diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f50fac..bcf2054 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -848,8 +848,6 @@ Lastly, one way or another, every implementation _must_ support `data` of type S
 
 An `abstract-level` database is an [`EventEmitter`](https://nodejs.org/api/events.html) and emits the events listed below.
 
-The `put`, `del` and `batch` events are deprecated in favor of the `write` event and will be removed in a future version of `abstract-level`. If one or more `write` event listeners exist or if the [`prewrite`](#hook--dbhooksprewrite) hook is in use, either of which implies opting-in to the `write` event, then the deprecated events will not be emitted.
-
 #### `opening`
 
 Emitted when database is opening. Receives 0 arguments:
@@ -967,42 +965,6 @@ The same is true for `db.put()` and `db.del()`.
 
 Emitted when a `db.clear()` call completed and entries were thus successfully deleted from the database. Receives a single `options` argument, which is the verbatim `options` argument that was passed to `db.clear(options)` (or an empty object if none) before having encoded range options.
 
-#### `put` (deprecated)
-
-Emitted when a `db.put()` call completed and an entry was thus successfully written to the database. Receives `key` and `value` arguments, which are the verbatim `key` and `value` that were passed to `db.put(key, value)` before having encoded them.
-
-```js
-db.on('put', function (key, value) {
-  console.log('Wrote', key, value)
-})
-```
-
-#### `del` (deprecated)
-
-Emitted when a `db.del()` call completed and an entry was thus successfully deleted from the database. Receives a single `key` argument, which is the verbatim `key` that was passed to `db.del(key)` before having encoded it.
-
-```js
-db.on('del', function (key) {
-  console.log('Deleted', key)
-})
-```
-
-#### `batch` (deprecated)
-
-Emitted when a `db.batch([])` or chained `db.batch().write()` call completed and the data was thus successfully written to the database. Receives a single `operations` argument, which is the verbatim `operations` array that was passed to `db.batch(operations)` before having encoded it, or the equivalent for a chained `db.batch().write()`.
-
-```js
-db.on('batch', function (operations) {
-  for (const op of operations) {
-    if (op.type === 'put') {
-      console.log('Wrote', op.key, op.value)
-    } else {
-      console.log('Deleted', op.key)
-    }
-  }
-})
-```
-
 ### Order Of Operations
 
 There is no defined order between parallel write operations. Consider:
diff --git a/abstract-chained-batch.js b/abstract-chained-batch.js
index e586642..3811a4e 100644
--- a/abstract-chained-batch.js
+++ b/abstract-chained-batch.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ class AbstractChainedBatch {
   #length = 0
   #closePromise = null
   #publicOperations
-  #legacyOperations
   #prewriteRun
   #prewriteBatch
   #prewriteData
@@ -33,11 +32,6 @@ class AbstractChainedBatch {
     // operations, which is the expensive part) if there are 0 write event listeners.
     this.#publicOperations = enableWriteEvent ? [] : null
 
-    // Operations for legacy batch event. If user opted-in to write event or prewrite
-    // hook, skip legacy batch event. We can't skip the batch event based on listener
-    // count, because a listener may be added between put() or del() and write().
-    this.#legacyOperations = enableWriteEvent || enablePrewriteHook ? null : []
-
     this.#addMode = getOptions(options, emptyOptions).add === true
 
     if (enablePrewriteHook) {
@@ -73,7 +67,6 @@ class AbstractChainedBatch {
 
     const delegated = options.sublevel != null
     const db = delegated ? options.sublevel : this.db
-    const original = options
 
     db._assertValidKey(key)
     db._assertValidValue(value)
@@ -146,14 +139,6 @@ class AbstractChainedBatch {
       }
 
       this.#publicOperations.push(publicOperation)
-    } else if (this.#legacyOperations !== null && !siblings) {
-      const legacyOperation = { ...original }
-
-      legacyOperation.type = 'put'
-      legacyOperation.key = key
-      legacyOperation.value = value
-
-      this.#legacyOperations.push(legacyOperation)
     }
 
     // If we're forwarding the sublevel option then don't prefix the key yet
@@ -182,7 +167,6 @@ class AbstractChainedBatch {
 
     const delegated = options.sublevel != null
     const db = delegated ? options.sublevel : this.db
-    const original = options
 
     db._assertValidKey(key)
 
