diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/tempest/api/base.py b/ceilometer/tests/tempest/api/base.py
index 10eea60..d19e025 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/tempest/api/base.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/tempest/api/base.py
@@ -143,16 +143,3 @@
     def setup_clients(cls):
         super(BaseTelemetryAdminTest, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.telemetry_admin_client = cls.os_adm.telemetry_client
-
-    def await_events(self, query):
-        timeout = CONF.compute.build_timeout
-        start = timeutils.utcnow()
-        while timeutils.delta_seconds(start, timeutils.utcnow()) < timeout:
-            body = self.telemetry_admin_client.list_events(query)
-            if body:
-                return body
-            time.sleep(CONF.compute.build_interval)
-
-        raise exceptions.TimeoutException(
-            'Event with query:%s has not been added to the '
-            'database within %d seconds' % (query, CONF.compute.build_timeout))
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/tempest/api/test_telemetry_notification_api.py b/ceilometer/tests/tempest/api/test_telemetry_notification_api.py
index 91271b0..b0809ee 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/tempest/api/test_telemetry_notification_api.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/tempest/api/test_telemetry_notification_api.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 from ceilometer.tests.tempest.api import base
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest import test
 
 
@@ -57,15 +56,10 @@
 
     @test.idempotent_id('29604198-8b45-4fc0-8af8-1cae4f94ebea')
     @test.services('compute')
-    @decorators.skip_because(bug='1480490')
     def test_check_nova_notification_event_and_meter(self):
 
         body = self.create_server()
 
-        if CONF.telemetry.event_enabled:
-            query = ('instance_id', 'eq', body['id'])
-            self.await_events(query)
-
         query = ('resource', 'eq', body['id'])
         for metric in self.nova_notifications:
             self.await_samples(metric, query)
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/tempest/service/client.py b/ceilometer/tests/tempest/service/client.py
index b45cb70..6fe637f 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/tempest/service/client.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/tempest/service/client.py
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@
         uri = '%s/meters/%s' % (self.uri_prefix, meter_id)
         return self._helper_list(uri, query)
 
-    def list_events(self, query=None):
-        uri = '%s/events' % self.uri_prefix
-        return self._helper_list(uri, query)
-
     def show_resource(self, resource_id):
         uri = '%s/resources/%s' % (self.uri_prefix, resource_id)
         resp, body = self.get(uri)