diff --git a/inotify.go b/inotify.go
index a42da583..71254996 100644
--- a/inotify.go
+++ b/inotify.go
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func (w *Watcher) readEvents() {
 			event := newEvent(name, mask)
 
 			// Send the events that are not ignored on the events channel
-			if !event.ignoreLinux(mask) {
+			if mask&unix.IN_IGNORED == 0 {
 				select {
 				case w.Events <- event:
 				case <-w.done:
@@ -293,27 +293,6 @@ func (w *Watcher) readEvents() {
 	}
 }
 
-// Certain types of events can be "ignored" and not sent over the Events
-// channel. Such as events marked ignore by the kernel, or MODIFY events
-// against files that do not exist.
-func (e *Event) ignoreLinux(mask uint32) bool {
-	// Ignore anything the inotify API says to ignore
-	if mask&unix.IN_IGNORED == unix.IN_IGNORED {
-		return true
-	}
-
-	// If the event is Create or Write, the file must exist, or the
-	// event will be suppressed.
-	// *Note*: this was put in place because it was seen that a Write
-	// event was sent after the Remove. This ignores the Write and
-	// assumes a Remove will come or has come if the file doesn't exist.
-	if e.Op&Create == Create || e.Op&Write == Write {
-		_, statErr := os.Lstat(e.Name)
-		return os.IsNotExist(statErr)
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 // newEvent returns an platform-independent Event based on an inotify mask.
 func newEvent(name string, mask uint32) Event {
 	e := Event{Name: name}