diff --git a/nimble/host/src/ble_hs_startup.c b/nimble/host/src/ble_hs_startup.c
index 52042d7b6..311f06ca4 100644
--- a/nimble/host/src/ble_hs_startup.c
+++ b/nimble/host/src/ble_hs_startup.c
@@ -141,47 +141,13 @@ ble_hs_startup_set_evmask_tx(void)
 
     /**
      * Enable the following events:
-     *     0x0000000000000001 Inquiry Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000000000002 Inquiry Result Event
-     *     0x0000000000000004 Connection Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000000000008 Connection Request Event
      *     0x0000000000000010 Disconnection Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000000000020 Authentication Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000000000040 Remote Name Request Complete Event
      *     0x0000000000000080 Encryption Change Event
-     *     0x0000000000000100 Change Connection Link Key Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000000000200 Master Link Key Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000000000400 Read Remote Supported Features Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000000000800 Read Remote Version Information Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000000001000 QoS Setup Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000000002000 Reserved
-     *     0x0000000000004000 Reserved
      *     0x0000000000008000 Hardware Error Event
-     *     0x0000000000010000 Flush Occurred Event
-     *     0x0000000000020000 Role Change Event
-     *     0x0000000000040000 Reserved
-     *     0x0000000000080000 Mode Change Event
-     *     0x0000000000100000 Return Link Keys Event
-     *     0x0000000000200000 PIN Code Request Event
-     *     0x0000000000400000 Link Key Request Event
-     *     0x0000000000800000 Link Key Notification Event
-     *     0x0000000001000000 Loopback Command Event
      *     0x0000000002000000 Data Buffer Overflow Event
-     *     0x0000000004000000 Max Slots Change Event
-     *     0x0000000008000000 Read Clock Offset Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000010000000 Connection Packet Type Changed Event
-     *     0x0000000020000000 QoS Violation Event
-     *     0x0000000040000000 Page Scan Mode Change Event [deprecated]
-     *     0x0000000080000000 Page Scan Repetition Mode Change Event
-     *     0x0000000100000000 Flow Specification Complete Event
-     *     0x0000000200000000 Inquiry Result with RSSI Event
-     *     0x0000000400000000 Read Remote Extended Features Complete Event
-     *     0x0000080000000000 Synchronous Connection Complete Event
-     *     0x0000100000000000 Synchronous Connection Changed Event
-     *     0x0000800000000000 Encryption Key Refresh Complete Event
      *     0x2000000000000000 LE Meta-Event
      */
-    ble_hs_hci_cmd_build_set_event_mask(0x20009807ffffffff, buf, sizeof buf);
+    ble_hs_hci_cmd_build_set_event_mask(0x2000000002008090, buf, sizeof buf);
     rc = ble_hs_hci_cmd_tx_empty_ack(buf);
     if (rc != 0) {
         return rc;