diff --git a/framework/core/src/Foundation/AbstractValidator.php b/framework/core/src/Foundation/AbstractValidator.php
index 980558337..c5b6819f7 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Foundation/AbstractValidator.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Foundation/AbstractValidator.php
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 namespace Flarum\Foundation;
 
-use Flarum\Foundation\Event\Validating;
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Validation\Factory;
 use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
@@ -38,11 +36,6 @@ abstract class AbstractValidator
      */
     protected $validator;
 
-    /**
-     * @var Dispatcher
-     */
-    protected $events;
-
     /**
      * @var TranslatorInterface
      */
@@ -50,13 +43,11 @@ abstract class AbstractValidator
 
     /**
      * @param Factory $validator
-     * @param Dispatcher $events
      * @param TranslatorInterface $translator
      */
-    public function __construct(Factory $validator, Dispatcher $events, TranslatorInterface $translator)
+    public function __construct(Factory $validator, TranslatorInterface $translator)
     {
         $this->validator = $validator;
-        $this->events = $events;
         $this->translator = $translator;
     }
 
@@ -102,13 +93,6 @@ abstract class AbstractValidator
 
         $validator = $this->validator->make($attributes, $rules, $this->getMessages());
 
-        /**
-         * @deprecated in beta 15, removed in beta 16.
-         */
-        $this->events->dispatch(
-            new Validating($this, $validator)
-        );
-
         foreach ($this->configuration as $callable) {
             $callable($this, $validator);
         }
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Foundation/Event/Validating.php b/framework/core/src/Foundation/Event/Validating.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 86c6d4cd3..000000000
--- a/framework/core/src/Foundation/Event/Validating.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-/*
- * This file is part of Flarum.
- *
- * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
- * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
- */
-
-namespace Flarum\Foundation\Event;
-
-use Flarum\Foundation\AbstractValidator;
-use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
-
-/**
- * @deprecated in Beta 15, remove in beta 16. Use the Validator extender instead.
- * The `Validating` event is called when a validator instance for a
- * model is being built. This event can be used to add custom rules/extensions
- * to the validator for when validation takes place.
- */
-class Validating
-{
-    /**
-     * @var \Flarum\Foundation\AbstractValidator
-     */
-    public $type;
-
-    /**
-     * @var Validator
-     */
-    public $validator;
-
-    /**
-     * @param AbstractValidator $type
-     * @param Validator $validator
-     */
-    public function __construct(AbstractValidator $type, Validator $validator)
-    {
-        $this->type = $type;
-        $this->validator = $validator;
-    }
-}