diff --git a/app/Events/LockedOutUser.php b/app/Events/LockedOutUser.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 07586faefb..0000000000
--- a/app/Events/LockedOutUser.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * LockedOutUser.php
- * Copyright (C) 2016 thegrumpydictator@gmail.com
- *
- * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms of the
- * Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
- *
- * See the LICENSE file for details.
- */
-
-declare(strict_types = 1);
-
-namespace FireflyIII\Events;
-
-use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
-
-/**
- * Class LockedOutUser
- *
- * @deprecated
- * @package FireflyIII\Events
- */
-class LockedOutUser extends Event
-{
-    use SerializesModels;
-
-    public $email;
-    public $ipAddress;
-
-    /**
-     * Create a new event instance. This event is triggered when a user gets themselves locked out.
-     *
-     * @param string $email
-     * @param string $ipAddress
-     */
-    public function __construct(string $email, string $ipAddress)
-    {
-        $this->email     = $email;
-        $this->ipAddress = $ipAddress;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/Handlers/Events/UserEventHandler.php b/app/Handlers/Events/UserEventHandler.php
index 256224995b..b7e988ff01 100644
--- a/app/Handlers/Events/UserEventHandler.php
+++ b/app/Handlers/Events/UserEventHandler.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use FireflyIII\Events\BlockedUseOfDomain;
 use FireflyIII\Events\BlockedUseOfEmail;
 use FireflyIII\Events\ConfirmedUser;
 use FireflyIII\Events\DeletedUser;
-use FireflyIII\Events\LockedOutUser;
 use FireflyIII\Events\RegisteredUser;
 use FireflyIII\Events\RequestedNewPassword;
 use FireflyIII\Events\ResentConfirmation;
@@ -81,39 +80,6 @@ class UserEventHandler
         return true;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param LockedOutUser $event
-     *
-     * @deprecated
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function reportLockout(LockedOutUser $event): bool
-    {
-        $email     = $event->email;
-        $owner     = env('SITE_OWNER');
-        $ipAddress = $event->ipAddress;
-        /** @var Configuration $sendmail */
-        $sendmail = FireflyConfig::get('mail_for_lockout', config('firefly.configuration.mail_for_lockout'));
-        Log::debug(sprintf('Now in respondToLockout for email address %s', $email));
-        Log::error(sprintf('User %s was locked out after too many invalid login attempts.', $email));
-        if (is_null($sendmail) || (!is_null($sendmail) && $sendmail->data === false)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        // send email message:
-        try {
-            Mail::send(
-                ['emails.locked-out-html', 'emails.locked-out-text'], ['email' => $email, 'ip' => $ipAddress], function (Message $message) use ($owner) {
-                $message->to($owner, $owner)->subject('User was locked out');
-            }
-            );
-        } catch (Swift_TransportException $e) {
-            Log::error($e->getMessage());
-        }
-
-        return true;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param BlockedUseOfDomain $event
      *
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php
index 8b775cc34a..79740cc936 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Auth;
 
 use Config;
 use FireflyConfig;
-use FireflyIII\Events\LockedOutUser;
 use FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesUsers;
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ class LoginController extends Controller
         if ($lockedOut) {
             $this->fireLockoutEvent($request);
 
-            event(new LockedOutUser($request->get('email'), $request->ip()));
-
             return $this->sendLockoutResponse($request);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php
index 1ab4594a68..8d482ea96e 100644
--- a/app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@ class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
                 [
                     'FireflyIII\Handlers\Events\UserEventHandler@saveEmailAddress',
                 ],
-            'FireflyIII\Events\LockedOutUser'    => // is a User related event.
-                [
-                    'FireflyIII\Handlers\Events\UserEventHandler@reportLockout',
-                ],
 
             'FireflyIII\Events\BlockedUseOfEmail' => // is a User related event.
                 [
diff --git a/resources/views/emails/locked-out-html.twig b/resources/views/emails/locked-out-html.twig
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f4386dacc..0000000000
--- a/resources/views/emails/locked-out-html.twig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{% include 'emails.header-html' %}
-<p style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">
-    Firefly III has just locked out somebody trying to login with email address {{ email }}.
-</p>
-{% include 'emails.footer-html' %}
diff --git a/resources/views/emails/locked-out-text.twig b/resources/views/emails/locked-out-text.twig
deleted file mode 100644
index 81b3e54796..0000000000
--- a/resources/views/emails/locked-out-text.twig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{% include 'emails.header-text' %}
-Firefly III has just locked out somebody trying to login with email address {{ email }}.
-{% include 'emails.footer-text' %}