diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5f6acaed3b..3bcb0565b6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ GENERATED_SOURCES += qmp-marshal.c qapi-types.c qapi-visit.c qapi-event.c
 GENERATED_HEADERS += qmp-introspect.h
 GENERATED_SOURCES += qmp-introspect.c
 
-GENERATED_HEADERS += trace/generated-events.h
-GENERATED_SOURCES += trace/generated-events.c
-
 GENERATED_HEADERS += trace/generated-tracers.h
 ifeq ($(findstring dtrace,$(TRACE_BACKENDS)),dtrace)
 GENERATED_HEADERS += trace/generated-tracers-dtrace.h
diff --git a/include/trace-tcg.h b/include/trace-tcg.h
index edab4b159c..da68608c85 100644
--- a/include/trace-tcg.h
+++ b/include/trace-tcg.h
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 #define TRACE_TCG_H
 
 #include "trace/generated-tcg-tracers.h"
-#include "trace/generated-events.h"
 
 #endif /* TRACE_TCG_H */
diff --git a/include/trace.h b/include/trace.h
index 9a01e4454b..ac9ff3dddd 100644
--- a/include/trace.h
+++ b/include/trace.h
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@
 #define TRACE_H
 
 #include "trace/generated-tracers.h"
-#include "trace/generated-events.h"
 
 #endif /* TRACE_H */
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/format/c.py b/scripts/tracetool/format/c.py
index 699598fb02..7ac6d4c508 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/format/c.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/format/c.py
@@ -17,12 +17,52 @@ from tracetool import out
 
 
 def generate(events, backend):
-    events = [e for e in events
-              if "disable" not in e.properties]
+    active_events = [e for e in events
+                     if "disable" not in e.properties]
 
     out('/* This file is autogenerated by tracetool, do not edit. */',
+        '',
+        '#include "qemu/osdep.h"',
+        '#include "trace.h"',
         '')
-    backend.generate_begin(events)
-    for event in events:
+
+    for e in events:
+        out('uint16_t %s;' % e.api(e.QEMU_DSTATE))
+
+    for e in events:
+        if "vcpu" in e.properties:
+            vcpu_id = 0
+        else:
+            vcpu_id = "TRACE_VCPU_EVENT_NONE"
+        out('TraceEvent %(event)s = {',
+            '    .id = 0,',
+            '    .vcpu_id = %(vcpu_id)s,',
+            '    .name = \"%(name)s\",',
+            '    .sstate = %(sstate)s,',
+            '    .dstate = &%(dstate)s ',
+            '};',
+            event = e.api(e.QEMU_EVENT),
+            vcpu_id = vcpu_id,
+            name = e.name,
+            sstate = "TRACE_%s_ENABLED" % e.name.upper(),
+            dstate = e.api(e.QEMU_DSTATE))
+
+    out('TraceEvent *trace_events[] = {')
+
+    for e in events:
+        out('    &%(event)s,', event = e.api(e.QEMU_EVENT))
+
+    out('  NULL,',
+        '};',
+        '')
+
+    out('static void trace_register_events(void)',
+        '{',
+        '    trace_event_register_group(trace_events);',
+        '}',
+        'trace_init(trace_register_events)')
+
+    backend.generate_begin(active_events)
+    for event in active_events:
         backend.generate(event)
-    backend.generate_end(events)
+    backend.generate_end(active_events)
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/format/events_c.py b/scripts/tracetool/format/events_c.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a976c22c8b..0000000000
--- a/scripts/tracetool/format/events_c.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-"""
-trace/generated-events.c
-"""
-
-__author__     = "Lluís Vilanova <vilanova@ac.upc.edu>"
-__copyright__  = "Copyright 2012-2016, Lluís Vilanova <vilanova@ac.upc.edu>"
-__license__    = "GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version"
-
-__maintainer__ = "Stefan Hajnoczi"
-__email__      = "stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com"
-
-
-from tracetool import out
-
-
-def generate(events, backend):
-    out('/* This file is autogenerated by tracetool, do not edit. */',
-        '',
-        '#include "qemu/osdep.h"',
-        '#include "trace.h"',
-        '#include "trace/generated-events.h"',
-        '#include "trace/control.h"',
-        '')
-
-    for e in events:
-        out('uint16_t %s;' % e.api(e.QEMU_DSTATE))
-
-    for e in events:
-        if "vcpu" in e.properties:
-            vcpu_id = 0
-        else:
-            vcpu_id = "TRACE_VCPU_EVENT_NONE"
-        out('TraceEvent %(event)s = {',
-            '    .id = 0,',
-            '    .vcpu_id = %(vcpu_id)s,',
-            '    .name = \"%(name)s\",',
-            '    .sstate = %(sstate)s,',
-            '    .dstate = &%(dstate)s ',
-            '};',
-            event = e.api(e.QEMU_EVENT),
-            vcpu_id = vcpu_id,
-            name = e.name,
-            sstate = "TRACE_%s_ENABLED" % e.name.upper(),
-            dstate = e.api(e.QEMU_DSTATE))
-
-    out('TraceEvent *trace_events[] = {')
-
-    for e in events:
-        out('    &%(event)s,', event = e.api(e.QEMU_EVENT))
-
-    out('  NULL,',
-        '};',
-        '')
-
-    out('static void trace_register_events(void)',
-        '{',
-        '    trace_event_register_group(trace_events);',
-        '}',
-        'trace_init(trace_register_events)')
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/format/events_h.py b/scripts/tracetool/format/events_h.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cb332befc..0000000000
--- a/scripts/tracetool/format/events_h.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-"""
-trace/generated-events.h
-"""
-
-__author__     = "Lluís Vilanova <vilanova@ac.upc.edu>"
-__copyright__  = "Copyright 2012-2016, Lluís Vilanova <vilanova@ac.upc.edu>"
-__license__    = "GPL version 2 or (at your option) any later version"
-
-__maintainer__ = "Stefan Hajnoczi"
-__email__      = "stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com"
-
-
-from tracetool import out
-
-
-def generate(events, backend):
-    out('/* This file is autogenerated by tracetool, do not edit. */',
-        '',
-        '#ifndef TRACE__GENERATED_EVENTS_H',
-        '#define TRACE__GENERATED_EVENTS_H',
-        '',
-        '#include "trace/event-internal.h"',
-        )
-
-    for e in events:
-        out('extern TraceEvent %(event)s;',
-            event = e.api(e.QEMU_EVENT))
-
-    for e in events:
-        out('extern uint16_t %s;' % e.api(e.QEMU_DSTATE))
-
-    # static state
-    for e in events:
-        if 'disable' in e.properties:
-            enabled = 0
-        else:
-            enabled = 1
-        if "tcg-exec" in e.properties:
-            # a single define for the two "sub-events"
-            out('#define TRACE_%(name)s_ENABLED %(enabled)d',
-                name=e.original.name.upper(),
-                enabled=enabled)
-        out('#define TRACE_%s_ENABLED %d' % (e.name.upper(), enabled))
-
-    out('',
-        '#endif  /* TRACE__GENERATED_EVENTS_H */')
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/format/h.py b/scripts/tracetool/format/h.py
index 64a6680fdc..f4748c301f 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/format/h.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/format/h.py
@@ -26,6 +26,26 @@ def generate(events, backend):
         '#include "trace/control.h"',
         '')
 
