diff --git a/libraries/chain/event_object.cpp b/libraries/chain/event_object.cpp
index 4c2fce14..d00e1be8 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/event_object.cpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/event_object.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include <graphene/chain/betting_market_object.hpp>
 #include <boost/msm/back/state_machine.hpp>
 #include <boost/msm/front/state_machine_def.hpp>
-#include <boost/archive/binary_oarchive.hpp>
-#include <boost/archive/binary_iarchive.hpp>
 #include <boost/msm/back/tools.hpp>
 
 namespace graphene { namespace chain {
@@ -476,18 +474,6 @@ namespace graphene { namespace chain {
       };
    }
 
-   void event_object::pack_impl(std::ostream& stream) const
-   {
-      boost::archive::binary_oarchive oa(stream, boost::archive::no_header|boost::archive::no_codecvt|boost::archive::no_xml_tag_checking);
-      oa << my->state_machine;
-   }
-
-   void event_object::unpack_impl(std::istream& stream)
-   {
-      boost::archive::binary_iarchive ia(stream, boost::archive::no_header|boost::archive::no_codecvt|boost::archive::no_xml_tag_checking);
-      ia >> my->state_machine;
-   }
-
    void event_object::on_upcoming_event(database& db)
    {
       my->state_machine.process_event(upcoming_event(db));
@@ -551,34 +537,4 @@ namespace graphene { namespace chain {
 
 } } // graphene::chain
 
-namespace fc { 
-   // Manually reflect event_object to variant to properly reflect "state"
-   void to_variant(const graphene::chain::event_object& event_obj, fc::variant& v, uint32_t max_depth)
-   {
-      fc::mutable_variant_object o;
-      o("id", fc::variant(event_obj.id, max_depth))
-       ("name", fc::variant(event_obj.name, max_depth))
-       ("season", fc::variant(event_obj.season, max_depth))
-       ("start_time", fc::variant(event_obj.start_time, max_depth))
-       ("event_group_id", fc::variant(event_obj.event_group_id, max_depth))
-       ("scores", fc::variant(event_obj.scores, max_depth))
-       ("status", fc::variant(event_obj.get_status(), max_depth));
-
-      v = o;
-   }
-
-   // Manually reflect event_object to variant to properly reflect "state"
-   void from_variant(const fc::variant& v, graphene::chain::event_object& event_obj, uint32_t max_depth)
-   {
-      event_obj.id = v["id"].as<graphene::chain::event_id_type>( max_depth );
-      event_obj.name = v["name"].as<graphene::chain::internationalized_string_type>( max_depth );
-      event_obj.season = v["season"].as<graphene::chain::internationalized_string_type>( max_depth );
-      event_obj.start_time = v["start_time"].as<optional<time_point_sec> >( max_depth );
-      event_obj.event_group_id = v["event_group_id"].as<graphene::chain::event_group_id_type>( max_depth );
-      event_obj.scores = v["scores"].as<std::vector<std::string>>( max_depth );
-      graphene::chain::event_status status = v["status"].as<graphene::chain::event_status>( max_depth );
-      const_cast<int*>(event_obj.my->state_machine.current_state())[0] = (int)status;
-   }
-} //end namespace fc
-
 
diff --git a/libraries/chain/include/graphene/chain/event_object.hpp b/libraries/chain/include/graphene/chain/event_object.hpp
index 56330029..ae69dc0e 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/include/graphene/chain/event_object.hpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/include/graphene/chain/event_object.hpp
@@ -24,22 +24,12 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <graphene/chain/protocol/types.hpp>
+#include <graphene/chain/protocol/event.hpp>
 #include <graphene/db/object.hpp>
 #include <graphene/db/generic_index.hpp>
-#include <graphene/chain/protocol/event.hpp>
-#include <sstream>
 
 #include <boost/multi_index/composite_key.hpp>
 
-namespace graphene { namespace chain {
-   class event_object;
-} }
-
-namespace fc { 
-   void to_variant(const graphene::chain::event_object& event_obj, fc::variant& v, uint32_t max_depth = 1);
-   void from_variant(const fc::variant& v, graphene::chain::event_object& event_obj, uint32_t max_depth = 1);
-} //end namespace fc
-
 namespace graphene { namespace chain {
 
 class database;
@@ -68,21 +58,6 @@ class event_object : public graphene::db::abstract_object< event_object >
       event_status get_status() const;
       vector<string> scores;
 
