diff --git a/src/event/alias.js b/src/event/alias.js
index 4ec920a03..eb43537ff 100644
--- a/src/event/alias.js
+++ b/src/event/alias.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ define([
 	"../event"
 ], function( jQuery ) {
 
-jQuery.each( ("blur focus focusin focusout load resize scroll unload click dblclick " +
+jQuery.each( ("blur focus focusin focusout resize scroll click dblclick " +
 	"mousedown mouseup mousemove mouseover mouseout mouseenter mouseleave " +
-	"change select submit keydown keypress keyup error contextmenu").split(" "),
+	"change select submit keydown keypress keyup contextmenu").split(" "),
 	function( i, name ) {
 
 	// Handle event binding
diff --git a/test/unit/event.js b/test/unit/event.js
index d9bdafc34..a84ec087a 100644
--- a/test/unit/event.js
+++ b/test/unit/event.js
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ test("mouseenter, mouseleave don't catch exceptions", function() {
 if ( jQuery.fn.click ) {
 
 	test("trigger() shortcuts", function() {
-		expect(6);
+		expect(5);
 
 		var counter, clickCounter,
 			elem = jQuery("<li><a href='#'>Change location</a></li>").prependTo("#firstUL");
@@ -933,13 +933,6 @@ if ( jQuery.fn.click ) {
 		jQuery("#simon1").click();
 		equal( clickCounter, 1, "Check that click, triggers onclick event handler on an a tag also" );
 
-		elem = jQuery("<img />").load(function(){
-			ok( true, "Trigger the load event, using the shortcut .load() (#2819)");
-		}).load();
-
-		// manually clean up detached elements
-		elem.remove();
-
 		// test that special handlers do not blow up with VML elements (#7071)
 		jQuery("<xml:namespace ns='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml' prefix='v' />").appendTo("head");
 		jQuery("<v:oval id='oval' style='width:100pt;height:75pt;' fillcolor='red'> </v:oval>").appendTo("#form");