diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e8a1b674..d12027d49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 - jsonrpc: add `is_broadcast` property to `ChatListItemFetchResult` #3584
 - jsonrpc: add `was_seen_recently` property to `ChatListItemFetchResult`, `FullChat` and `Contact` #3584
 - jsonrpc: add `webxdc_info` property to `Message` #3588
+- python: move `get_dc_event_name()` from `deltachat` to `deltachat.events` #3564
 
 ### Changes
 - order contact lists by "last seen";
diff --git a/python/src/deltachat/__init__.py b/python/src/deltachat/__init__.py
index 45f1b8b2e..8a15ac942 100644
--- a/python/src/deltachat/__init__.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import sys
 
 from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
 
-from . import capi, const, events, hookspec  # noqa
+from . import capi, events, hookspec  # noqa
 from .account import Account, get_core_info  # noqa
 from .capi import ffi  # noqa
 from .chat import Chat  # noqa
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@ except DistributionNotFound:
     __version__ = "0.0.0.dev0-unknown"
 
 
-def get_dc_event_name(integer, _DC_EVENTNAME_MAP={}):
-    if not _DC_EVENTNAME_MAP:
-        for name in dir(const):
-            if name.startswith("DC_EVENT_"):
-                _DC_EVENTNAME_MAP[getattr(const, name)] = name
-    return _DC_EVENTNAME_MAP[integer]
-
-
 def register_global_plugin(plugin):
     """Register a global plugin which implements one or more
     of the :class:`deltachat.hookspec.Global` hooks.
diff --git a/python/src/deltachat/events.py b/python/src/deltachat/events.py
index 3a14aad58..ace7a8b88 100644
--- a/python/src/deltachat/events.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/events.py
@@ -8,14 +8,21 @@ import traceback
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from queue import Empty, Queue
 
-import deltachat
-
+from . import const
 from .capi import ffi, lib
 from .cutil import from_optional_dc_charpointer
 from .hookspec import account_hookimpl
 from .message import map_system_message
 
 
+def get_dc_event_name(integer, _DC_EVENTNAME_MAP={}):
+    if not _DC_EVENTNAME_MAP:
+        for name in dir(const):
+            if name.startswith("DC_EVENT_"):
+                _DC_EVENTNAME_MAP[getattr(const, name)] = name
+    return _DC_EVENTNAME_MAP[integer]
+
+
 class FFIEvent:
     def __init__(self, name: str, data1, data2):
         self.name = name
@@ -239,7 +246,7 @@ class EventThread(threading.Thread):
             data1 = lib.dc_event_get_data1_int(event)
             # the following code relates to the deltachat/_build.py's helper
             # function which provides us signature info of an event call
-            evt_name = deltachat.get_dc_event_name(evt)
+            evt_name = get_dc_event_name(evt)
             if lib.dc_event_has_string_data(evt):
                 data2 = from_optional_dc_charpointer(lib.dc_event_get_data2_str(event))
             else: