/types"
 )
 
-type EventsMap map[string]map[string]string
-
 // ParseClientIDFromEvents parses events emitted from a MsgCreateClient and returns the
 // client identifier.
 func ParseClientIDFromEvents(events []abci.Event) (string, error) {
@@ -167,36 +165,6 @@ func ParseProposalIDFromEvents(events []abci.Event) (uint64, error) {
 	return 0, fmt.Errorf("proposalID event attribute not found")
 }
 
-// AssertEventsLegacy asserts that expected events are present in the actual events.
-// Expected map needs to be a subset of actual events to pass.
-func AssertEventsLegacy(
-	suite *testifysuite.Suite,
-	expected EventsMap,
-	actual []abci.Event,
-) {
-	hasEvents := make(map[string]bool)
-	for eventType := range expected {
-		hasEvents[eventType] = false
-	}
-
-	for _, event := range actual {
-		expEvent, eventFound := expected[event.Type]
-		if eventFound {
-			hasEvents[event.Type] = true
-			suite.Require().Len(event.Attributes, len(expEvent))
-			for _, attr := range event.Attributes {
-				expValue, found := expEvent[attr.Key]
-				suite.Require().True(found)
-				suite.Require().Equal(expValue, attr.Value)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	for eventName, hasEvent := range hasEvents {
-		suite.Require().True(hasEvent, "event: %s was not found in events", eventName)
-	}
-}
-
 // AssertEvents asserts that expected events are present in the actual events.
 func AssertEvents(
 	suite *testifysuite.Suite,