diff --git a/autotest.sh b/autotest.sh
index 2fc9d7622..74a357e69 100755
--- a/autotest.sh
+++ b/autotest.sh
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ if [ $SPDK_RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TEST -eq 1 ]; then
 	run_test "alias_rpc" test/json_config/alias_rpc/alias_rpc.sh
 	run_test "spdkcli_tcp" test/spdkcli/tcp.sh
         run_test "dpdk_mem_utility" test/dpdk_memory_utility/test_dpdk_mem_info.sh
+	run_test "event" test/event/event.sh
 
 	if [ $SPDK_TEST_BLOCKDEV -eq 1 ]; then
 		run_test "blockdev_general" test/bdev/blockdev.sh
@@ -168,10 +169,6 @@ if [ $SPDK_RUN_FUNCTIONAL_TEST -eq 1 ]; then
 		run_test "test_converter" test/config_converter/test_converter.sh
 	fi
 
-	if [ $SPDK_TEST_EVENT -eq 1 ]; then
-		run_test "event" test/event/event.sh
-	fi
-
 	if [ $SPDK_TEST_NVME -eq 1 ]; then
 		run_test "blockdev_nvme" test/bdev/blockdev.sh "nvme"
 		run_test "blockdev_nvme_gpt" test/bdev/blockdev.sh "gpt"
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/autorun-spdk.conf b/scripts/vagrant/autorun-spdk.conf
index 58260fdcb..fa40d1dca 100644
--- a/scripts/vagrant/autorun-spdk.conf
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/autorun-spdk.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ SPDK_TEST_VHOST_INIT=0
 SPDK_TEST_BLOCKDEV=1
 # doesn't work on vm
 SPDK_TEST_IOAT=0
-SPDK_TEST_EVENT=1
 SPDK_TEST_BLOBFS=0
 SPDK_TEST_PMDK=0
 SPDK_TEST_LVOL=0
diff --git a/test/common/autotest_common.sh b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
index e0c50eb0a..884167161 100755
--- a/test/common/autotest_common.sh
+++ b/test/common/autotest_common.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ export RUN_NIGHTLY_FAILING
 : ${SPDK_TEST_VHOST=0}; export SPDK_TEST_VHOST
 : ${SPDK_TEST_BLOCKDEV=0}; export SPDK_TEST_BLOCKDEV
 : ${SPDK_TEST_IOAT=0}; export SPDK_TEST_IOAT
-: ${SPDK_TEST_EVENT=0}; export SPDK_TEST_EVENT
 : ${SPDK_TEST_BLOBFS=0}; export SPDK_TEST_BLOBFS
 : ${SPDK_TEST_VHOST_INIT=0}; export SPDK_TEST_VHOST_INIT
 : ${SPDK_TEST_PMDK=0}; export SPDK_TEST_PMDK
diff --git a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
index 46ea08520..af9c61ac0 100755
--- a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
+++ b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
@@ -704,7 +704,6 @@ SPDK_TEST_NVME_CLI=1
 SPDK_TEST_NVMF=1
 SPDK_TEST_RBD=1
 SPDK_TEST_BLOCKDEV=1
-SPDK_TEST_EVENT=1
 SPDK_TEST_BLOBFS=1
 SPDK_TEST_PMDK=1
 SPDK_TEST_LVOL=1