diff --git a/confarchive/model.py b/confarchive/model.py
index 9949275..6fc4561 100644
--- a/confarchive/model.py
+++ b/confarchive/model.py
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ import typing
 
 import sqlalchemy
 import sqlalchemy.orm.decl_api
-from sqlalchemy import Index, func, text
+from sqlalchemy import func
 from sqlalchemy.dialects import postgresql
-from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import TSVECTOR
 from sqlalchemy.ext.associationproxy import association_proxy
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.ext.orderinglist import ordering_list
@@ -172,22 +171,6 @@ class Event(TimeStampedModel):
     event_type = Column(String)
     url = Column(String)
     cancelled = Column(Boolean)
-    search_vector = Column(TSVECTOR)
-
-    trigger = text(
-        """
-        CREATE TRIGGER event_vector_update BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE
-        ON event FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE FUNCTION
-        tsvector_update_trigger(search_vector, 'pg_catalog.english', title, abstract, description);
-        """
-    )
-
-    Index(
-        "event_search_vector_idx",
-        search_vector,
-        postgresql_using="gin",
-        postgresql_ops={"abstract_search_vector": "gin_trgm_ops"},
-    )
 
     conference = relationship("Conference", back_populates="events")