diff --git a/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/appevents/AppEvent.kt b/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/appevents/AppEvent.kt
index 1c8d333f18..c4542fa1ea 100644
--- a/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/appevents/AppEvent.kt
+++ b/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/appevents/AppEvent.kt
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ class AppEvent : Serializable {
     }
 
     eventObject.put(Constants.EVENT_NAME_EVENT_KEY, finalEventName)
-    eventObject.put(Constants.EVENT_NAME_MD5_EVENT_KEY, md5Checksum(finalEventName))
     eventObject.put(Constants.LOG_TIME_APP_EVENT_KEY, System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000)
     eventObject.put("_ui", contextName)
     if (currentSessionId != null) {
diff --git a/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/appevents/internal/Constants.kt b/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/appevents/internal/Constants.kt
index e5b95d997e..5f9c76167d 100644
--- a/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/appevents/internal/Constants.kt
+++ b/facebook-core/src/main/java/com/facebook/appevents/internal/Constants.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ package com.facebook.appevents.internal
 object Constants {
   const val LOG_TIME_APP_EVENT_KEY = "_logTime"
   const val EVENT_NAME_EVENT_KEY = "_eventName"
-  const val EVENT_NAME_MD5_EVENT_KEY = "_eventName_md5"
 
   // The following are for Automatic Analytics events and parameters
   const val AA_TIME_SPENT_EVENT_NAME = "fb_aa_time_spent_on_view"
diff --git a/facebook-core/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/appevents/AppEventTest.kt b/facebook-core/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/appevents/AppEventTest.kt
index bb6c4cee2a..ace00aa6cb 100644
--- a/facebook-core/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/appevents/AppEventTest.kt
+++ b/facebook-core/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/appevents/AppEventTest.kt
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ class AppEventTest : FacebookPowerMockTestCase() {
     whenever(FacebookSdk.isInitialized()).thenReturn(true)
   }
 
-  @Test
-  fun testChecksumOfAppEventName() {
-    val appEvent = AppEventTestUtilities.getTestAppEvent()
-    val eventNameMd5 = appEvent.getJSONObject().getString(Constants.EVENT_NAME_MD5_EVENT_KEY)
-    assertThat(eventNameMd5).isEqualTo("e0cf6877da9df873a85a2137fb5d2e26")
-  }
-
   @Test
   fun testChecksumOfAppEvent() {
     val appEvent = AppEventTestUtilities.getTestAppEvent()