diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d0c9eb033..1dae7376e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "mio 0.6.23",
  "nix",
  "percent-encoding",
- "pico-args",
  "prometheus",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
@@ -2657,12 +2656,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "base64 0.12.3",
  "blockstack-core",
+ "chrono",
  "clarity",
  "http-types",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "pico-args",
  "rand 0.7.3",
+ "regex",
  "reqwest",
  "ring",
  "rusqlite",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index da435f9b7..630b87b7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ path = "src/clarity_cli_main.rs"
 name = "blockstack-cli"
 path = "src/blockstack_cli.rs"
 
-[[bin]]
-name = "stacks-events"
-path = "src/stacks_events.rs"
-
 [[bench]]
 name = "marf_bench"
 harness = false
@@ -53,7 +49,6 @@ name = "c32_bench"
 harness = false
 
 [dependencies]
-pico-args = "0.3.1"
 rand = "0.7.3"
 rand_chacha = "=0.2.2"
 serde = "1"
diff --git a/docs/profiling.md b/docs/profiling.md
index 1dddaf621..c35ca532a 100644
--- a/docs/profiling.md
+++ b/docs/profiling.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Once the node is synchronized, terminate the `stacks-node` process so we can set
 
 Run `stacks-events` to receive and archive events:
 ```
-$ cargo run -r --bin stacks-events | tee $STACKS_DIR/events.log
+$ cargo run -r -p stacks-node --bin stacks-events | tee $STACKS_DIR/events.log
 ```
 
 Run `stacks-node` with an event observer:
diff --git a/testnet/stacks-node/Cargo.toml b/testnet/stacks-node/Cargo.toml
index 5785518b7..423a30639 100644
--- a/testnet/stacks-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testnet/stacks-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ libc = "0.2"
 slog = { version = "2.5.2", features = [ "max_level_trace" ] }
 clarity = { package = "clarity", path = "../../clarity/." }
 stacks_common = { package = "stacks-common", path = "../../stacks-common/." }
+chrono = "0.4.19"
+regex = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 ring = "0.16.19"
@@ -39,6 +41,10 @@ features = ["blob", "serde_json", "i128_blob", "bundled", "trace"]
 name = "stacks-node"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "stacks-events"
+path = "src/stacks_events.rs"
+
 [features]
 monitoring_prom = ["stacks/monitoring_prom"]
 slog_json = ["stacks/slog_json", "stacks_common/slog_json", "clarity/slog_json"]
diff --git a/src/stacks_events.rs b/testnet/stacks-node/src/stacks_events.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/stacks_events.rs
rename to testnet/stacks-node/src/stacks_events.rs
index 4c80796d1..2ecf327b9 100644
--- a/src/stacks_events.rs
+++ b/testnet/stacks-node/src/stacks_events.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use blockstack_lib::chainstate::stacks::StacksTransaction;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Local, SecondsFormat, Utc};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use regex::Regex;