@@ -228,13 +212,6 @@ class AbstractChainedBatch {
       }
 
       this.#publicOperations.push(publicOperation)
-    } else if (this.#legacyOperations !== null) {
-      const legacyOperation = { ...original }
-
-      legacyOperation.type = 'del'
-      legacyOperation.key = key
-
-      this.#legacyOperations.push(legacyOperation)
     }
 
     op.key = this.db.prefixKey(encodedKey, keyFormat, true)
@@ -261,7 +238,6 @@ class AbstractChainedBatch {
     this._clear()
 
     if (this.#publicOperations !== null) this.#publicOperations = []
-    if (this.#legacyOperations !== null) this.#legacyOperations = []
     if (this.#prewriteData !== null) this.#prewriteData.clear()
 
     this.#length = 0
@@ -330,8 +306,6 @@ class AbstractChainedBatch {
       // db close which in turn triggers (idempotently) closing this batch.
       if (this.#publicOperations !== null) {
         this.db.emit('write', this.#publicOperations)
-      } else if (this.#legacyOperations !== null) {
-        this.db.emit('batch', this.#legacyOperations)
       }
 
       return this.#closePromise
diff --git a/abstract-level.js b/abstract-level.js
index 496a9d6..7ee7ea1 100644
--- a/abstract-level.js
+++ b/abstract-level.js
@@ -65,21 +65,11 @@ class AbstractLevel extends EventEmitter {
         closing: true,
         closed: true,
         write: true,
-        put: true,
-        del: true,
-        batch: true,
         clear: true
       }
     })
 
-    // Monitor event listeners
-    this.#eventMonitor = new EventMonitor(this, [
-      { name: 'write' },
-      { name: 'put', deprecated: true, alt: 'write' },
-      { name: 'del', deprecated: true, alt: 'write' },
-      { name: 'batch', deprecated: true, alt: 'write' }
-    ])
-
+    this.#eventMonitor = new EventMonitor(this)
     this.#transcoder = new Transcoder(formats(this))
     this.#keyEncoding = this.#transcoder.encoding(keyEncoding || 'utf8')
     this.#valueEncoding = this.#transcoder.encoding(valueEncoding || 'utf8')
@@ -579,9 +569,6 @@ class AbstractLevel extends EventEmitter {
       }
 
       this.emit('write', [op])
-    } else {
-      // TODO (semver-major): remove
-      this.emit('put', key, value)
     }
   }
 
@@ -630,9 +617,6 @@ class AbstractLevel extends EventEmitter {
       }
 
       this.emit('write', [op])
-    } else {
-      // TODO (semver-major): remove
-      this.emit('del', key)
     }
   }
 
@@ -783,9 +767,6 @@ class AbstractLevel extends EventEmitter {
 
     if (enableWriteEvent) {
       this.emit('write', publicOperations)
-    } else if (!enablePrewriteHook) {
-      // TODO (semver-major): remove
-      this.emit('batch', operations)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/event-monitor.js b/lib/event-monitor.js
index 311f6ba..829b79b 100644
--- a/lib/event-monitor.js
+++ b/lib/event-monitor.js
@@ -3,39 +3,28 @@
 const { deprecate } = require('./common')
 
 exports.EventMonitor = class EventMonitor {
-  constructor (emitter, events) {
-    for (const event of events) {
-      // Track whether listeners are present
-      this[event.name] = false
-
-      // Prepare deprecation message
-      if (event.deprecated) {
-        event.message = `The '${event.name}' event is deprecated in favor of '${event.alt}' and will be removed in a future version of abstract-level`
+  constructor (emitter) {
+    // Track whether listeners are present, because checking
+    // a boolean is faster than checking listenerCount().
+    this.write = false
+
+    const beforeAdded = (name) => {
+      if (name === 'write') {
+        this.write = true
       }
-    }
-
-    const map = new Map(events.map(e => [e.name, e]))
-    const monitor = this
-
-    emitter.on('newListener', beforeAdded)
-    emitter.on('removeListener', afterRemoved)
 
-    function beforeAdded (name) {
-      const event = map.get(name)
-
-      if (event !== undefined) {
-        monitor[name] = true
-
-        if (event.deprecated) {
-          deprecate(event.message)
-        }
+      if (name === 'put' || name === 'del' || name === 'batch') {
+        deprecate(`The '${name}' event has been removed in favor of 'write'`)
       }
     }
 
