diff --git a/core/controller/EventList.cc b/core/controller/EventList.cc
index 4b69c018..2ec46447 100644
--- a/core/controller/EventList.cc
+++ b/core/controller/EventList.cc
@@ -96,18 +96,6 @@ BaseEvent* EventList::getEventFromId(EventId id)
 	return (NULL); // Nothing found.
 }
 
-void EventList::makeActive(BaseEvent* ev)
-{
-	assert(ev && "FATAL ERROR: Event object pointer cannot be NULL!");
-	ev->decreaseCounter();
-	if (ev->getCounter() > 0) {
-		return;
-	}
-	ev->resetCounter();
-	if(remove(ev)) // remove event from buffer-list
-		m_FireList.push_back(ev);
-}
-
 EventList::iterator EventList::makeActive(iterator it)
 {
 	assert(it != m_BufferList.end() &&
diff --git a/core/controller/EventList.hpp b/core/controller/EventList.hpp
index cc5bc45c..ba70031e 100644
--- a/core/controller/EventList.hpp
+++ b/core/controller/EventList.hpp
@@ -163,16 +163,9 @@ class EventList
 		 */
 		ExperimentFlow* getExperimentOf(BaseEvent* pEv);
 		/**
-		 * Moves the events from the (internal) buffer-list to the fire-list. To
-		 * actually fire the events activated by calling makeActive(), call
-		 * fireActiveEvents().
-		 * @param ev the event to trigger
-		 * TODO: besserer Name statt "makeActive"?
-		 */
-		void makeActive(BaseEvent* ev);
-		/**
-		 * Behaves like makeActive(BaseEvent) and additionally returns an
-		 * updated iterator which points to the next BaseEvent-element.
+		 * Moves the events from the (internal) buffer-list to the fire-list.
+		 * To actually fire the events, call fireActiveEvents().
+		 * Returns an updated iterator which points to the next element.
 		 * @param ev the event to trigger
 		 * @return returns the updated iteration, pointing to the next element
 		 *         after makeActive returns, "it" is invalid, so the returned