diff --git a/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c b/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c
index ab974d4a1a..0f7d08e981 100644
--- a/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c
+++ b/src/lib/eolian/database_validate.c
@@ -479,14 +479,7 @@ _validate_event(Validate_State *vals, Eolian_Event *event, Eina_Hash *nhash)
         return EINA_TRUE;
      }
 
-   if (!event->type)
-     {
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "event '%s' has no type", event->base.name);
-        _obj_error(&event->base, buf);
-        vals->warned = EINA_TRUE;
-     }
-
-   if (event->type && !_validate_type(vals, event->type))
+   if (!_validate_type(vals, event->type))
      return EINA_FALSE;
 
    if (!_validate_doc(event->doc))
diff --git a/src/lib/eolian/eo_parser.c b/src/lib/eolian/eo_parser.c
index bec55860a9..90b0db60ae 100644
--- a/src/lib/eolian/eo_parser.c
+++ b/src/lib/eolian/eo_parser.c
@@ -1748,12 +1748,9 @@ parse_event(Eo_Lexer *ls)
         goto end;
      }
 end:
-   if (ls->t.token == ':')
-     {
-        eo_lexer_get(ls);
-        ev->type = eo_lexer_type_release(ls, parse_type_void(ls));
-        ev->type->owned = has_owned;
-     }
+   check_next(ls, ':');
+   ev->type = eo_lexer_type_release(ls, parse_type_void(ls));
+   ev->type->owned = has_owned;
    check(ls, ';');
    eo_lexer_get(ls);
    FILL_DOC(ls, ev, doc);