-    function afterRemoved (name) {
-      if (map.has(name)) {
-        monitor[name] = this.listenerCount(name) > 0
+    const afterRemoved = (name) => {
+      if (name === 'write') {
+        this.write = emitter.listenerCount('write') > 0
       }
     }
+
+    emitter.on('newListener', beforeAdded)
+    emitter.on('removeListener', afterRemoved)
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/batch-test.js b/test/batch-test.js
index f687faa..c85d344 100644
--- a/test/batch-test.js
+++ b/test/batch-test.js
@@ -199,24 +199,6 @@ exports.atomic = function (test, testCommon) {
   })
 }
 
-exports.events = function (test, testCommon) {
-  test('batch([]) emits batch event', async function (t) {
-    t.plan(2)
-
-    const db = testCommon.factory()
-    await db.open()
-
-    t.ok(db.supports.events.batch)
-
-    db.on('batch', function (ops) {
-      t.same(ops, [{ type: 'put', key: 456, value: 99, custom: 123 }])
-    })
-
-    await db.batch([{ type: 'put', key: 456, value: 99, custom: 123 }])
-    return db.close()
-  })
-}
-
 exports.tearDown = function (test, testCommon) {
   test('batch([]) teardown', async function (t) {
     return db.close()
@@ -228,6 +210,5 @@ exports.all = function (test, testCommon) {
   exports.args(test, testCommon)
   exports.batch(test, testCommon)
   exports.atomic(test, testCommon)
-  exports.events(test, testCommon)
   exports.tearDown(test, testCommon)
 }
diff --git a/test/chained-batch-test.js b/test/chained-batch-test.js
index 91201a0..f49bfd8 100644
--- a/test/chained-batch-test.js
+++ b/test/chained-batch-test.js
@@ -239,12 +239,15 @@ exports.batch = function (test, testCommon) {
     const db = testCommon.factory()
     await db.open()
 
-    db.once('batch', function (operations) {
+    const utf8 = db.keyEncoding('utf8')
+    const json = db.valueEncoding('json')
+
+    db.once('write', function (operations) {
       t.same(operations, [
-        { type: 'put', key: 'a', value: 'a', valueEncoding: 'json' },
-        { type: 'put', key: 'b', value: 'b' },
-        { type: 'put', key: '"c"', value: 'c' },
-        { type: 'del', key: 'c', keyEncoding: 'json', arbitraryOption: true }
+        { type: 'put', key: 'a', value: 'a', keyEncoding: utf8, valueEncoding: json, encodedKey: 'a', encodedValue: '"a"' },
+        { type: 'put', key: 'b', value: 'b', keyEncoding: utf8, valueEncoding: utf8, encodedKey: 'b', encodedValue: 'b' },
+        { type: 'put', key: '"c"', value: 'c', keyEncoding: utf8, valueEncoding: utf8, encodedKey: '"c"', encodedValue: 'c' },
+        { type: 'del', key: 'c', keyEncoding: json, encodedKey: '"c"', arbitraryOption: true }
       ])
     })
 
@@ -265,32 +268,13 @@ exports.batch = function (test, testCommon) {
 }
 
 exports.events = function (test, testCommon) {
-  test('chained batch emits batch event', async function (t) {
-    t.plan(2)
-
-    const db = testCommon.factory()
-    await db.open()
-
-    t.ok(db.supports.events.batch)
-
-    db.on('batch', function (ops) {
-      t.same(ops, [
-        { type: 'put', key: 987, value: 'b', custom: 123 },
-        { type: 'del', key: 216, custom: 999 }
-      ])
-    })
-
-    await db.batch().put(987, 'b', { custom: 123 }).del(216, { custom: 999 }).write()
-    await db.close()
-  })
-
-  test('db.close() on chained batch event', async function (t) {
+  test('db.close() on chained batch write event', async function (t) {
     const db = testCommon.factory()
     await db.open()
 
     let promise
 
-    db.on('batch', function () {
+    db.on('write', function () {
       // Should not interfere with the current write() operation
       promise = db.close()
     })
diff --git a/test/del-test.js b/test/del-test.js
index d25c2dd..b5a0a84 100644
--- a/test/del-test.js
+++ b/test/del-test.js
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ exports.del = function (test, testCommon) {
 
   traits.open('del()', testCommon, async function (t, db) {
     let emitted = false
-    db.once('del', () => { emitted = true })
-    t.is(await assertPromise(db.del('foo')), undefined, 'void promise')
-    t.ok(emitted)
+    db.once('write', () => { emitted = true })
+    t.is(await db.del('foo'), undefined, 'void promise')
+    t.ok(emitted) // Not sure what the purpose of this test is
   })
 
   traits.closed('del()', testCommon, async function (t, db) {
@@ -51,24 +51,6 @@ exports.del = function (test, testCommon) {
   })
 }
 
