diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index bf62cdb3e7..590aeda0c0 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Edvin Seferovic <edvin@seferovic.net>
 Elias Ohm <eohm@novomind.com>
 Élie Bouttier <elie@bouttier.eu>
 Eric Lippmann <eric.lippmann@icinga.com>
+Egor Kovalchuk <egor.kovalchuk@ossrevival.org>
 Evgeni Golov <evgeni@golov.de>
 Ewoud Kohl van Wijngaarden <ewoud@kohlvanwijngaarden.nl>
 Fabian Röhl <mail@fabian-roehl.de>
diff --git a/doc/12-icinga2-api.md b/doc/12-icinga2-api.md
index 8ee96aa86b..fad9f0700e 100644
--- a/doc/12-icinga2-api.md
+++ b/doc/12-icinga2-api.md
@@ -1703,7 +1703,6 @@ The following parameters need to be specified (either as URL parameters or in a
   Parameter  | Type         | Description
   -----------|--------------|-------------
   types      | Array        | **Required.** Event type(s). Multiple types as URL parameters are supported.
-  queue      | String       | **Required.** Unique queue name. Multiple HTTP clients can use the same queue as long as they use the same event types and filter.
   filter     | String       | **Optional.** Filter for specific event attributes using [filter expressions](12-icinga2-api.md#icinga2-api-filters).
 
 ### Event Stream Types <a id="icinga2-api-event-streams-types"></a>
@@ -1937,7 +1936,7 @@ Example:
 ```bash
 curl -k -s -S -i -u root:icinga -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -X POST 'https://localhost:5665/v1/events' \
- -d '{ "queue": "myqueue", "types": [ "CheckResult" ], "filter": "event.check_result.exit_status==2" }'
+ -d '{"types": [ "CheckResult" ], "filter": "event.check_result.exit_status==2" }'
 ```
 
 ```
diff --git a/lib/remote/eventshandler.cpp b/lib/remote/eventshandler.cpp
index 2cbee92f39..43478799df 100644
--- a/lib/remote/eventshandler.cpp
+++ b/lib/remote/eventshandler.cpp
@@ -79,13 +79,6 @@ bool EventsHandler::HandleRequest(
 		}
 	}
 
-	String queueName = HttpUtility::GetLastParameter(params, "queue");
-
-	if (queueName.IsEmpty()) {
-		HttpUtility::SendJsonError(response, params, 400, "'queue' query parameter is required.");
-		return true;
-	}
-
 	std::set<EventType> eventTypes;
 
 	{