diff --git a/events/index.yaml b/events/index.yaml
index 3184f3771dc7734490d01c335a6415422a58d4cb..5f1a425d1595937b1a0029bd944e07a6fad16fcf 100644
--- a/events/index.yaml
+++ b/events/index.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 version: "1.0"
-## i do not know how to avoid this!
-totalevents: 3
 events: !!inc/dir [ 'TheRealEvents' , { ignoreTopLevelDir: true, ignoreIndicator: '-', excludeTopLevelDirSeparator: true } ]