diff --git a/noir-projects/aztec-nr/aztec/src/macros/functions/utils.nr b/noir-projects/aztec-nr/aztec/src/macros/functions/utils.nr
index 10e8ce4da9bc..32999071ee0b 100644
--- a/noir-projects/aztec-nr/aztec/src/macros/functions/utils.nr
+++ b/noir-projects/aztec-nr/aztec/src/macros/functions/utils.nr
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ pub(crate) comptime fn transform_private(f: FunctionDefinition) -> Quoted {
     };
 
     // All private functions perform message discovery, since they may need to access notes. This is slightly
-    // inefficient and could be improved by only doing it once we actually attempt to read any. Note that the message
-    // discovery call syncs private events as well. We do not sync those here if there are no notes because we don't
-    // have an API that would access events from private functions.
+    // inefficient and could be improved by only doing it once we actually attempt to read any.
     let message_discovery_call = if NOTES.len() > 0 {
         create_message_discovery_call()
     } else {
@@ -305,9 +303,13 @@ pub(crate) comptime fn transform_utility(f: FunctionDefinition) -> Quoted {
     };
 
     // All utility functions perform message discovery, since they may need to access private notes that would be
-    // found during this process or they may be used to sync private events from TypeScript
-    // (`sync_private_state` function gets invoked by PXE::getPrivateEvents function).
-    let message_discovery_call = create_message_discovery_call();
+    // found during this process. This is slightly inefficient and could be improved by only doing it once we actually
+    // attempt to read any.
+    let message_discovery_call = if NOTES.len() > 0 {
+        create_message_discovery_call()
+    } else {
+        quote {}
+    };
 
     // Inject context creation, storage initialization, and message discovery call at the beginning of the function
     // body.
diff --git a/noir-projects/noir-contracts/Nargo.toml b/noir-projects/noir-contracts/Nargo.toml
index 9e6c33825e5a..a5e148fd5e5e 100644
--- a/noir-projects/noir-contracts/Nargo.toml
+++ b/noir-projects/noir-contracts/Nargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ members = [
     "contracts/test/benchmarking_contract",
     "contracts/test/child_contract",
     "contracts/test/counter_contract",
-    "contracts/test/event_only_contract",
     "contracts/test/import_test_contract",
     "contracts/test/invalid_account_contract",
     "contracts/test/no_constructor_contract",
diff --git a/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/test/event_only_contract/Nargo.toml b/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/test/event_only_contract/Nargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 77ac50bef3ae..000000000000
--- a/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/test/event_only_contract/Nargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "event_only_contract"
-authors = [""]
-compiler_version = ">=0.25.0"
-type = "contract"
-
-[dependencies]
-aztec = { path = "../../../../aztec-nr/aztec" }
diff --git a/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/test/event_only_contract/src/main.nr b/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/test/event_only_contract/src/main.nr
deleted file mode 100644
index 81ab4def8c50..000000000000
--- a/noir-projects/noir-contracts/contracts/test/event_only_contract/src/main.nr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-use aztec::macros::aztec;
-
-/// This contract is used to test that the private event synchronization is working correctly even when the contract
-/// doesn't work with notes.
-#[aztec]
-contract EventOnly {
-    use aztec::{
-        event::event_interface::EventInterface,
-        macros::{events::event, functions::private},
-        messages::logs::event::encode_and_encrypt_event_unconstrained,
-        protocol_types::traits::Serialize,
-    };
-    use std::meta::derive;
-
-    #[derive(Serialize)]
-    #[event]
-    struct TestEvent {
-        value: Field,
-    }
-
-    #[private]
-    fn emit_event_for_msg_sender(value: Field) {
-        let sender = context.msg_sender();
-        TestEvent { value }.emit(encode_and_encrypt_event_unconstrained(
-            &mut context,
-            sender,
-            sender,
-        ));
-    }
-}
diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_event_only.test.ts b/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_event_only.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d4f2168348b1..000000000000
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/src/e2e_event_only.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import { type AccountWalletWithSecretKey, Fr } from '@aztec/aztec.js';
-import { EventOnlyContract, type TestEvent } from '@aztec/noir-test-contracts.js/EventOnly';
-
-import { jest } from '@jest/globals';
-
-import { ensureAccountsPubliclyDeployed, setup } from './fixtures/utils.js';
-
-const TIMEOUT = 120_000;
-
-/// Tests that a private event can be obtained for a contract that does not work with notes.
-describe('EventOnly', () => {
-  let eventOnlyContract: EventOnlyContract;
-  jest.setTimeout(TIMEOUT);
-
-  let wallets: AccountWalletWithSecretKey[];
-  let teardown: () => Promise<void>;
-
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    ({ teardown, wallets } = await setup(2));
-    await ensureAccountsPubliclyDeployed(wallets[0], wallets.slice(0, 2));
-    eventOnlyContract = await EventOnlyContract.deploy(wallets[0]).send().deployed();
-  });
-
-  afterAll(() => teardown());
-
-  it('emits and retrieves a private event for a contract with no notes', async () => {
-    const value = Fr.random();
-    const tx = await eventOnlyContract.methods.emit_event_for_msg_sender(value).send().wait();
-
-    const events = await wallets[0].getPrivateEvents<TestEvent>(
-      eventOnlyContract.address,
-      EventOnlyContract.events.TestEvent,
-      tx.blockNumber!,
-      1,
-      [wallets[0].getAddress()],
-    );
-
-    expect(events.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(events[0].value).toBe(value.toBigInt());
-  });
-});