diff --git a/src/sentry/models/event.py b/src/sentry/models/event.py
index 291cce3d372c0c..46986aff88f8d3 100644
--- a/src/sentry/models/event.py
+++ b/src/sentry/models/event.py
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ class SnubaEvent(EventCommon):
 
     # A list of all useful columns we can get from snuba.
     selected_columns = minimal_columns + [
-        'type',
         'culprit',
         'location',
         'message',