+    for e in events:
+        out('extern TraceEvent %(event)s;',
+            event = e.api(e.QEMU_EVENT))
+
+    for e in events:
+        out('extern uint16_t %s;' % e.api(e.QEMU_DSTATE))
+
+    # static state
+    for e in events:
+        if 'disable' in e.properties:
+            enabled = 0
+        else:
+            enabled = 1
+        if "tcg-exec" in e.properties:
+            # a single define for the two "sub-events"
+            out('#define TRACE_%(name)s_ENABLED %(enabled)d',
+                name=e.original.name.upper(),
+                enabled=enabled)
+        out('#define TRACE_%s_ENABLED %d' % (e.name.upper(), enabled))
+
     backend.generate_begin(events)
 
     for e in events:
diff --git a/trace/Makefile.objs b/trace/Makefile.objs
index 24d3b3758c..abac333094 100644
--- a/trace/Makefile.objs
+++ b/trace/Makefile.objs
@@ -32,32 +32,11 @@ $(obj)/generated-ust.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y)
 		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
 		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
 
-$(obj)/generated-events.h: $(obj)/generated-ust-provider.h
-$(obj)/generated-events.c: $(obj)/generated-ust.c
+$(obj)/generated-tracers.h: $(obj)/generated-ust-provider.h
+$(obj)/generated-tracers.c: $(obj)/generated-ust.c
 
 endif
 
-######################################################################
-# Auto-generated event descriptions
-
-$(obj)/generated-events.h: $(obj)/generated-events.h-timestamp
-	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-events.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
-		--format=events-h \
-		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
-
-$(obj)/generated-events.c: $(obj)/generated-events.c-timestamp $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak
-	@cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-events.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y)
-	$(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
-		--format=events-c \
-		--backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-		< $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
-
-util-obj-y += generated-events.o
-
 
 ######################################################################
 # Auto-generated tracing routines
@@ -154,7 +133,8 @@ $(obj)/generated-tcg-tracers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_
 ######################################################################
 # Backend code
 
-util-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_SIMPLE) += simple.o generated-tracers.o
+util-obj-y += generated-tracers.o
+util-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_SIMPLE) += simple.o
 util-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_FTRACE) += ftrace.o
 util-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_UST) += generated-ust.o
 util-obj-y += control.o
diff --git a/trace/control.h b/trace/control.h
index 69635bfb8b..ccaeac8552 100644
--- a/trace/control.h
+++ b/trace/control.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #define TRACE__CONTROL_H
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "trace/generated-events.h"
+#include "event-internal.h"
 
 typedef struct TraceEventIter {
     size_t event;
diff --git a/trace/simple.h b/trace/simple.h
index 17ce47260f..9931808c05 100644
--- a/trace/simple.h
+++ b/trace/simple.h
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@
 #ifndef TRACE_SIMPLE_H
 #define TRACE_SIMPLE_H
 
-
-#include "trace/generated-events.h"
-
-
 void st_print_trace_file_status(FILE *stream, fprintf_function stream_printf);
 void st_set_trace_file_enabled(bool enable);
 void st_set_trace_file(const char *file);