diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/NetworkEventStream.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/NetworkEventStream.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 7254a914f7..0000000000
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/NetworkEventStream.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
- */
-
-package akka.remote
-
-import scala.collection.mutable
-
-import akka.actor.{ Props, Address, ActorSystemImpl, Actor }
-
-/**
- * Stream of all kinds of network events, remote failure and connection events, cluster failure and connection events etc.
- * Also provides API for sender listener management.
- */
-object NetworkEventStream {
-
-  private sealed trait NetworkEventStreamEvent
-
-  private case class Register(listener: Listener, connectionAddress: Address)
-    extends NetworkEventStreamEvent
-
-  private case class Unregister(listener: Listener, connectionAddress: Address)
-    extends NetworkEventStreamEvent
-
-  /**
-   * Base trait for network event listener.
-   */
-  trait Listener {
-    def notify(event: RemoteLifeCycleEvent)
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Channel actor with a registry of listeners.
-   */
-  private class Channel extends Actor {
-
-    val listeners = new mutable.HashMap[Address, mutable.Set[Listener]]() {
-      override def default(k: Address) = mutable.Set.empty[Listener]
-    }
-
-    def receive = {
-      case event: RemoteClientLifeCycleEvent ⇒
-        listeners(event.remoteAddress) foreach (_ notify event)
-
-      case event: RemoteServerLifeCycleEvent ⇒ // FIXME handle RemoteServerLifeCycleEvent, ticket #1408 and #1190
-
-      case Register(listener, connectionAddress) ⇒
-        listeners(connectionAddress) += listener
-
-      case Unregister(listener, connectionAddress) ⇒
-        listeners(connectionAddress) -= listener
-
-      case _ ⇒ //ignore other
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class NetworkEventStream(system: ActorSystemImpl) {
-
-  import NetworkEventStream._
-
-  // FIXME: check that this supervision is correct, ticket #1408
-  private[akka] val sender =
-    system.systemActorOf(Props[Channel].withDispatcher("akka.remote.network-event-sender-dispatcher"), "network-event-sender")
-
-  /**
-   * Registers a network event stream listener (asyncronously).
-   */
-  def register(listener: Listener, connectionAddress: Address) =
-    sender ! Register(listener, connectionAddress)
-
-  /**
-   * Unregisters a network event stream listener (asyncronously) .
-   */
-  def unregister(listener: Listener, connectionAddress: Address) =
-    sender ! Unregister(listener, connectionAddress)
-}
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
index 4ef079457a..e94fa19be3 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ class RemoteActorRefProvider(
   private var _remoteDaemon: InternalActorRef = _
   def remoteDaemon = _remoteDaemon
 
-  @volatile
-  private var _networkEventStream: NetworkEventStream = _
-  def networkEventStream = _networkEventStream
-
   def init(system: ActorSystemImpl) {
     local.init(system)
 
@@ -81,9 +77,6 @@ class RemoteActorRefProvider(
 
     _serialization = SerializationExtension(system)
 
-    _networkEventStream = new NetworkEventStream(system)
-    system.eventStream.subscribe(networkEventStream.sender, classOf[RemoteLifeCycleEvent])
-
     _transport = {
       val fqn = remoteSettings.RemoteTransport
       val args = Seq(