diff --git a/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index 5d1cacd4ff..6d0b65b689 100644
--- a/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/lib/libzpool/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <atomic.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <libsysevent.h>
 #include <sys/note.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/cred.h>
@@ -71,11 +72,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <sys/sdt.h>
 #include <sys/kstat.h>
 #include <sys/u8_textprep.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_SYSEVENT
-#include <libsysevent.h>
 #include <sys/sysevent/eventdefs.h>
 #include <sys/sysevent/dev.h>
-#endif /* HAVE_SYSEVENT */
 
 /*
  * Stack
diff --git a/module/zfs/include/sys/spa.h b/module/zfs/include/sys/spa.h
index e8e0c92497..aba28dbb2d 100644
--- a/module/zfs/include/sys/spa.h
+++ b/module/zfs/include/sys/spa.h
@@ -534,11 +534,7 @@ extern void spa_prop_clear_bootfs(spa_t *spa, uint64_t obj, dmu_tx_t *tx);
 extern void spa_configfile_set(spa_t *, nvlist_t *, boolean_t);
 
 /* asynchronous event notification */
-#ifdef HAVE_SYSEVENT
 extern void spa_event_notify(spa_t *spa, vdev_t *vdev, const char *name);
-#else
-#define spa_event_notify(s,v,n) ((void)0)
-#endif
 
 #ifdef ZFS_DEBUG
 #define	dprintf_bp(bp, fmt, ...) do {				\
diff --git a/module/zfs/include/sys/zfs_context.h b/module/zfs/include/sys/zfs_context.h
index 29b88a37fa..2ce5c9da4d 100644
--- a/module/zfs/include/sys/zfs_context.h
+++ b/module/zfs/include/sys/zfs_context.h
@@ -58,11 +58,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <sys/zone.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
 #include <sys/zfs_debug.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_SYSEVENT
 #include <sys/sysevent.h>
 #include <sys/sysevent/eventdefs.h>
 #include <sys/sysevent/dev.h>
-#endif /* HAVE_SYSEVENT */
 #include <sys/fm/util.h>
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
diff --git a/module/zfs/spa.c b/module/zfs/spa.c
index 391290a76f..596fcf3e69 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa.c
@@ -3721,11 +3721,9 @@ spa_async_probe(spa_t *spa, vdev_t *vd)
 static void
 spa_async_autoexpand(spa_t *spa, vdev_t *vd)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_SYSEVENT
 	sysevent_id_t eid;
 	nvlist_t *attr;
 	char *physpath;
-#endif
 	int c;
 
 	if (!spa->spa_autoexpand)
@@ -3739,7 +3737,6 @@ spa_async_autoexpand(spa_t *spa, vdev_t *vd)
 	if (!vd->vdev_ops->vdev_op_leaf || vd->vdev_physpath == NULL)
 		return;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYSEVENT
 	physpath = kmem_zalloc(MAXPATHLEN, KM_SLEEP);
 	(void) snprintf(physpath, MAXPATHLEN, "/devices%s", vd->vdev_physpath);
 
@@ -3751,7 +3748,6 @@ spa_async_autoexpand(spa_t *spa, vdev_t *vd)
 
 	nvlist_free(attr);
 	kmem_free(physpath, MAXPATHLEN);
-#endif
 }
 
 static void
@@ -4521,10 +4517,10 @@ spa_has_active_shared_spare(spa_t *spa)
  * in the userland libzpool, as we don't want consumers to misinterpret ztest
  * or zdb as real changes.
  */
-#ifdef HAVE_SYSEVENT
 void
 spa_event_notify(spa_t *spa, vdev_t *vd, const char *name)
 {
+#ifdef _KERNEL
 	sysevent_t		*ev;
 	sysevent_attr_list_t	*attr = NULL;
 	sysevent_value_t	value;
@@ -4569,8 +4565,8 @@ done:
 	if (attr)
 		sysevent_free_attr(attr);
 	sysevent_free(ev);
+#endif
 }
-#endif /* HAVE_SYSEVENT */
 
 #if defined(_KERNEL) && defined(HAVE_SPL)
 /* state manipulation functions */