diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic-events.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic-events.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 38046676a5..0000000000
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic-events.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: fluentd
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: fluentd
-  namespace: sumologic
-roleRef:
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: fluentd
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: fluentd
-  labels:
-    k8s-app: fluentd-sumologic-events
-rules:
-- apiGroups: [""]
-  resources:
-  - nodes
-  - namespaces
-  - events
-  - pods
-  - replicasets
-  - statefulsets
-  - deployments
-  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-metadata:
-  name: fluentd
-  namespace: sumologic
-  labels:
-    k8s-app: fluentd-sumologic-events
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: fluentd-events
-  namespace: sumologic
-  labels:
-    k8s-app: fluentd-sumologic-events
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      k8s-app: fluentd-sumologic-events
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        k8s-app: fluentd-sumologic-events
-    spec:
-      volumes:
-      - name: pos-files
-        hostPath:
-          path: /var/run/fluentd-pos
-          type: ""
-      - name: config-volume
-        configMap:
-          name: fluentd-config-events
-      containers:
-      - name: fluentd-events
-        image: sumologic/kubernetes-fluentd
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        resources:
-          limits:
-            memory: 256Mi
-            cpu: "100m"
-          requests:
-            memory: 256Mi
-            cpu: "100m"
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: config-volume
-          mountPath: /fluentd/etc/
-        - name: pos-files
-          mountPath: /mnt/pos/
-        env:
-        - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_EVENTS
-          valueFrom:
-            secretKeyRef:
-              name: sumologic
-              key: endpoint-events
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: fluentd-config-events
-  namespace: sumologic
-data:
-  fluent.conf: |-
-    @include events.conf
-  events.conf: |-
-    <source>
-      @type events
-    </source>
-    <match kubernetes.**>
-      @type sumologic
-      endpoint "#{ENV['SUMO_ENDPOINT_EVENTS']}"
-      data_type logs
-      disable_cookies true
-    </match>
-
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: fluentd
-  namespace: sumologic
-  labels:
-    k8s-app: fluentd-sumologic-events
-spec:
-  selector:
-    k8s-app: fluentd-sumologic-events
-  ports:
-  - name: prom-write
-    port: 9888
-    targetPort: 9888
-    protocol: TCP
----
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic.yaml
index a91726a449..6cd9de55e9 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/fluentd-sumologic.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ metadata:
 data:
   fluent.conf: |-
     @include metrics.conf
-    @include events.conf
     @include logs.conf
   metrics.conf: |-
     <source>
@@ -125,15 +124,6 @@ data:
       metric_data_format prometheus
       disable_cookies true
     </match>
-  events.conf: |-
-    <source>
-      @type dummy
-      tag "dummy.events"
-      dummy {"hello":"world"}
-    </source>
-    <match "dummy.events">
-      @type null
-    </match>
   logs.conf: |-
     <source>
       @type forward
@@ -367,6 +357,73 @@ spec:
               key: endpoint-logs
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-events-config
+  namespace: sumologic
+data:
+  fluent.conf: |-
+    @include events.conf
+  events.conf: |-
+    <source>
+      @type events
+    </source>
+    <match kubernetes.**>
+      @type sumologic
+      endpoint "#{ENV['SUMO_ENDPOINT_EVENTS']}"
+      data_type logs
+      disable_cookies true
+    </match>
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-events
+  namespace: sumologic
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: fluentd-sumologic
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: fluentd-sumologic
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        k8s-app: fluentd-sumologic
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: fluentd
+      volumes:
+      - name: pos-files
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/run/fluentd-pos
+          type: ""
+      - name: config-volume
+        configMap:
+          name: fluentd-events-config
+      containers:
+      - name: fluentd-events
+        image: sumologic/kubernetes-fluentd
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            memory: 256Mi
+            cpu: "100m"
+          requests:
+            memory: 256Mi
+            cpu: "100m"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: config-volume
+          mountPath: /fluentd/etc/
+        - name: pos-files
+          mountPath: /mnt/pos/
+        env:
+        - name: SUMO_ENDPOINT_EVENTS
+          valueFrom:
+            secretKeyRef:
+              name: sumologic
+              key: endpoint-events
+---
+apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: fluentd