diff --git a/binlog_streamer.go b/binlog_streamer.go
index c6d1564b..2e1f83c9 100644
--- a/binlog_streamer.go
+++ b/binlog_streamer.go
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ func (s *BinlogStreamer) Run() {
 
 		isEventPositionResumable := false
 		isEventPositionValid := true
-		skipEvent := false
 
 		switch e := ev.Event.(type) {
 		case *replication.RotateEvent:
@@ -268,31 +267,14 @@ func (s *BinlogStreamer) Run() {
 			// or the end of the current/next transaction. As such, the query will be
 			// reset following the next RowsQueryEvent before the corresponding RowsEvent(s)
 			query = nil
-		case *replication.TableMapEvent:
-			skipEvent = true//we can skip this event
 		case *replication.GenericEvent:
-			if ev.Header.Flags == replication.LOG_EVENT_IGNORABLE_F {
-				skipEvent = true//we can skip this event
+			if ev.RawData[4] == 164 && ev.Header.Flags == replication.LOG_EVENT_IGNORABLE_F {
+				// This event is published in binlog when encrypt_binlog is enabled for MariaDB
+				// event 164 shouldn't be published to replica but actually is, as it is not relevant
+				// since we receive binlogs unencrypted we can skip this event
+				// https://mariadb.com/kb/en/start_encryption_event/
+				isEventPositionValid = false
 			}
-		case *replication.QueryEvent:
-			// This event is published in binlog when not using ROW binlog_format
-			// or when MariaDB sees that replica can't handle annotations
-			// these always contain "BEGIN" or "# Dummy event replacing event type %u that slave cannot handle."
-			// this means that we can check for # as this is a comment in a query
-			queryEventQuery := ev.Event.(*replication.QueryEvent).Query
-			queryString := string(queryEventQuery)
-			if queryString == "BEGIN" {
-				skipEvent = true//we can skip this event
-			} else if queryEventQuery[0] == 35 {//35 is #
-				skipEvent = true//we can skip this event
-			} else {
-				err := fmt.Errorf("failed to handle query event query: %s", queryString)
-				s.logger.WithError(err).Error("failed to handle query event")
-				s.ErrorHandler.Fatal("binlog_streamer", err)
-			}
-		}
-		if skipEvent {
-			continue
 		}
 
 		if isEventPositionValid {