diff --git a/fsevents.c b/fsevents.c
index c4ae8a1..9a4f933 100644
--- a/fsevents.c
+++ b/fsevents.c
@@ -332,16 +332,6 @@ fsevents_tidy(struct observance *obs)
 	readbuf = NULL;
 }
 
-
-/** 
- * registers fsevents functions.
- */
-extern void
-register_fsevents(lua_State *L) 
-{
-	/* nothing */
-}
-
 /** 
  * opens and initalizes fsevents.
  */
diff --git a/lsyncd.c b/lsyncd.c
index 724a238..8fd9df2 100644
--- a/lsyncd.c
+++ b/lsyncd.c
@@ -1380,10 +1380,6 @@ register_lsyncd(lua_State *L)
 #ifdef LSYNCD_WITH_INOTIFY
 	register_inotify(L);
 	lua_settable(L, -3);
-#endif
-#ifdef LSYNCD_WITH_FSEVENTS
-	register_fsevents(L);
-	lua_settable(L, -3);
 #endif
 	lua_pop(L, 1);
 	if (lua_gettop(L)) {
diff --git a/lsyncd.h b/lsyncd.h
index 1fd3a17..bf6ed00 100644
--- a/lsyncd.h
+++ b/lsyncd.h
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ extern void open_fanotify(lua_State *L);
  * /dev/fsevents
  */
 #ifdef LSYNCD_WITH_FSEVENTS
-extern void register_fsevents(lua_State *L);
 extern void open_fsevents(lua_State *L);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/tests/churn-rsyncssh.lua b/tests/churn-rsyncssh.lua
index 8d632e5..3ebdeae 100755
--- a/tests/churn-rsyncssh.lua
+++ b/tests/churn-rsyncssh.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ local tdir, srcdir, trgdir = mktemps()
 churn(srcdir, 10)
 
 local logs = {}
-logs =  {"-log", "Delay", "-log", "Exec"}
+logs =  {"-log", "Delay" }
 
 local pid = spawn("./lsyncd", "-nodaemon", "-delay", "5",
                   "-rsyncssh", srcdir, "localhost", trgdir,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ local pid = spawn("./lsyncd", "-nodaemon", "-delay", "5",
 cwriteln("waiting for Lsyncd to startup")
 posix.sleep(1)
 
-churn(srcdir, 100)
+churn(srcdir, 20)
 
 cwriteln("waiting for Lsyncd to finish its jobs.")
 posix.sleep(10)