diff --git a/src/EventSubscriber/HookEventBridge.php b/src/EventSubscriber/HookEventBridge.php
index bce4063ef2..f4da4f9dd5 100644
--- a/src/EventSubscriber/HookEventBridge.php
+++ b/src/EventSubscriber/HookEventBridge.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use Friendica\Event\NamedEvent;
  *
  * @internal Provides BC
  */
-final class HookEventBridge implements StaticEventSubscriber
+final class HookEventBridge
 {
 	/**
 	 * This allows us to mock the Hook call in tests.
diff --git a/src/EventSubscriber/StaticEventSubscriber.php b/src/EventSubscriber/StaticEventSubscriber.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4606b4a6cc..0000000000
--- a/src/EventSubscriber/StaticEventSubscriber.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-// Copyright (C) 2010-2024, the Friendica project
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010-2024 the Friendica project
-//
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace Friendica\EventSubscriber;
-
-/**
- * Define events that should be reacted to.
- *
- * @internal
- */
-interface StaticEventSubscriber
-{
-	/**
-	 * Return an array of events to subscribe to.
-	 * The key must the event class name.
-	 * The value must the method of the implementing class to call.
-	 * The method will be called statically with the event class as first parameter.
-	 *
-	 * Example:
-	 *
-	 * ```php
-	 * return [Event::class => 'onEvent'];
-	 * ```
-	 *
-	 * @return array<class-string, string>
-	 */
-	public static function getStaticSubscribedEvents(): array;
-}
diff --git a/tests/Unit/EventSubscriber/HookEventBridgeTest.php b/tests/Unit/EventSubscriber/HookEventBridgeTest.php
index a9cc237bb7..ec04ded87e 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/EventSubscriber/HookEventBridgeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/EventSubscriber/HookEventBridgeTest.php
@@ -12,19 +12,10 @@ namespace Friendica\Test\Unit\EventSubscriber;
 use Friendica\Event\Event;
 use Friendica\Event\HtmlFilterEvent;
 use Friendica\EventSubscriber\HookEventBridge;
-use Friendica\EventSubscriber\StaticEventSubscriber;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 class HookEventBridgeTest extends TestCase
 {
-	public function testCorrectImplementation(): void
-	{
-		$this->assertTrue(
-			is_subclass_of(HookEventBridge::class, StaticEventSubscriber::class, true),
-			HookEventBridge::class . ' does not implement ' . StaticEventSubscriber::class
-		);
-	}
-
 	public function testGetStaticSubscribedEventsReturnsStaticMethods(): void
 	{
 		$expected = [