diff --git a/Ooui/EventTarget.cs b/Ooui/EventTarget.cs
index 7ed5f4d..afadfe7 100644
--- a/Ooui/EventTarget.cs
+++ b/Ooui/EventTarget.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Ooui
         protected EventTarget (string tagName)
         {
             TagName = tagName;
-            
+
             Send (new Message {
                 MessageType = MessageType.Create,
                 TargetId = Id,
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ namespace Ooui
             handlers.Add (handler);
 
             if (sendListen)
-                Send (Message.Listen (Id, eventType));
+                Send (new Message {
+                    MessageType = MessageType.Listen,
+                    TargetId = Id,
+                    Key = eventType,
+                });
         }
 
         public void RemoveEventListener (string eventType, EventHandler handler)
diff --git a/Ooui/Message.cs b/Ooui/Message.cs
index 8546c81..f946a04 100644
--- a/Ooui/Message.cs
+++ b/Ooui/Message.cs
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ namespace Ooui
             set => v = FixupValue (value);
         }
 
-        public static Message Listen (string targetId, string eventType) => new Message {
-            MessageType = MessageType.Listen,
-            TargetId = targetId,
-            Key = eventType,
-        };
-
         public static Message Event (string targetId, string eventType) => new Message {
             MessageType = MessageType.Event,
             TargetId = targetId,
@@ -53,7 +47,6 @@ namespace Ooui
             return v;
         }
 
-
         static long idCounter = 0;
         static long GenerateId ()
         {