-exports.events = function (test, testCommon) {
-  test('del() emits del event', async function (t) {
-    t.plan(2)
-
-    const db = testCommon.factory()
-    await db.open()
-
-    t.ok(db.supports.events.del)
-
-    db.on('del', function (key) {
-      t.is(key, 456)
-    })
-
-    await db.del(456)
-    return db.close()
-  })
-}
-
 exports.tearDown = function (test, testCommon) {
   test('del() teardown', async function (t) {
     return db.close()
@@ -79,6 +61,5 @@ exports.all = function (test, testCommon) {
   exports.setUp(test, testCommon)
   exports.args(test, testCommon)
   exports.del(test, testCommon)
-  exports.events(test, testCommon)
   exports.tearDown(test, testCommon)
 }
diff --git a/test/events/write.js b/test/events/write.js
index 054b789..96ad40b 100644
--- a/test/events/write.js
+++ b/test/events/write.js
@@ -128,59 +128,5 @@ module.exports = function (test, testCommon) {
         return db.close()
       })
     }
-
-    for (const method of allMethods) {
-      test(`db emits write event for ${method} operation in favor of deprecated events (deferred: ${deferred})`, async function (t) {
-        t.plan(5)
-
-        const keys = []
-        const db = testCommon.factory()
-        if (!deferred) await db.open()
-
-        db.on('write', function (ops) {
-          keys.push(...ops.map(op => op.key))
-        })
-
-        db.on('batch', function () {
-          t.fail('should not get batch event')
-        })
-
-        db.on('put', function () {
-          t.fail('should not get put event')
-        })
-
-        db.on('del', function () {
-          t.fail('should not get del event')
-        })
-
-        // Once we remove the deprecated events, this test would still pass, but we should then remove it.
-        t.ok(db.supports.events.batch, 'supports batch event')
-        t.ok(db.supports.events.put, 'supports put event')
-        t.ok(db.supports.events.del, 'supports del event')
-
-        switch (method) {
-          case 'batch':
-            await db.batch([{ type: 'put', key: 'a', value: 'a' }])
-            t.is(keys.pop(), 'a', 'got write event for batch put')
-            await db.batch([{ type: 'del', key: 'b' }])
-            t.is(keys.pop(), 'b', 'got write event for batch del')
-            break
-          case 'chained batch':
-            await db.batch().put('c', 'c').write()
-            t.is(keys.pop(), 'c', 'got write event for chained batch put')
-            await db.batch().del('d').write()
-            t.is(keys.pop(), 'd', 'got write event for chained batch del')
-            break
-          case 'singular':
-            await db.put('e', 'e')
-            t.is(keys.pop(), 'e', 'got write event for put')
-            await db.del('f')
-            t.is(keys.pop(), 'f', 'got write event for del')
-            break
-        }
-
-        return db.close()
-      })
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/put-test.js b/test/put-test.js
index 27c4b6b..cbf380a 100644
--- a/test/put-test.js
+++ b/test/put-test.js
@@ -56,20 +56,6 @@ exports.put = function (test, testCommon) {
   })
 }
 
-exports.events = function (test, testCommon) {
-  test('put() emits put event', async function (t) {
-    t.plan(3)
-    t.ok(db.supports.events.put)
-
-    db.on('put', function (key, value) {
-      t.is(key, 123)
-      t.is(value, 'b')
-    })
-
-    await db.put(123, 'b')
-  })
-}
-
 exports.tearDown = function (test, testCommon) {
   test('put() teardown', async function (t) {
     return db.close()
@@ -80,6 +66,5 @@ exports.all = function (test, testCommon) {
   exports.setUp(test, testCommon)
   exports.args(test, testCommon)
   exports.put(test, testCommon)
-  exports.events(test, testCommon)
   exports.tearDown(test, testCommon)
 }
diff --git a/test/self/sublevel-test.js b/test/self/sublevel-test.js
index b390542..5dbe2ef 100644
--- a/test/self/sublevel-test.js
+++ b/test/self/sublevel-test.js
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ test('sublevel is extensible', function (t) {
     closing: true,
     closed: true,
     write: true,
-    put: true,
-    del: true,
-    batch: true,
     clear: true
   })