diff --git a/Definitions.lua b/Definitions.lua
index f8c6c409f..169a7c28e 100644
--- a/Definitions.lua
+++ b/Definitions.lua
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@
 ---@field PhaseData table
 ---@field player_last_events table<string, table[]> record the latest events of each player, latter used to build the death log
 ---@field
+---@field LockActivityTime fun(self: combat)
+---@field CutDeathEventsByTime fun(self: combat, time: number?) remove death events by time, default 10 seconds
 ---@field GetTotal fun(self: combat, attribute: number, subAttribute: number?, onlyGroup: boolean?) : number return the total amount of the requested attribute
 ---@field GetCurrentPhase fun(self: combat) : number return the current phase of the combat or the phase where the combat ended
 ---@field StoreTalents fun(self:combat)
diff --git a/classes/class_combat.lua b/classes/class_combat.lua
index b577e52e0..82daa2dd5 100644
--- a/classes/class_combat.lua
+++ b/classes/class_combat.lua
@@ -940,19 +940,19 @@ local segmentTypeToString = {
 		end
 	end
 
-	function classCombat:CutDeathByTime(time)
+	function classCombat:CutDeathEventsByTime(time)
+		time = time or 10
 		local deathsTable = self:GetDeaths()
 		for i = #deathsTable, 1, -1 do
 			local deathTable = deathsTable[i]
 			local playerName, playerClass, deathTime, deathCombatTime, deathTimeString, playerMaxHealth, deathEvents, lastCooldown, spec = Details:UnpackDeathTable(deathTable)
-			for evIndex = 1, #deathEvents do
+			for evIndex = #deathEvents, 1, -1 do
 				local event = deathEvents[evIndex]
 				local evType = event[1]
 				if (type(evType) == "boolean") then
 					local eventTime = event[4]
-					print(eventTime, deathTime)
 					if (eventTime+10 < deathTime) then
-						print("this event is ignored, and should be removed", event[1])
+						table.remove(deathEvents, evIndex)
 					end
 				end
 			end
diff --git a/core/control.lua b/core/control.lua
index fb86597b2..821f7d684 100644
--- a/core/control.lua
+++ b/core/control.lua
@@ -511,6 +511,9 @@
 		--lock timers
 		currentCombat:LockActivityTime()
 
+		--remove death events that are irrelevant for the death log
+		currentCombat:CutDeathEventsByTime()
+
 		--get waste shields
 		if (Details.close_shields) then
 			Details:CloseShields(currentCombat)