diff --git a/rust/src/ntp/ntp.rs b/rust/src/ntp/ntp.rs
index 6b0de9705a..9b8b6abf6a 100644
--- a/rust/src/ntp/ntp.rs
+++ b/rust/src/ntp/ntp.rs
@@ -23,30 +23,18 @@ use crate::core;
 use crate::core::{AppProto,Flow,ALPROTO_UNKNOWN,ALPROTO_FAILED};
 use crate::applayer::{self, *};
 use std;
-use std::ffi::{CStr,CString};
+use std::ffi::CString;
 
 use nom;
 
-#[repr(u32)]
+#[derive(AppLayerEvent)]
 pub enum NTPEvent {
-    UnsolicitedResponse = 0,
+    UnsolicitedResponse ,
     MalformedData,
     NotRequest,
     NotResponse,
 }
 
-impl NTPEvent {
-    fn from_i32(value: i32) -> Option<NTPEvent> {
-        match value {
-            0 => Some(NTPEvent::UnsolicitedResponse),
-            1 => Some(NTPEvent::MalformedData),
-            2 => Some(NTPEvent::NotRequest),
-            3 => Some(NTPEvent::NotResponse),
-            _ => None,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 pub struct NTPState {
     /// List of transactions for this session
     transactions: Vec<NTPTransaction>,
@@ -279,27 +267,6 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn rs_ntp_state_get_tx_detect_state(
     }
 }
 
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn rs_ntp_state_get_event_info_by_id(event_id: std::os::raw::c_int,
-                                                    event_name: *mut *const std::os::raw::c_char,
-                                                    event_type: *mut core::AppLayerEventType)
-                                                    -> i8
-{
-    if let Some(e) = NTPEvent::from_i32(event_id as i32) {
-        let estr = match e {
-            NTPEvent::UnsolicitedResponse => { "unsolicited_response\0" },
-            NTPEvent::MalformedData       => { "malformed_data\0" },
-            NTPEvent::NotRequest          => { "not_request\0" },
-            NTPEvent::NotResponse         => { "not_response\0" },
-        };
-        *event_name = estr.as_ptr() as *const std::os::raw::c_char;
-        *event_type = core::APP_LAYER_EVENT_TYPE_TRANSACTION;
-        0
-    } else {
-        -1
-    }
-}
-
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn rs_ntp_state_get_events(tx: *mut std::os::raw::c_void)
                                           -> *mut core::AppLayerDecoderEvents
@@ -308,29 +275,6 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn rs_ntp_state_get_events(tx: *mut std::os::raw::c_void)
     return tx.events;
 }
 
-#[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn rs_ntp_state_get_event_info(event_name: *const std::os::raw::c_char,
-                                              event_id: *mut std::os::raw::c_int,
-                                              event_type: *mut core::AppLayerEventType)
-                                              -> std::os::raw::c_int
-{
-    if event_name == std::ptr::null() { return -1; }
-    let c_event_name: &CStr = CStr::from_ptr(event_name);
-    let event = match c_event_name.to_str() {
-        Ok(s) => {
-            match s {
-                "malformed_data" => NTPEvent::MalformedData as i32,
-                _ => -1, // unknown event
-            }
-        },
-        Err(_) => -1, // UTF-8 conversion failed
-    };
-    *event_type = core::APP_LAYER_EVENT_TYPE_TRANSACTION;
-    *event_id = event as std::os::raw::c_int;
-    0
-}
-
-
 static mut ALPROTO_NTP : AppProto = ALPROTO_UNKNOWN;
 
 #[no_mangle]
@@ -386,8 +330,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn rs_register_ntp_parser() {
         get_de_state       : rs_ntp_state_get_tx_detect_state,
         set_de_state       : rs_ntp_state_set_tx_detect_state,
         get_events         : Some(rs_ntp_state_get_events),
-        get_eventinfo      : Some(rs_ntp_state_get_event_info),
-        get_eventinfo_byid : Some(rs_ntp_state_get_event_info_by_id),
+        get_eventinfo      : Some(NTPEvent::get_event_info),
+        get_eventinfo_byid : Some(NTPEvent::get_event_info_by_id),
         localstorage_new   : None,
         localstorage_free  : None,
         get_files          : None,