diff --git a/io/router/key_test.go b/io/router/key_test.go
index dd15c29b..d91d1386 100644
--- a/io/router/key_test.go
+++ b/io/router/key_test.go
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ func TestKeyWakeup(t *testing.T) {
 	if evts := r.Events(handler); len(evts) != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("no Focus event for newly registered key.InputOp")
 	}
-	// Verify that r.Events does trigger a redraw.
-	r.Frame(&ops)
-	if _, wake := r.WakeupTime(); !wake {
-		t.Errorf("key.FocusEvent event didn't trigger a redraw")
-	}
 }
 
 func TestKeyMultiples(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/io/router/pointer_test.go b/io/router/pointer_test.go
index 2c632152..c83a85f8 100644
--- a/io/router/pointer_test.go
+++ b/io/router/pointer_test.go
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ func TestPointerWakeup(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	// However, adding a handler queues a Cancel event.
 	assertEventPointerTypeSequence(t, r.Events(handler), pointer.Cancel)
-	// Verify that r.Events does trigger a redraw.
-	r.Frame(&ops)
-	if _, wake := r.WakeupTime(); !wake {
-		t.Errorf("pointer.Cancel event didn't trigger a redraw")
-	}
 }
 
 func TestPointerDrag(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/io/router/router.go b/io/router/router.go
index 6817c2c8..92c2b10a 100644
--- a/io/router/router.go
+++ b/io/router/router.go
@@ -593,16 +593,6 @@ func (h *handlerEvents) HadEvents() bool {
 func (h *handlerEvents) Events(k event.Tag) []event.Event {
 	if events, ok := h.handlers[k]; ok {
 		h.handlers[k] = h.handlers[k][:0]
-		// Schedule another frame if we delivered events to the user
-		// to flush half-updated state. This is important when an
-		// event changes UI state that has already been laid out. In
-		// the worst case, we waste a frame, increasing power usage.
-		//
-		// Gio is expected to grow the ability to construct
-		// frame-to-frame differences and only render to changed
-		// areas. In that case, the waste of a spurious frame should
-		// be minimal.
-		h.hadEvents = h.hadEvents || len(events) > 0
 		return events
 	}
 	return nil