diff --git a/src/EventRepository.php b/src/EventRepository.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/EventRepository.php
+++ b/src/EventRepository.php
@@ -410,13 +410,8 @@ class EventRepository implements RepositoryInterface, LoggerAwareInterface
         $contactInfo = new CultureFeed_Cdb_Data_ContactInfo();
         $event->setContactInfo($contactInfo);
 
-        $cdbXml = new CultureFeed_Cdb_Default();
-        $cdbXml->addItem($event);
-
         $this->createImprovedEntryAPIFromMetadata($metadata)
-            ->createEvent((string)$cdbXml);
-
-        return $eventCreated->getEventId();
+            ->createEvent($event);
     }
 
     /**
III-<I>: Update call to EntryAPI which expects a CultureFeed_Cdb_Item_Event instead of a xml string