diff --git a/src/diff/props.js b/src/diff/props.js
index 2e0f52c806..54bf66876e 100644
--- a/src/diff/props.js
+++ b/src/diff/props.js
@@ -167,10 +167,7 @@ function createEventProxy(useCapture) {
 			} else if (e._dispatched < eventHandler._attached) {
 				return;
 			}
-			if (options.event) e = options.event(e);
-			return 'handleEvent' in eventHandler
-				? eventHandler.handleEvent(e)
-				: eventHandler(e);
+			return eventHandler(options.event ? options.event(e) : e);
 		}
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/jsx.d.ts b/src/jsx.d.ts
index 9bb81a15bf..0c1afa2a60 100644
--- a/src/jsx.d.ts
+++ b/src/jsx.d.ts
@@ -521,15 +521,9 @@ export namespace JSXInternal {
 	export type TargetedPictureInPictureEvent<Target extends EventTarget> =
 		TargetedEvent<Target, PictureInPictureEvent>;
 
-	export type EventHandlerObject<E extends TargetedEvent> = {
-		handleEvent(e: E): unknown;
-	};
-
-	export type EventHandler<E extends TargetedEvent> =
-		| {
-				bivarianceHack(event: E): void;
-		  }['bivarianceHack']
-		| EventHandlerObject<E>;
+	export type EventHandler<E extends TargetedEvent> = {
+		bivarianceHack(event: E): void;
+	}['bivarianceHack'];
 
 	export type AnimationEventHandler<Target extends EventTarget> = EventHandler<
 		TargetedAnimationEvent<Target>
diff --git a/test/browser/events.test.js b/test/browser/events.test.js
index f36e31c31a..ef4f990e49 100644
--- a/test/browser/events.test.js
+++ b/test/browser/events.test.js
@@ -235,52 +235,4 @@ describe('event handling', () => {
 			.to.have.been.calledTwice.and.to.have.been.calledWith('focusin')
 			.and.calledWith('focusout');
 	});
-
-	it('should register EventListenerObject as handler', () => {
-		let handler = { handleEvent() {} }
-
-		render(<div onClick={handler} />, scratch);
-
-		expect(scratch.childNodes[0].attributes.length).to.equal(0);
-
-		expect(proto.addEventListener).to.have.been.calledOnce;
-	});
-
-	it('should call registered EventListenerObject through the .handleEvent() method', () => {
-		let onclick = sinon.spy();
-
-		let handler = {
-			onclick,
-			handleEvent() {
-				this.onclick()
-			}
-		}
-
-		render(<div onClick={handler} />, scratch);
-
-		fireEvent(scratch.childNodes[0], 'click');
-
-		expect(onclick).to.have.been.calledOnce;
-	});
-
-	it('should keep the registered EventListenerObject referentially identical when calling', () => {
-		let onclick = sinon.spy();
-
-		// if the handler object was destructured or otherwise copied, this will fail
-		let handler = new class {
-			onclick = onclick
-			#onClick() {
-				this.onclick()
-			}
-			handleEvent() {
-				this.#onClick()
-			}
-		}
-
-		render(<div onClick={handler} />, scratch);
-
-		fireEvent(scratch.childNodes[0], 'click');
-
-		expect(onclick).to.have.been.calledOnce;
-	});
 });
diff --git a/test/ts/preact.tsx b/test/ts/preact.tsx
index 43d88336ff..ba617452de 100644
--- a/test/ts/preact.tsx
+++ b/test/ts/preact.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
 	FunctionalComponent,
 	AnyComponent,
 	h,
-	createRef
+	createRef,
+	JSX
 } from '../../';
 
 interface DummyProps {
@@ -381,3 +382,14 @@ h('form', { onSubmit: onSubmit });
 
 h('option', { value: 'foo' });
 createElement('option', { value: 'foo' });
+
+function Checkbox({ onChange }: JSX.HTMLAttributes<HTMLInputElement>) {
+	function handleChange(
+		this: void,
+		event: JSX.TargetedEvent<HTMLInputElement>
+	) {
+		onChange?.call(this, event);
+	}
+
+	return <input onChange={handleChange} />;
+}