-      // serialization functions:
-      // for serializing to raw, go through a temporary sstream object to avoid
-      // having to implement serialization in the header file
-      template<typename Stream>
-      friend Stream& operator<<( Stream& s, const event_object& event_obj );
-
-      template<typename Stream>
-      friend Stream& operator>>( Stream& s, event_object& event_obj );
-
-      friend void ::fc::to_variant(const graphene::chain::event_object& event_obj, fc::variant& v, uint32_t max_depth);
-      friend void ::fc::from_variant(const fc::variant& v, graphene::chain::event_object& event_obj, uint32_t max_depth);
-
-      void pack_impl(std::ostream& stream) const;
-      void unpack_impl(std::istream& stream);
-
       void on_upcoming_event(database& db);
       void on_in_progress_event(database& db);
       void on_frozen_event(database& db);
@@ -111,53 +86,10 @@ typedef multi_index_container<
                                                           member<object, object_id_type, &object::id> > > > > event_object_multi_index_type;
 
 typedef generic_index<event_object, event_object_multi_index_type> event_object_index;
-
-   template<typename Stream>
-   inline Stream& operator<<( Stream& s, const event_object& event_obj )
-   { 
-      fc_elog(fc::logger::get("event"), "In event_obj to_raw");
-      // pack all fields exposed in the header in the usual way
-      // instead of calling the derived pack, just serialize the one field in the base class
-      //   fc::raw::pack<Stream, const graphene::db::abstract_object<event_object> >(s, event_obj);
-      fc::raw::pack(s, event_obj.id);
-      fc::raw::pack(s, event_obj.name);
-      fc::raw::pack(s, event_obj.season);
-      fc::raw::pack(s, event_obj.start_time);
-      fc::raw::pack(s, event_obj.event_group_id);
-      fc::raw::pack(s, event_obj.at_least_one_betting_market_group_settled);
-      fc::raw::pack(s, event_obj.scores);
-
-      // fc::raw::pack the contents hidden in the impl class
-      std::ostringstream stream;
-      event_obj.pack_impl(stream);
-      std::string stringified_stream(stream.str());
-      fc::raw::pack(s, stream.str());
-
-      return s;
-   }
-   template<typename Stream>
-   inline Stream& operator>>( Stream& s, event_object& event_obj )
-   { 
-      fc_elog(fc::logger::get("event"), "In event_obj from_raw");
-      // unpack all fields exposed in the header in the usual way
-      //fc::raw::unpack<Stream, graphene::db::abstract_object<event_object> >(s, event_obj);
-      fc::raw::unpack(s, event_obj.id);
-      fc::raw::unpack(s, event_obj.name);
-      fc::raw::unpack(s, event_obj.season);
-      fc::raw::unpack(s, event_obj.start_time);
-      fc::raw::unpack(s, event_obj.event_group_id);
-      fc::raw::unpack(s, event_obj.at_least_one_betting_market_group_settled);
-      fc::raw::unpack(s, event_obj.scores);
-
-      // fc::raw::unpack the contents hidden in the impl class
-      std::string stringified_stream;
-      fc::raw::unpack(s, stringified_stream);
-      std::istringstream stream(stringified_stream);
-      event_obj.unpack_impl(stream);
-      
-      return s;
-   }
 } } // graphene::chain
+
 FC_REFLECT(graphene::chain::event_object, (name)(season)(start_time)(event_group_id)(at_least_one_betting_market_group_settled)(scores))
 
+GRAPHENE_EXTERNAL_SERIALIZATION( extern, graphene::chain::event_object )
+
 
diff --git a/libraries/chain/small_objects.cpp b/libraries/chain/small_objects.cpp
index ba0f5b79..33e57271 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/small_objects.cpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/small_objects.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <graphene/chain/worker_object.hpp>
 #include <graphene/chain/game_object.hpp>
 #include <graphene/chain/tournament_object.hpp>
+#include <graphene/chain/event_object.hpp>
 #include <graphene/chain/match_object.hpp>
 
 #include <fc/io/raw.hpp>
@@ -77,4 +78,5 @@ GRAPHENE_EXTERNAL_SERIALIZATION( /*not extern*/, graphene::chain::witness_schedu
 GRAPHENE_EXTERNAL_SERIALIZATION( /*not extern*/, graphene::chain::worker_object )
 GRAPHENE_EXTERNAL_SERIALIZATION( /*not extern*/, graphene::chain::game_object )
 GRAPHENE_EXTERNAL_SERIALIZATION( /*not extern*/, graphene::chain::tournament_object )
+GRAPHENE_EXTERNAL_SERIALIZATION( /*not extern*/, graphene::chain::event_object )
 GRAPHENE_EXTERNAL_SERIALIZATION( /*not extern*/, graphene::chain::match_object )